Materials:
Crochet hook size G
Main color: Red Heart Yarn in Turqua (1 skein)
Secondary color: Red Heart Yarn in white (1 skein)
Some scrap black yarn
Tapestry Needle
A sewing needle and some black thread
A decent amount of stuffing
Two circles of black felt, with a radius of 1 in. (two inches across)
It helps to have some sort of stitch marker. I find this method works quite well.
Upper Beak:
Using secondary color, ch2, then sc4 in the first chain
R1: [sc1, inc] twice (6 sc)
R2: [sc1, inc] 3 times (9 sc)
R3: [sc2, inc] 3 times (12 sc)
R4: [sc3, inc] 3 times (15 sc)
R5: [sc4, inc] 3 times (18 sc)
R6: [sc5, inc] 3 times (21 sc)
R5: [sc6, inc] 3 times (24 sc)
R6: [sc7, inc] 3 times (27 sc)
Lower Beak:
Using secondary color, ch2, then sc4 in the first chain
R1: [sc1, inc] twice (6 sc)
R2: [sc1, inc] 3 times (9 sc)
R3: [sc2, inc] 3 times (12 sc)
R4: [sc3, inc] 3 times (15 sc)
R5: [sc4, inc] 3 times (18 sc)
R6: [sc5, inc] 3 times (21 sc)
Head:
With main color
R1: sc6 using magic ring method. Pull it tight (6 sc)
R2: sc2 in each stitch around (12 sc)
R3: [sc1, inc] 6 times (18 sc)
R4: [sc2, inc] 6 times (24 sc)
R5: [sc3, inc] 6 times (30 sc)
R6: [sc4, inc] 6 times (36 sc)
R7: [sc5, inc] 6 times (42 sc)
R8: [sc6, inc] 6 times (48 sc)
R9: [sc7, inc] 6 times (54 sc)
R10: [sc8, inc] 6 times (60 sc)
R11: [sc9, inc] 6 times (66 sc)
R12: [sc10, inc] 6 times (72 sc)
R13-R21: sc in each st around (72 sc)
R22: [sc10, dec] 6 times (66 sc)
R23: [sc9, dec] 6 times (60 sc)
At this time you want to sew on the eyes and the beak.
I sewed on the eyes with a regular needle and thread.
Make sure the upper and lower beak and sufficiently stuffed.
If needed, crochet a few more rows so that you can easily sew on the lower beak.
R24: [sc8, dec] 6 times (54 sc)
R25: [sc7, dec] 6 times (48 sc)
R26: [sc6, dec] 6 times (42 sc)
R27: [sc5, dec] 6 times (36 sc)
R28: [sc4, dec] 6 times (30 sc)
R29: [sc3, dec] 6 times (24 sc)
Stuff head as much as you can.
R30: [sc2, dec] 6 times (18 sc)
R31: [sc1, dec] 6 times (12 sc)
Add more stuffing to fill in the rest of the head
R32: [dec] 6 times (6 sc)
Finish off and then stitch up the bottom of the head.
Body:
Using main color
R1: Using Magic ring method, sc6 onto ring. Tighten the ring. Join with ss to first sc of row. (6sc)
R2: ch1, [inc] 6 times, join with ss (12 sc)
R3: ch1, [sc1, inc] 6 times, join with ss (18 sc)
R4: ch1, [sc2, inc] 6 times, join with ss (24 sc)
R5: ch1, [sc3, inc] 6 times, join with ss (30 sc)
R6: ch1, [sc4, inc] 6 times, join with ss (36 sc)
R7: ch1, [sc5, inc] 6 times, join with ss (42 sc)
R8: ch1, [sc6, inc] 6 times, join with ss (48 sc)
R9: ch1, [sc7, inc] 6 times, join with ss (54 sc)
R10: ch1, [sc8, inc] 6 times, join with ss (60 sc)
R11: ch1, [sc9, inc] 6 times, join with ss (66 sc)
R12-R14: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (66 sc)
R15: ch1, [sc9, dec] 6 times, join with ss (60 sc)
R16-R18: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (60 sc)
R19: ch1, [sc8, dec] 6 times, join with ss (54 sc)
R20-R22: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (54 sc)
R23: ch1, [sc7, dec] 6 times, join with ss (48 sc)
R24-R26: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (48 sc)
R27: ch1, [sc5, dec] 6 times, join with ss (42 sc)
R28-R30: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (42 sc)
R31: ch1, [sc4, dec] 6 times, join with ss (35 sc)
R32-R34: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (35 sc)
Tie off.
Arms (Make two) :
Fingers-
Using main color, ch2, sc4 into first st (4 sc)
R1: ch1, [sc1, inc] two times (6 sc)
R2: ch1, [sc2, inc] two times (8 sc)
R3-R5: sc1 in each st around (8 sc)
Tie off (First two only)
Make three. Instead of tying off the third one like you did with the first two,
instead keep the thread attached. Sew together the three fingers and then
continue to crochet around. It doesn't really matter how many stitches you end
up with at this point, but you should have somewhere around 20 st. Before you
get to far along you want to stuff the very tips of the fingers. I ended up
just using the lose ends to stuff the fingertips.
Continue to sc around until you're arm is about 8 inches long (Finger tips to
end).
Legs (make two):
R1: Using secondary color, sc15 using magic ring. Tighten slightly. Join with ss. (15 sc)
(Using the magic ring in this situation may be a bit unorthodox, but I found that it worked well)
R2-R10: ch1, sc1 in each around, join with ss (15 sc)
With black:
R11: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
With secondary color:
R12-R18: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
With black:
R19: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
With secondary color:
R20-R26: ch1, sc1 in each st, join wtih ss (15 sc)
With black:
R27: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
With white:
R28-R34: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
R35: ch1, [sc3, dec] 3 times, join with ss (12 sc)
R36: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (12 sc)
R37: ch1, [sc3, inc] 3 times, join with ss (15 sc)
R38-R42: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (15 sc)
R43: ch1, [sc3, dec] 3 times, join with ss (12 sc)
R44: ch1, sc1 in each st, join with ss (12 sc)
R45: ch1, [sc2, dec] 3 times, join with ss (9 sc)
R46: ch1, [sc1, dec] 3 times, join with ss (6 sc)
R47: ch1, [dec] 3 times, (3 sc)
Tie off
Stuff the feet area of the legs, then sew the stuffing in and sew the feet
into a bent position.
Sew the arms to the top of the neck.
Stuff the body firmly, then sew the heat to the top. I have the head sewn onslightly more towards the front.
Then sew the legs onto the bottom of the body and Reginald is finished!
Now you have your very own Reginald!
OMG!! I love Reginald!! Can't wait to try this XD
ReplyDeleteHello.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite new to crocheting, and I don't really understand how to make the body, so I was hoping you could help me D:
I don't understand why each row starts with a chain and ends with a slip stitch, and I don't know what it's supposed to look like. And also, I keep ending up with a higher number of total stitches on every row :(
Can you please make a video tutorial or a detailed describtion of how it's supposed to be done, because I really want to make a Reginald as neat as yours.
If you don't want to go through all that trouble, can you then just at least tell me if those chains and slip stitches at the beginning and end of each row are necessary? Can they be left out completely and still make a proper Reginald?
I'm very much looking forward to your reply.
Thomas.
Hi Thomas,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the very late response. School has made me a very busy person.
The reason for the chain:
When you are just crocheting a flat piece, when you flip your work you typically chain a stitch. The purpose of this stitch is not ultimately crochet it, but to add a little bit of looseness so that your piece doesn't end up being shorter, and more squished on the ends. Basically, that is what I am doing here. You chain an extra stitch, but you do NOT crochet it when you come across it in the next round. It is just used to create a cleaner look.
The reason for the slip stitch:
This is to connect the two sides together for a more connected look. After your crochet a row you will find that the beginning and end of the rows are at the same "height", but are not connected. The slip stitch is used to connect these two rows together. Then you chain a stitch and start the next row "one level higher", and connect that row together with a slip stitch.
I hope this helps a bit, and I hope that you have not totally abandoned your Reginald project. Sorry again for the late response :(
If you still want a video I can try and make one for you. Let me know!
Lizzard
Hey Lizzie! I'm so glad you replied! Better late than never, right? I'm sorry to hear that you're so busy, and I hope I'm not stealing away precious study time from you.
ReplyDeleteYou use the same technique to make the legs, right? Well, I obviously can't figure out how to do them, either.
I attached some photos of how they turned out. Can you see how where my chain and slip stitch connect is kind of twisting around the leg? Is that right? I'm guessing it's not. I was clueless as to how I was supposed to do it so I tried some different things, that why it twist in different directions on some of the legs.
http://tinypic.com/r/2m4rg1y/5
http://tinypic.com/r/6r4xzd/5
http://tinypic.com/r/28w15wj/5
http://tinypic.com/r/hsnndy/5
Can we just make it really, really simple for me? When making the legs:
"R1: Using secondary color, sc15 using magic ring. Tighten slightly. Join with ss. (15 sc)
(Using the magic ring in this situation may be a bit unorthodox, but I found that it worked well)
R2-R10: ch1, sc1 in each around, join with ss (15 sc)"
So, I have a magic ring with 15 sc, right? Then, I chain one.. Exactly how many sc am I supposed to make then, before I join with a ss? Because that's when I start making a random number of sc and end up with too many or too few stitches :(
I can totally picture what you said about the beginning and end of a row having the same height but not being connected, but I can't make it happen.
Thanks you so much for wanting to helping me! And don't worry about replying late, I'm just happy you replied :)
Thomas.
Hi Thomas.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, so sorry for the late reply!!!!
I have created a video for you that will hopefully help, which can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKhvix8cWA8
I will be checking this blog more often now, so hopefully if you have more questions, I can answer more quickly. :/
Lizzard
Hey Lizzard.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about the late replies :)
While I do appreciate you actually taking the time to make a video just for me, I still don't entirely get it :( I've learned from your video that I should do the first sc in the stitch that I slip-stitched to, but I still can't get the seam to make a straight line like yours. It still twists around like in the pictures I linked to in an earlier comment.
There is one thing that's not clear to me; am I supposed to skip any stitches when I join with ss? This is what happens to me:
I have the magic circle with the 15 sc. I join with ss, chain 1 and then do 15 sc starting in the stitch that I slip-stitched to.
When I've done the final 15th sc, the next stitch on the row is the ss, then the chain and then my first sc. What I normally do here is skip the ss and the chain and join with the 1st sc. Result: non-straight seam. Am I supposed to do a sc in the slip-stitch, too? Because that way I'll end up doing 16 sc in total :/
If you don't understand my problem, let me know and maybe I can make a video.
Thomas.
Hrmmm...I'm not really sure why things are twisting then. What you have described sounds like the exact same thing that I do, but I will reiterate just to be sure.
DeleteI start with 15 sc on the magic ring (round 1).
I join the last sc on the magic ring with the first sc on the ring with a slip stitch.
I chain one.
I sc 15 stitches (round 2) starting with the sc from the previous row that I slip stitched into (i.e. the first sc from the magic ring/round 1)
Once I have sc 15, I skip the slip stitch and the chain and then slip stitch into the first stitch from round 2.
I chain one.
I sc 15 stitches (round 3), starting with the sc from round 2 that I slip stitched into (i.e. the first sc from round 2).
etc.
If you are still having issues, please make a video. I may be able to figure out what is going wrong from that.
Lizzard
I don't get it. I do exactly as you said but it's still twisting.
DeleteCould it be because my stitches are too loose or too tight? I did try to crochet both very tightly and very loosely with no success..
Or does it have something to do with the thickness of the yarn and the crochet hook size? As you can see in the pictures I linked to in an earlier comment, the yarn I use is not very thick. The hook I use is a size 2.5 mm (size 12 by UK standards).
Does this information clarify anything, or do you want me to make a video?
Thomas
I really don't think any of that would make a difference. It should turn out the same.
DeleteWhy don't you try making a video and I might be able to tell what is going wrong that way.
Ok then, I've made a video for you. Please ignore my silly, Danish accent :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74gAia8Lde4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2nbasdd&s=5
Oh yeah, I forgot to say; obviously, I didn't use my 2.5 mm hook this time. I thought it would make the stitches too small, so I used a larger hook.
DeleteWell Thomas, I am completely at a loss as to why your legs keep twisting. As far as I can tell you are doing everything how I would do it. So I have no idea what is going on. :( Sorry.
DeleteOne thing you could do to get your legs to be straight be just to crochet a long rectangle that has the same number of stitches for the leg/feet and then sew the seam.
Sorry I can't be more helpful! I hope you find a way to complete your Reginald!
Lizzard
Oh well, it's a shame I can't be helped, but I really appreciate all your efforts to try :)
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