Of course, the astronaut needs a friend! He has found life! Continue to encourage your child’s imagination with this fun puppet set. You can find the astronaut puppet HERE. Both patterns remain free on the blog here, but can be found on Ravelry or Etsy for a small fee, if you would like an ad-free, printer-friendly copy.
Bonus, if you buy them both together in this listing on Etsy, you get both patterns for only $3.25!
Notes: The body is worked from the top down, in the rnd, with no joining. The arms, antennae, and eyes are made separately and sewn on. Pictures below can give more details into the process.
Size: This is one size, fitting child through adult, but if you wish to make it smaller for a smaller child to play with, simply tighten gauge or go down a hook size.
Gauge: 7 sts across and 8 rnds down = approximately 2 inches Materials:
Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, Radiant Lime – approximately 93 yds
Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, Black – approximately 5 yds
Crochet hook size G – 4.25mm
Tapestry needle
Terms and abbreviations to know:
Magic ring
Rnd, rnds – round, rounds
St, sts – stitch, stitches
Sl st – slip stitch
Sk – skip
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Dc – double crochet
Inc – increase, 2 sts in same st
Invsc2tog – invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother, and the decrease not as noticeable.
- Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
- Insert hook into front loop of second stitch.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.
Body, in Radiant Lime
Begin with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st)6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts)6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (3 inc, sc in next 12 sts)2x; 36 sts
Rnds 7-9: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Rnd 10: (invsc2tog, sc in next 16 sts)2x; 34 sts
Rnd 11: sc in each st around; 34 sts
Rnd 12: (invsc2tog, sc in next 15 sts)2x; 32 sts
Rnd 13: sc in each st around; 32 sts
Rnd 14: (invsc2tog, sc in next 14 sts)2x; 30 sts
Rnd 15: (invsc2tog, sc in next 13 sts)2x; 28 sts
Rnd 16: (invsc2tog, sc in next 12 sts)2x; 26 sts
Rnd 17: (invsc2tog, sc in next 11 sts)2x; 24 sts
Rnd 18: (3 inc, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 30 sts
Rnd 19: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 20: ch 4, sk next 4 sts, inc in next st, (sc in next 4 sts, inc) 2x, ch 4, sk next 4 sts, inc in next st, (sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st)2x; 36 sts, counting the chs
Rnd 21: (sc into each of the 4 chs (using the back loop under the chs will create a neater look in the sts for sewing on the arms later), sc in next 14 sts)2x; 36 sts (see picture 1)
Rnds 22-38: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Arms, in Radiant Lime (make 2)
*Beginning at the hands, you will make two fingers, and then join them
Finger 1
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring; 4 sts
Rnd 2: sc in each st around; 4 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st)2x; 6 sts
Rnd 4: sc in each st around; 6 sts
Fasten off.
Finger 2
Begin with magic ring.
Repeat Rnd 1-4 of finger 1, but do NOT fasten off. Continue on to the arm. (see picture
2 for connecting the fingers)
Arm
Rnd 5: attach with a sc to the first st of rnd 4 of finger 1, sc in next 5 sts on finger 1, then
attach back to finger 2, and sc around; 12 sts
Rnd 6: (invsc2tog, sc in next 2 sts)3x; 9 sts
Rnds 7-9: sc in each st around; 9 sts
Rnd 10: inc, sc in next 8 sts; 10 sts
Rnd 11: sc in each st around; 10 sts
Rnd 12: inc, sc in next 9 sts; 11 sts
Rnd 13: sc in each st around; 11 sts
Rnd 14: inc, sc in next 10 sts; 12 sts
Rnd 15: sc in each st around; 12 sts
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing. Using one of the tails from the fingers, weave in
to close the gap between the fingers. Using long tail at the end of the arm, sew into the
arm holes on the puppet.
Eyes, in Black (make 2)
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 sc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, 2 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, 2 sc in last st; 12 sts
Rnd 3: sl st in first st, 2 sc in next st, sc, 2 hdc in next st, hdc, 2 dc in next st, dc, 2 hdc in next st, hdc, 2 sc in next st, sc, (hdc, dc, hdc) in last st, sk first sl st of the rnd and sl st into the next st to fasten off; 18 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the eyes with the lower points pointing inward and downward, as pictured.
Antennae, in Radiant Lime (make 2)
Begin with magic ring
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnds 3-4: sc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 5: 6 invsc2tog; 6 sts
Rnds 6-7: sc in each st around; 6 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the top of the head, around rnds 4 and 5.
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