Roar!

This was the first baby rattle that I made and I decided to give it to my son, because man, this was quite a bit of a challenge and hard work. The pattern I’ve used for inspiration was a pattern created originally by Claudia Stolf for Circulo Yarns. Her Tiger pattern is written for 4ply yarn using a 3mm crochet hook, but I’ve rewritten all of the patterns to use DK yarn and a 4mm hook. The patterns for the other animal characters I’ve designed, I used different pictures as references.

• DK yarn in different colours.
• 4mm Crochet hook
• Wooden ring
• Stuffing
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Bells (optional)

Level: Intermediate

Size: Approximately 11cm x 8cm

• US terminology is used.
• Skip the chain stitches at the beginning of the round and ss in the first sc. The chain stitches in the beginning of each round are there to make it easier to see the beginning of each row instead of sewing in one continuous round. If you decide to leave the chain stitches, use a stitch maker to keep count.

With colour: White

1) MR, ch2, 6sc, ss in 1st sc (6).

2) ch1, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (12).

3) ch1, 1sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (18).

Fasten off.

Join new colour: Mustard

4) ch1, 1sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (21).

Fasten off and leave a long tail.

With colour: White

1) MR, ch2, 6sc, ss in 1st sc (6).

2) ch1, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (12).

3) ch1, 3sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (15).

Fasten off and leave a long tail.

Use a French knot and embroider the spots in brown.

With colour: Mustard

1) MR, ch2, 6sc, ss in 1st sc (6).

2) ch1, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (12).

3) ch1, 1sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (18).

4) ch1, 2sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (24).

5) ch1, 3sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (30).

6) ch1, 4sc, sc inc, ss in 1st sc (36).

7-13) ch1, sc in each stitch around, ss in 1st sc (36).

14) ch1, 4sc, sc dec, ss in 1st sc (30).

15) ch1, 3sc, sc dec, ss in 1st sc (24).

16) ch1, 2sc, sc dec, ss in 1st sc (18).

Stuff the head with stuffing.

Sew the ears and cheeks onto the head. Embroider the stripes, eyes, nose and mouth in brown.

17) ch1, 1sc, sc dec, ss in 1st sc (12).

18) ch1, 1sc, sc dec, ss in 1st sc (6).

Fasten off using the magic loop method. Leave a long tail.

With colour: Mustard

1) ch16 (16).

2-7) sc in second ch from hook,sc 14, ch1, turn (15).

Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew around half of the wooden ring then sew the head on tightly on top of the ring.

With colour: Moroon

1) ch21 (21).

2-8) dc in forth ch from hook, 1dc in same stitch, (3dc in next stitch) 17 times (54).

Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew around the neck.

If you have not read our previous blog posts in this series, please go and read “It’s BABY time!”, “It’s a Girl”, “Let’s make some new friends”, “The gift of a smile” & “Woof-Woof”

Thanks for reading!

The pattern I’ve used for inspiration was a pattern created originally by Claudia Stolf for Circulo Yarns. Her Tiger pattern is written for 4ply yarn using a 3mm crochet hook, but I’ve rewritten all of the patterns to use DK yarn and a 4mm hook. The patterns for the other animal characters I’ve designed, I used different pictures as references.

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