Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sir Francis the Pig's Ears: A Photo Tutorial

I've gotten a few questions regarding the ears on Sir Francis the Pig. The pattern will be edited when the testing period is over to clarify a few things.

At the end of round 4, you should have something like this:
Start round 5 with sc, ch 2. The stitch marker is in the last stitch of round 4.

Now sc in the 2nd stitch from the hook, which is the first chain stitch.


   hdc in the same stitch as the sc you just made
 ch 1
 slst in the top of the hdc
hdc and sc in the same stitch as the first sc and hdc
 skip one stitch of round 4, indicated by the green arrow
3 sc across the forehead. After the first sc, if you pull the ear away from the body you can see the skipped stitch
make a second ear just like the first: ch 2, [sc, hdc, ch 1, slst in top of hdc, hdc, sc] in 2nd st from hook. Skip the next stitch as you did with the first ear, then make 6 sc.

You have now completed round 5.

In round 6, treat the two skipped stitches as part of round 5. Pull the ear outwards and towards the snout to work the stitch behind the ear, so the ears end up on the outside of the body.