Schools reopen their doors and Chip the monster is thrilled for his first day. He is waiting for it, many years now and he’s excited that his time has finally come.
Kiki, on the other hand, Chip’s best friend and favorite backpack, feels quite the opposite. She never wanted to go there, she prefers to travel and see the world.
Fortunately Chip convinced Kiki about the wonderful things she will learn on the school and now she is ready to try it. I hope she loves it!
Is your kid related more to Chip or to Kiki? I know mine are definitely travelers, just like Kiki!
Either way that cute little monster and his backpack are super easy to make and you can have them ready to be given as gift, for your kid’s first day at school!
Chip the monster and Kiki the backpack patterns are available as a free PDF download.
Pattern Information
Materials:
Yarn: Fingering weight, cotton yarn in green, orange, yellow, purple and gray. Small amount
of black and white embroidery thread.
For my sample I use Scheepjes Catona in the colorways: Forest Green (412), Sweet
Orange (411), Yellow Gold (208), Ultra Violet (282) and Mercury (074).
Crochet Hook: 2.5 mm crochet hook.
Notions: Fiberfill for stuffing, 6 mm safety eyes, pins, tapestry needle, stitch marker, scissors.
Gauge:
26 stitches and 27 rows in single crochet worked in the round, with 2.5 mm crochet
hook = 10 cm.
Gauge is not important for this project. However, changes might affect the finished
measurements and the safety eyes size.
Finished Measurements:
Chip the monster is approx. 10 cm (4 in) tall and Kiki the backpack is 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
tall. When made with suggested yarn weight and hook size.
Abbreviations:
This pattern is written in US terminology.
mc: magic circle
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
inc: increase 1 st. (2 sc in the same st)
dec: decrease 1 st
blo: back loops only
sl st: slip stitch
st(s): stitch(es)
rnds: rounds
{…}: repeat enclose instructions the amount of times indicate
[…]: the enclose instructions are work in the same st
(…): total number of sts of the round and/or additional information
You can find the free pattern by clicking here
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