Crochet pattern for Knitting Together project

I recently came across a lovely craftivism project called Knitting Together that uses simple, knitted finger puppets to raise awareness about loneliness. This wonderful campaign is organized by The Marmalade Trust and the Impact Alliance. It launched as part of Loneliness Awareness Week last month, a national movement dedicated to opening up conversations and building meaningful community connections. I had to write a crochet version inspired by the knitted pattern.

For details of how to take part please refer back to the campaign website. 

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I have written a 4 ply/fingering weight and a DK version - perfect for using up scraps. Patterns are not tech-edited yet.

Materials: 

*Small quantities of yarn for hair, face & body plus even snaller amounts for facial features eyes & mouth. 

*3mm crochet hook for 4ply version, 4mm for DK version

*Stitch marker to mark first stitch of each round 

US crochet terms and working in continuous rounds. 

4 ply version

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Start in hair colour 

Either ch2 and 8 sc into 2nd ch or 8 sc into a magic ring

Round 1: increase in every sc (16 sc). 

Round 2: 6 sc hair colour, 4 sc skin colour, 6 sc hair colour.

Round 3: 5 sc hair, 6 sc skin, 5 sc hair. 

Round 4: 4 sc hair, 8 sc skin, 4 sc hair. Round 5: 16 sc skin

Change to body colour 

Round 6 (make arms): 4sc, ch15, turn, skip 1ch, slst14, sc8, ch15, turn, skip 1ch, slst14, 4sc. 

Rounds 7-12: sc16 Round 15: Long sc16 over round 13 to create to create double thickness final round. Finish off.

Add eyes, mouth, hair as required

DK version

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In hair colour ch2, 6 sc into 2nd ch or 6 sc into magic ring.

Round 1: increase in every sc, (12 sc). 

Round 2: 4 sc hair colour, 4 sc skin colour, 4 sc hair colour

Round 3: 3 sc hair, 6 sc skin, 3 sc hair

Round 4: 2 sc hair, 8 sc skin, 2 sc hair

Round 5: 12 sc skin

Change to body colour 

Round 6 (make arms): 3 sc, ch11,  turn, skip 1ch, slst10, 6 sc, ch11, turn, skip 1ch, slst10, 3 sc

Rounds 7-12: sc12

Round 15: long sc 12 over round 13 to create to create double thickness final 

Finish off.

Add eyes, mouth, hair as required