Pattern of big crocheted monkey

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About the big monkey

I wanted to make plump and innocent monkeys like Curious George or Ham the Chimp for a long time. Recently I received several e-mails which made me happy and really encouraged me to make a new version. So here it is! I hope you like my monkey:-)
This pattern is free of charge, however, I would appreciate it if you could donate some money to any charity you would like to support.

Materials

DK yarn; Brown, Off-white :I used CYGNET Superwash DK (shade4315) 3 skeins and JAEGER Matchmaker Merino DK (shade662) 1 skein.
cotton wool
embroidery thread or yarn
felt or yarn or 2buttons for eyes
4mm crochet hook
needle and pins

Abbreviations US term

ch chain stitch
sc single crochet
2sc-inc (2-single crochet increase) :2 sc in one stitch
2sc-dec (2-single crochet cluster/decrease) :Insert hook into the 1st sc, yoh and draw loop through, insert hook into the next sc, yoh and draw loop, yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook
yoh yarn over hook
sl st slip stitch

Note

It is easy to count rows if you finish each rows like this: Join with sl st in the first sc of the row and chain 1 st. (Do not count these as proper sts! Do not sc into these!) Then you start next row to insert hook into the first sc of the last row (This is the first sc of each row).

Instructions

Ear x2

row	instruction	total no
1	With off-white yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(1sc, 2sc-inc) x6	18
4	(2sc, 2sc-inc) x6	24
5	(3sc, 2sc-inc) x6	30
6	(4sc, 2sc-inc) x6	36
7-8	36 sc	36
9	(4sc, 2sc-dec) x6	30
10	(3sc, 2sc-dec) x6	24
11	(2sc, 2sc-dec) x6	18
12	(1sc, 2sc-dec) x6 Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the ear onto the head.	12

ear

Mouth

row	instruction	total no
1	With off-white yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(2sc-inc x3, 3sc) x2	18
4	{(1sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	24
5	{(2sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	30
6	{(3sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	36
7	{(4sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	42
8	{(5sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	48
9-17	48 sc	48
18	{(5sc, 2sc-dec) x3, 3sc} x2 Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the ear onto the head.*	42

*The mouth part is oval. The longer side should be placed horizontally.

Head

row	instruction	total no
1	With off-white yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(1sc, 2sc-inc) x6	18
4	1sc, 2sc-inc, (2sc, 2sc-inc) x5, 1sc	24
5	(3sc, 2sc-inc) x6	30
6	2sc, 2sc-inc, (4sc, 2sc-inc) x5, 2sc	36
7	(5sc, 2sc-inc) x6	42
8	3sc, 2sc-inc, (6sc, 2sc-inc) x5, 3sc	48
9	(7sc, 2sc-inc) x6	54
10	4sc, 2sc-inc, (8sc, 2sc-inc) x5, 4sc	60
11	(9sc, 2sc-inc) x6	66
12	5sc, 2sc-inc, (10sc, 2sc-inc) x5, 5sc	72
13-24	Change the colour of the yarn to brown and work 72sc	72
25	(10sc, 2sc-dec) x6	66
26	(9sc, 2sc-dec) x6	60
27	(8sc, 2sc-dec) x6	54
28	(7sc, 2sc-dec) x6	48
29	(6sc, 2sc-dec) x6	42
30	(5sc, 2sc-dec) x6 Then stop here and sew the mouth part onto the head. NB: Don't forget to stuff enough cotton wool firmly into the mouth part. The mouth part is oval. The longer side should be placed horizontally on the face. Sew materials for eyes onto the face.* Embroider eyebrows, a nose and a mouth with embroidery thread or yarn. Sew the ears onto the head. Stuff enough cotton wool firmly into the head.	36
31	(4sc, 2sc-dec) x6	30
32	(3sc, 2sc-dec) x6	24
33	(2sc, 2sc-dec) x6	18
34	(1sc, 2sc-dec) x6	12
35	2sc-dec x6 Fasten off and sew the end of the head naturally.	6

*For small children, buttons may not be suitable for eyes. I crocheted 1 row with some black yarn and sewed them on as eyes.

Body

row	instruction	total no
1	With brown yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(2sc-inc x3, 3sc) x2	18
4	{(1sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	24
5	{(2sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	30
6	{(3sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	36
7	{(4sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	42
8	{(5sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	48
9	{(6sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	54
10	{(7sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	60
11	{(8sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	66
12	{(9sc, 2sc-inc) x3, 3sc} x2	72
13-23	Work 72sc	72
24	2sc-dec x3, work 60sc, 2sc-dec x3	66
25	2sc-dec x3, work 54sc, 2sc-dec x3	60
26-36	Work 60sc*	60
37	(8sc, 2sc-dec) x6	54
38	(7sc, 2sc-dec) x6	48
39-41	Work 48sc	48
42	(6sc, 2sc-dec) x6	42
43	(5sc, 2sc-dec) x6	36
44-46	Work 36sc	36
47	(4sc, 2sc-dec) x6	30
48	Work 30sc. Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the body and the head together.	30

*If you don't want any gaps on the hip, turn over and sew the gaps with brown yarn.

hip

Leg x2

row	instruction	total no
1	With off-white yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(3sc, 2sc-inc x3) x2	18
4	{3sc, (1sc, 2sc-inc) x3} x2	24
5	{3sc, (2sc, 2sc-inc) x3} x2	30
6	{3sc, (3sc, 2sc-inc) x3} x2	36
7-8	Work 36sc	36
9	6sc, 2sc-dec x6, 6sc, (1sc, 2sc-dec) x4	26
10	6sc, 2sc-dec x3, 14sc	23
11	6sc, 2sc-dec x2, 13sc	21
12	6sc, 2sc-dec, 13sc	20
13	Change the colour of the yarn to brown, work 20sc* and stuff enough cotton wool firmly into the foot. If you want to put some stuffing in the leg, you can stuff lightly and evenly.	20
14-39	Work 20sc. Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the leg onto the body.	20

*If you don't want any gaps on the foot, turn over and sew the gaps with off-white yarn.

Arm x2

row	instruction	total no
1	With off-white yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(1sc, 2sc-inc) x6	18
4	(2sc, 2sc-inc) x6	24
5-7	Work 24sc	24
8	(10sc, 2sc-dec) x2	22
9	(9sc, 2sc-dec) x2	20
10	(8sc, 2sc-dec) x2	18
11	(7sc, 2sc-dec) x2	16
12-54	Change the colour of the yarn to brown and work 16sc. Stuff enough cotton wool firmly into the hand. If you want to put some cotton wool in the arm, you can stuff lightly and evenly. Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the arm onto the body.	16

Tail

My monkey doesn't have a tail, however, yours may want a tail:-)

row	instruction	total no
1	With brown yarn, make a loop with your finger. 6sc into the loop. Tighten the loop. Join with sl st in the first sc.	6
2	2sc-inc x6	12
3	(2sc, 2sc-inc) x4	16
4-?	Work 16sc until your desired length. If you want to put some cotton wool in the tail, you can stuff lightly and evenly. Finally, cut the yarn. Make sure you leave enough yarn to sew the tail onto the body.	16

Come with me!

Finishing

*Stuff a lot of cotton wool into the body (this may need some shoving:-) to hold the heavy head properly.
*For health and safety reasons, this monkey is stuffed with only cotton wool. If you want to stuff some plastic pellets or azuki beans into the hip of the body to let your monkey sit properly, please do make sure pellets or beans won't come out from the body.
*Sew the body and the head together with the left over yarn from the body.
*Sew the arms and the legs to the body.
*Sew the tail onto the body if she/he has one.
*My monkey's height is 42cm and his sitting height is 30cm. It would be bigger, perhaps 50cm height, if you make a monkey with aran yarn.

Enjoy making!

I will be happy if you send your monkey's picture to

28th/8/2008