Link Lovey

Materials Needed:

Size F Crochet Hook (3.75mm)

Size H Crochet Hook (5.00 mm)

Green, Tan, Yellow, Brown Worsted Yarn

Small amount of pink yarn

Small amount of white worsted yarn

2 9mm Safety Eyes

Fiberfill

Yarn needle

Stitches and Abbreviations st – stitch

mc – Magic circle ch- chain sc - single crochet dec - decrease dc – double crochet hdc – half-double crochet

sl st - slip stitch f/o – finish off

Blanket/Body

Green yarn

H hook

You will need to ch 1 extra at the start of the magic circle to make room for the first dc.

R1: (3 dc, 2 ch) four times in magic circle, join at the top of first dc with a sl st. Pull hole closed. *The dc’s are the sides of the square, the ch’s are the corners.

R2: Ch 2, turn, dc in the same stitch the chain is in. 5 dc into the corner (the corner being space made by the 2 ch on the previous row). Dc around doing 5 dc in each corner. Join with a sl st in the first dc of the round.

Notes: Skip over the original ch 2 and put the sl stitch directly in the first dc to avoid a seam!

Optional: For extra pointy corners make the 3^rd dc of each corner a triple crochet stitch (tc)

R3: Ch 2, turn, dc in each st across. At each corner do 5 dc in the 3^rd st of the previous row’s 5 dc. R4-10: Repeat R3.

F/o, weave in ends

Belt

H Hook, brown yarn

R1: Ch 96 - You want the chain to be long enough to wrap around the entire body/blanket portion and late flat against it so you can sew it on. For me this was 96 chains. Add or take away to this as necessary to fit your project.

R2: Turn, sc across. Finish off, leave very long end for sewing

Note: For all pieces apart from the blanket and belt section, do not connect rows. Once a row is finished go directly into the next row. It is worked in a spiral.

Head

F hook

Tan yarn

R1: 6 sc in magic circle (6)

R2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

R3: (2 sc, sc 1) around (18)

R4: (2 sc, sc 2) around (24)

R5: (2 sc, sc 3) around (30)

R6: (2 sc, sc 4) around (36)

R7: (2 sc, sc 5) around (42)

R8-12: sc around (42)

R13: (dec 1, sc 5) around (36)

R14: (dec 1, sc 4) around (30)

R15: (dec 1, sc 3) around (24)

R16: (dec 1, sc 2 ) around (18)

R17: (dec 1, sc 1) around (12)

Put in safety eyes between rows 10 and 11, with 7 stitches in between. Sew on cheek blushes two rows beneath eyes with pink. Mouth optional. Stuff.

R18: Dec around

Sew up hole, finish off leaving long end for sewing

Hat

H Hook, green yarn

R1: Ch 26, join last stitch to the beginning of the chain with a sl st, making a circle. Do not twist! Sc around chain, put in stitch marker. You are now working in the round.

R2-5: Sc around (25)

R6: Dec 1, sc 12, dec 1, sc to end of round (23) R7: Sc around (23)

R8: Dec 1, sc 11, dec 1, sc to end of round (21) R9: sc around (21)

R10: Dec 1, sc 9, dec 1, sc to end of round (19)

R11: Dec 1, sc 4, dec 1, sc 4, dec 1, sc 5 (16)

R12: Sc around (16)

R13: (Dec 1, sc 2) around (12)

R14: (Dec 1, sc 1) around (8)

R15: Sc around (8)

R16: Dec around (4)

Sew hole closed, weave in ends.

Arms

F hook, start with tan yarn

R1: 6 sc in magic circle

R2: 2sc in each st around (12)

Change to brown yarn

R3-4: Sc around (12)

Change to white yarn

R5: Dec 1, sc around (11)

R6: Dec 1, sc around (10)

R7: Dec 1, sc around (9)

R8: Dec 1, sc around (8)

Change to green yarn

R9: Sc around (8)

R10: Dec 1, sc around (7)

R11: Sc around

Sl st, stuff, sew hole closed leaving long end for sewing

Hair

This method can be a bit difficult to understand if you are a beginner. If you find you can’t grasp it you can embroider the hair directly onto the head with yellow yarn. There are some great hair embroidery tutorials online if you choose to go that route.

F hook, yellow yarn

R1: Ch 21, turn, ch 2, skip 2, sc 1, ch 5, skip 5, sc 1, ch 6, skip 6, sc 1, ch 2, skip 2, sc 1. At this point it should look like this. See the four oval holes?

Starting in the first small oval, enter your hook on the outside of the piece. Start working the hole as if it was 4 stitches in the round. Sc all the way around the small hole. Do this for two rows. On the third row dec 1, sc 1, dec 1, sc 1 and sew up the hole. Cut the yarn.

Now move to the next chain circle of 12 stitches and join more yarn from your skein.

Again enter your hook on the outside of the piece and work the stitches in the round for one row. This piece of hair needs to have a curve in it like it’s being brushed to the side. To accomplish this: on one side of the hair do hdc and on the opposite side to sl st. See picture:

For the side closest to the piece you’ve already worked do two hdc, and for the opposite side do 2 sl st. Do this on every row until the end, and don’t use these sections for the decreases.

Back to the pattern: In this hole you’ve done one row in sc all the way around, now do another row of sc with the hdc’s and sl st’s described above on the edges. At the beginning of row 3, dec 1 in the front section and dec 1 in the back section. Don’t let them overlap with the hdc’s and sl st sections. Do this for the next 3 rows. Finish off, sew up hole.

For the next 10 stitch oval enter your hook from the outside and sc all the way around. For the next 3 rows, dec 1, sc 1. Finish off, sew up hole.

For the final small oval repeat what you did in the first oval. When it’s done it should something look like this. Do not stuff.

Assembly

Sew the hair securely onto the head and then attach the hat to overlap the hair a bit so he doesn’t end up with a bald spot.

Sew the two arms on the bottom of the head at row 17, pointing outwards. Sew the belt flat against the blanket all the way around. Ideally it will go around in a square and the corners of the belt will match the flat sides of the blanket. See the picture for further clarification.