Barbabo - The Artist ★free pattern★

Yarn: Müller Super Preis, 2x 50g black
                                          a bit of grey, white and brown for colour palette and brush

Hook Size: Nr. 3

Abbrevations (US Terms)

V: increase (The letter V looks like the crochet symbol for increasing!)

A: decrease (The letter A nearly looks like the crochet symbol for decreasing!)

x6: repeat 6 times

sc: single crochet

ch: chain

Special stitch: The loop stitch.

Notes

"  Crochet in continuous spiral rounds.

"  Use the invisible decrease (only the front loops of both stitches).

"  On the contrary, on the parts with the loop stitch you can decrease as usual.

"  I always split my increases and decreases.

If there is an even number of stitches between the increases or decreases, for example (14, V) x6, - work 7, V, (14, V) x5, 7 instead.

Rows with an odd number of stitches between increases or decreases are worked as usual, for example (5, V) x6.

"  Stuff as you go.

"  You can use any yarn but use a smaller hook than suggested to avoid holes after filling.

Ready? Let’s start:

Thumb 2x1

round			total
1		5	5 sc
2 – 3	2 rounds	5	5 sc

Finger 2x3

round			total
1		5	5 sc
2 – 4	3 rounds	5	5 sc

Don’t cut the yarn on the third finger, we will continue to crochet the hand.

Right hand

round			total
1		2 sc on second finger, 5 sc on first finger, 3 sc on second finger, 5 sc on third finger (take a look at the first illustration below)	15 sc
2		3, A, 6, A, 2	13 sc
3		13	13 sc
4		1, 2 through thumb and hand, 10 (take a look at the second illustration below)	13 sc
5		A (one stitch from hand and one stitch from thumb), 1 on thumb, skip 2 stitches from the hand, A (one stitch from thumb and one stitch from the hand), 9 (take a look at the third illustration below)	12 sc
6 – 18	13 rounds	12	12 sc
19	LOOP STITCH	12	12 sc
20		12	12 sc

Leave a long tail to sew arms onto the body.

Left hand

round			total
1		2 sc on second finger, 5 sc on first finger, 3 sc on second finger, 5 sc on third finger	15 sc
2		3, A, 6, A, 2	13 sc
3		13	13 sc
4		5, 2 through thumb and hand, 6	13 sc
5		4, A (one stitch from hand and one stitch from thumb), 1 on thumb, skip 2 stitches from the hand, A (one stitch from thumb and one stitch from the hand), 5	12 sc
6 – 18	13 rounds	12	12 sc
19	LOOP STITCH	12	12 sc
20		12	12 sc

Leave a long tail to sew arms onto the body.

Body and head

round			total
1		6	6 sc
2		V x6	12 sc
3	LOOP STITCH	(1, V) x6	18 sc
4		(2, V) x6	24 sc
5	LOOP STITCH	(3, V) x6	30 sc
6		(4, V) x6	36 sc
7	LOOP STITCH	(5, V) x6	42 sc
8		(6, V) x6	48 sc
9	LOOP STITCH	48	48 sc
10		(7, V) x6	54 sc
11	LOOP STITCH	(8, V) x6	60 sc
12		60	60 sc
13	LOOP STITCH	(9, V) x6	66 sc
14		66	66 sc
15	LOOP STITCH	66	66 sc
16		66	66 sc
17	LOOP STITCH	(10, V) x6	72 sc
18		72	72 sc
19	LOOP STITCH	72	72 sc
20		72	72 sc
21	LOOP STITCH	72	72 sc
22		72	72 sc
23	LOOP STITCH	72	72 sc
24		72	72 sc
25	LOOP STITCH	72	72 sc
26		(10, A) x6	66 sc
27	LOOP STITCH	66	66 sc
28		66	66 sc
29	LOOP STITCH	66	66 sc
30		(9, A) x6	60 sc
31	LOOP STITCH	60	60 sc
32		60	60 sc
33	LOOP STITCH	60	60 sc
34		(8, A) x6	54 sc
35	LOOP STITCH	54	54 sc
36		54	54 sc
37	LOOP STITCH	54	54 sc
38		(7, A) x6	48 sc
39	LOOP STITCH	48	48 sc
40		48	48 sc
41	LOOP STITCH	48	48 sc
42		48	48 sc
43	LOOP STITCH	48	48 sc
44		(6, A) x6	42 sc
45	LOOP STITCH	(5, A) x6	36 sc
46		(4, A) x6	30 sc
47	LOOP STITCH	(3, A) x6	24 sc
48		(2, A) x6	18 sc
49	LOOP STITCH	(1, A) x6	12 sc
50	LOOP STITCH	A x6	6 sc

Cut an oval out of white felt for the eyes.

Insert together with safety eyes between round 41 and 42.

Embroider mouth, nose and eyebrows with white yarn.

Stuff the upper part of the arms slightly, flatten them and sew onto the body.

Colour palette

round			total
1	GREY	6	6 sc
2		V x6	12 sc
3		(1, V) x6	18 sc
4		1, V, ch 7, skip 4 stitches, 1, (V, 2) x3, V, 1	21 sc + ch 7
5		(3, V) x6, 2	32 sc
6		1, V, (3, V) x7, 2	40 sc

Cut four little circles out of yellow, red, blue and green felt and glue them onto the colour palette.

Brush

round			total
1	WHITE	5	5 sc
2 – 15	14 rounds	5	5 sc
16	GREY	V x5	10 sc

Flatten the opening and close it by sewing.

Attach LIGHT BROWN yarn on the top of the brush.

Sew the brush onto Barbabo‘s hand.

 

As English is not my mother tongue please let me know if there are any mistakes in the pattern or faults in my wording! Thank you very much! 😊

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© Sandra Scherndl, Häkelfieber Austria