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Mr & Mrs Piggy

Mr Piggy - Crocheted Soft Toy

Mrs Piggy - Crocheted Toy

This is a fantastic project where the possibilities are endless, the actual base is really simple to create using garter stitch and then it's down to embellishing the design to really bring it to life!

As a great school holiday project why not knit up the soft toy and let your children’s imaginations run wild with materials such as felt, buttons, ribbon, embroidery thread, motifs and fabric? At the end you’ll have something you’ll both be proud of!

You can also adapt the colours; Anchor Magicline is available in a wide selection of colours, each with a unique shading effect in four different pattern ranges including stripes and dots. Tailor the shades to match your child’s favourite.

 
materials required
 

Anchor Style Magicline
1 x 50gram ball (shade 1506 Pink Dotty)

Pair of 4.5 mm Prym needles

Small piece of fuchsia pink Style+Filz-it! Felt for eyes

Small piece of pink Style+Filz-it! Glitter Felt for snout

Approx. 15 grams of washable toy stuffing

Sewing needle (Prym 124119)


instructions

 

Body (make 2 pieces)
Cast on 20 stitches and knit 44 rows (Garter Stitch).
Then cast off.
Sew in any ends.

Arms and Legs (make 4)
Cast on 7 stitches and knit 20 rows.
Then cast off.
Sew in any ends.


make up

 

Pin the sides of the body together and sew up three edges, leaving the bottom edge open. Turn inside out and fill with toy stuffing. Sew up bottom edge. Sew in any ends.

Fold the leg /arm in half and sew up the two side seams, turn inside out and fill with toy stuffing. Sew up third edge and sew legs to bottom edges of body and arms approximately half way up the body. Sew in any ends.

Draw round a 1p piece for the eyes and cut out in the fuchsia felt, then draw around a 2p piece for the snout and cut out in the pink glitter felt. Using photo as a guide, sew the features onto the pigs face with a sharp ended needle.

Now using oddments of felt, buttons, thread and beads etc decorate your pig as you like. Girls may wish to make her a Ballerina; boys could make it into a Pirate pig. Let your imagination run wild.