Meet Clarence, a young gardener’s apprentice with an appetite for flies and mischief. Clarence was just a seedling when he first discovered his talent for gardening, especially hunting all the pesky greenhouse pests. He has grown taller and stronger on a steady diet of buzzing flies, moreish moths and crawly caterpillars - gardening is easy when your are a growing Peckish Plant!
The instructions are written in US crochet terms. There are step-by-step photos detailing how to make the pieces and finish the toy. Clarence is around 27cm/10.5in tall when made in DK weight cotton with 3mm hook.
Clarence The Peckish Plant
・make a Magic Ring
・work in a round
・single crochet
・increase/decrease
・chain stitch
・slip stitch
・half double crochet
・double crochet
・work along a chain
・work in front loops / back loops / third loopThe pattern can be made in a variety of yarn combinations, using thicker yarns will produce bigger plant. The sample is made in Paintbox Cotton DK, 50g/125m, with 3mm hook.
You will need:
1 ball Lilac
1/2 ball Purple
Small amount Pink
2 balls Green
Small amount
1 ball Light Brown
Small amount Dark Brown
You will also need some 10mm black safety eyes, craft pipe cleaners, toy stuffing and foam fabric stabiliser or thick felt.