Mini mindflayer
One of my favourite hobbies (apart from crochet, obviously) is playing good old fashioned Dungeons & Dragons. I get to hang out with old colleagues and pretend to be a werewolf barbarian. What’s not to love, right? Inspired by all the awesome sessions, I decided to create my own version of a classic D&D monster; the mindflayer.
Materials
For yarn, I used Hobbii’s Honey Bunny yarn in black and lilac and a hook sized 5.0 mm. You will also need stuffing and safety eyes, and a tapestry needle for sewing.
Instructions
Mindflayer’s head & body
Round 1 6 sc into a magic circle (6)
Round 2 Inc in each sc (12)
Round 3 *Sc, inc*, repeat *-* around (18)
Round 4 *2sc, inc*, repeat *-* around(24)
Rounds 5-7 Sc around (24)
Round 8 *3sc, inc*, repeat *-* around (30)
Rounds 9-11 Sc around (30)
Round 12 3 *Sc, dec* repeat *-* around (24)
Add safety eyes.between rows 8 and 9 with 6 stitches between them.
Round 13 2 sc, dec repeat – around (18)
Round 14 Sc, dec repeat – around (12)
Round 15 Dec around (6)
Stuff the head firmly, switch to black yarn and continue onto the body.
Round 16 Inc in each sc (12)
Round 17 *Sc, inc*, repeat *-* around (18)
Rounds 18-20 Sc around (18)
Round 21 *2 sc, inc* repeat *-* around (24)
Rounds 22-23 Sc around (24)
Round 24 *2 sc, dec*, repeat *-* around (18)
Round 25 *Sc, dec* repeat *-* around (12)
Round 26 Dec around (6)
Stuff the body and sew shut.
Mindflayer eyebrows
Use lilac yarn.
Row 1 17 fsc
Fasten off.
If you don’t like the foundation stitch, you can replace it with: Ch18, turn, skip first ch and sc in each of the rest. Fasten off.
Tentacles
Make 2 of these using lilac yarn.
Round 1 4 sc into a magic circle (4)
Rounds 2-7 Sc around (4)
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Mindflayer arms
Make 2 of these using lilac yarn.
Round 1 6 sc into a magic circle (6)
Round 2 *2 sc, inc*, repeat *-* (8)
Round 3 Sc around (8)
Switch to black yarn.
Rounds 4-6 Sc around (8)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Mindflayer cape
Use black yarn
Row 1 10 fsc, ch1, turn (10)
Row 2 Sc across (10)
Row 3 Dec, 6 sc, dec (8)
Row 4 Dec, 4 sc, dec (6)
Row 5 Sc across (6)
Row 6 Inc, 4 sc, inc (8)
Row 7 Inc, 6 sc, inc (10)
Row 8 Inc, 8 sc, inc (12)
Rows 9-13 Sc across (12)
13 sc along each of the edges of the cape.
Fasten off
Assembling the mindflayer
Pin the eyebrows onto the head. Adjust to make sure your mindflayer gets the perfect scowling expression. Pin the tentacles at the point where the eyebrows are lowest. Sew all three parts onto the head. Sew the arms into the body. Pin the narrowest part of the cape to the narrowest part of the mindflayer’s neck. Sew it on.
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