Barbaletta - The Intellectual ★free pattern★

Yarn:                Steinbach Julia, 1x 50g Orange
                          a bit of Yellow and Blue for the flowers
                          Green for the book
                          thin yarn in White for the pages of the book

Hook Size:      Nr. 3
                        Nr. 0,75 for the pages of the book

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

ch: chain

ss: slip stitch

sc: single crochet

FLO: Front Loop Only

Notes

"  Crochet in continuous spiral rounds.

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

"  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 – 20	15 rounds	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 – 20	15 rounds	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		(1, V) x6	18 sc
4 – 5	2 rounds	18	18 sc
6		(2, V) x6	24 sc
7		(3, V) x6	30 sc
8		30	30 sc
9		(4, V) x6	36 sc
10		(5, V) x6	42 sc
11		42	42 sc
12		(6, V) x6	48 sc
13		48	48 sc
14		(7, V) x6	54 sc
15		54	54 sc
16		(8, V) x6	60 sc
17		(9, V) x6	66 sc
18 – 23	6 rounds	66	66 sc
24		(9, A) x6	60 sc
25		60	60 sc
26		(8, A) x6	54 sc
27		54	54 sc
28		(7, A) x6	48 sc
29		48	48 sc
30		(6, A) x6	42 sc
31		42	42 sc
32		(5, A) x6	36 sc
33		36	36 sc
34		(4, A) x6	30 sc
35		(3, A) x6	24 sc
36		(3, V) x6	30 sc
37		(4, V) x6	36 sc
38		36	36 sc
39		(5, V) x6	42 sc
40		(6, V) x6	48 sc
41 – 45	5 rounds	48	48 sc
46		(6, A) x6	42 sc
47		(5, A) x6	36 sc
48		(4, A) x6	30 sc
49		(3, A) x6	24 sc
50		(2, A) x6	18 sc
51		(2, V) x6	24 sc
52 – 53	2 rounds	24	24 sc
54		(2, A) x6	18 sc
55		(1, A) x6	12 sc
56		A x6	6 sc

Flower 5x

round			total
1	YELLOW	5 sc, close round with ss into first stitch	5 sc
2	BLUE	*ch 5, ss into next stitch, repeat from *, ss into first stitch	6 petals

Book

Chain 11 and start crocheting in second chain from hook:

Round 1: 10 sc

Rounds 2 – 7: 1 turning chain, 10 sc

Round 8: 1 turning chain, 10 sc FLO

Round 9: 1 turning chain, 10 sc

Round 10: 1 turning chain, 10 sc FLO

Rounds 11 – 16: 1 turning chain, 10 sc

Sc around the book. In the middle of the long side (the back of the book) sc dec two times.

Pages

Hook size Nr. 0,75

Make 4 – 5 pages between the FLO rows of the book (rows 8 – 10).

Round 1: 20 sc

Rounds 2 – 13: 1 turning chain, 20 sc

Sew or glue the flowers around the head.

Either glue coloured wiggle-eyes with lashes or cut the eyes out of whithe felt and use it together with safety eyes.

Embroider mouth and a nose with black yarn. If you didn’t use wiggle-eyes with lashes, embroider lashes too.

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

Sew the book onto Barbaletta’s hands.

 

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