The Eagle Puffy Stuffy adaptation to my puffy stuffy collection came about so that I had something simple I could make for gifts for the kids that I coach. Our school mascot is an eagle, and our colors are blue and white, and I thought this little guy would make such a fun gift, and maybe even a great addition to my market I do at the school each year!
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Materials:
Used here:
Parfait Chunky – Cream, Sunshine, and Teddy Bear. (our school color is light blue with an eagle mascot, so light blue is used on the body in pictures here)
Worsted Weight black acrylic yarn for the eyes – 1 yd
OR Flat Back Round Kawaii eyes and hot glue gun (sizes depends on your preference!)
Alternate Yarn/Hook combos:
DK weight yarn with 2mm or 2.25mm hook
Worsted Weight yarn with 3.5mm hook
Big Twist Posh with 4mm hook
Bernat Blanket with 6.5mm hook
*Note: making it with dk yarn and the 2mm hook makes a great keychain size, using these fun attachments below. Place the screw up from the inside of the head before closing up, and glue the rivet onto the screw to secure. You can find this technique used on my Unicorn Puffy Stuffy.
Metal Pull Ring Rivets with Screws
Metal Lobster Claw Clasp and Split Key Rings
Fabri-Tac, Permanent Adhesive, Fabric Glue
Terms and abbreviations to know:
magic ring
rnd, rnds – round, rounds
st, sts – stitch, stitches
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
inc – increase, work 2 sts into same st
FLO – front loop only
Special Stitches:
popcorn st – popcorn stitch
- Make 5 dc sts in same st
- Drop loop of the last dc.
- Insert hook into the top of the 1st dc sts.
- Pick up dropped loop from the last dc.
- Pull dropped loop through the top of the 1st dc.
puff st – puff stitch
- Yarn over and insert hook into next st.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and insert hook back into same st.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and insert hook back into same st.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (7 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through all 7 loops.
Dc bobble – double crochet bobble
- Yarn over, and insert hook into designated st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 2 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 3 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 4 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 5 loops left on hook
- Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops.
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 st.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.
Notes:
The Eagle Puffy Stuffy is worked in the round from the top, down, with no joining unless specified. The use of a st marker to mark each rnd is helpful when working with thicker yarns. The body and wings are made all in one piece. This yarn can be tricky to work with, so here are some tips: to be sure you’re not missing any sts, always count each rnd, until you’re more comfortable. Because the yarn is so thick, the sts will be very close together, especially during the increasing rnds. Do NOT pull yarn too tightly while sewing or closing, because it can break. Pull gently.
Eagle Puffy Stuffy
Body, beginning with the head (in white/cream)
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
Rnds 6-9: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 10: sc in next 6 sts, pull yellow through to complete the 6th st, but do NOT cut white, in yellow popcorn st, pull white back through the loop at the end of your popcorn st and fasten off yellow, in white sc in next 23 sts; 30 sts
Rnd 11: FLO, (sl st in next st, sk next st, 4 sc in next st)10x; 50 sts
Sl st into the first st of the rnd, and fasten off white yarn.
Rnd 11a: (worked under rnd 11 in the unworked back loops – attach brown with sc into the first unused back loop of rnd 10, sc in each back loop around; 30 sts
Rnd 12: in FLO of next st only, work 5 dc sts, sc in next 11 sts, FLO of next st only, work 5 dc, sc in next 17 sts; 38 sts
Rnd 13: sc in the unworked back loop under the wing, sk all the dc sts of the wing, sc in next 11 sts, sc in unworked back loop under the other wing, sk all the dc sts of second wing as well, sc in next 17 sts; 30 sts
Rnd 14: sc in next 22 sts, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 7 sts; 32 sts
Rnd 15: sc in next 4 sts, pull yellow through to complete the last st and with yellow work puff st (see pictures 7-11) into next st, pull brown through to complete the puff st and sc in brown in the next 4 sts, pull yellow through to complete the last st and with yellow work a puff st into next st, pull brown through to complete the puff st, continue in brown sc in next 13 sts, pull white through to complete last st, in white dc bobble in next st, pull brown through to complete the bobble (see picture 12), and sc in remaining 8 sts; 32 sts
Eyes (if you’re NOT using the kawaii flat back eyes and would rather use yarn): cut about 6-8 inches of black yarn for each eye. Use your tapestry needle to stitch the eyes over rnds 7 and 8 off to each side of the beak. Eyes should span 4 sts over rnd 8 with lashes going up to rnd 7. Knot black yarn inside the head.
*note: you may need to use a small amount of your brown yarn to close up any gaps behind the wings on the inside
Begin stuffing and continue to close.
Rnd 16: (invsc2tog, sc in next 2 sts)8x; 24 sts
Rnd 17: invsc2tog 12x; 12 sts
Finish off adding any more stuffing, if desired.
Rnd 18: (invsc2tog, sc in next st)4x; 8 sts
Fasten off leaving about a 6-inch tail. Using your tapestry needle, sew the bottom closed, knot, and weave in ends.
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