A friend's daughter recently set up her own photographic studio. A few weeks ago they asked if I could make a hungry caterpillar cocoon to use as a photo prop.
I have always loved the Very Hungry Caterpillar, a few years ago I made my own caterpillar hat to wear for our class ugly bug ball.
(Crochet is a handy talent to have when you work in early years!)
I am sure that a sweet little baby will look much cuter as a caterpillar than me.
I can't wait to see some pictures of the cocoon in use.
Once I'd finished the caterpillar I followed on with a bumble bee cocoon.
After working the hat I thought it might look a little too girly, so I added a straight edged hat for little boys.
Now it's not very often I remember to write down my patterns, I have a bad habit of just going with the flow then forgetting how I got there.
The good news is I wrote these down, so I thought I would share the bumble bee pattern with anyone out there who would like to try it. Now I have only worked this pattern once and no one else has tested the pattern, but it's very simple so there shouldn't be any mistakes. However if anyone comes across one, please let me know.
For this pattern I used one ball each of Stylecraft special dk in black and daffodil, working with a 6.5mm hook.
Starting with the black yarn;
1) make a magic ring and work 6htr (6 st)
2) inc in each st (12 st)
3) inc, 1x htr, rep (18 st)
4) inc, 2x htr, rep (24 st)
5) inc, 3x htr, rep (30 st)
6) inc, 4x htr, rep (36 st)
7) inc, 5x htr, rep (42 st)
8) inc, 6x htr, rep (48 st)
9) inc, 7x htr, rep (54 st)
10) inc, 8x htr, rep (60 st)
11) inc, 9x htr, rep (66 st)
12) inc, 10x htr, rep (72 st)
13) inc, 11x htr, rep (78 st)
14-16) 1htr in each st
change to yellow
17-26) 1htr in each
change to black
27-31) 1htr in each
change to yellow
32-41) 1htr in each
change to black
42-46) 1htr in each
change to yellow
47-56) 1htr in each
change to black
57) 1htr in each st, join with a slst
58) chain 3, 1fptr, 1bptr, repeat around and join with a slst
59) Repeat row 58
Finish.
Baby girls hat
Start with yellow yarn
1) make a magic ring and work 8htr
2) inc in each st (16 st)
3) inc, 1xhtr, rep (24 st)
4) inc, 2x htr, rep (32 st)
5) inc, 3x htr, rep (40 st)
change to black
6-7) 1htr in each
change to yellow
8-10) 1htr in each
change to black
11-12) 1htr in each
change to yellow
13-14) 1htr in each
15) miss 1 st, 5tr in next st, miss 1 st, slst in next st, repeat around
finish
Baby boys hat
Start with black yarn
1) make a magic ring and work 8htr
2) inc in each st (16 st)
3) inc, 1xhtr, rep (24 st)
4) inc, 2x htr, rep (32 st)
5) inc, 3x htr, rep (40 st)
change to yellow
6-8) 1htr in each
change to black
9-10) 1htr in each
change to yellow
11-13) 1htr in each
change to black
14-15) 1htr in each
16) 1dc in each, join with a slst
finish.
Have fun x x
Katie x x
