– Bernat Super Value Yarn in soft grey, berry, and winter white. Find these colors and more at Yarnspirations.com!
– Size H crochet hook for body parts and Size G hook to crochet around the fleece.
– Sock monkey fleece fabric. You only need about a 12×12 inch square. I got mine at Jo-Ann fabrics but you can also purchase several sock monkey fabric designs on Amazon (affiliate) HERE, HERE, and HERE.
– Skip Stitch Blade. Original #1
– Polyfil fiber stuffing
– Two black 12mm safety eyes (or black buttons)
– Tapestry needle
– Scissors
Starting with white
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 4: 2 SC in first, SC in next, repeat around, join, chain 1 (30 SC)
Round 5: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (30 SC)
Round 6: 2 SC in first, SC in next, repeat around, join, chain 1 (40 SC)
Round 7-9: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (40 SC)
change to red
Round 10: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (40 SC)
change to gray
Round 11-19: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (40 SC)
Round 20: SC decrease, SC in next 2, join, chain 1 (30 SC)
Round 21: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (30 SC)
Round 22: SC decrease, SC in next, join, chain 1 (20 SC)
Round 23: SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long tail.
Magic ring, chain 2, 8 HDC in ring, pull tight but do not join (It should look like a half circle), chain 2, turn
Row 2: 2 HDC in each stitch, chain 1, turn (16 HDC)
Row 3: SC in each stitch across (16 SC)
Mouth:
Chain 9, SC in second chain from hook and in next 6, 2 SC in last chain. Continuing on other side of chain, SC in each stitch across making SC in last 2, join to first SC, chain 1.
Round 2: SC 7, 2 SC in next 2, SC 7, 2 SC in last 2, join to first SC, fasten off leaving long tail to sew onto head.
Before you sew onto head, surface slip stitch a smile on the center using red yarn.
Legs (make 4):
with white yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 6 SC in ring, join to first SC and chain 1.
Round 2-5: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1
change to gray yarn
Round 6-15: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1.
Sew body parts onto edge of fleece fabric. You should have already cut your fabric and crocheted around the edge one time (or more if you want a larger border). Remember that you can find a complete tutorial on how to crochet around fleece HERE.