The Mouse Hand Puppet pattern can operate as a stand-alone pattern! He is such a cute mouse, and his tail makes me so happy! The mouse in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is such a poor offended creature, having to suffer talk of Alice’s cat Dinah, stories of a rat terrier, and the general bordem of everyone listening to his dry tale. For the mouse’s part in this story, there are so many fun plays on words!

Maybe you’re not here for the Wonderland Crochet-a-Long, but are just looking for a mouse hand puppet. That’s fine too! I hope you enjoy him!

“I daresay it’s a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror.” ~Alice

Mouse Hand Puppet

 

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Materials:

Worsted Weight (4) Yarn

Red Heart With Love

  1. Light Grey – body (A) approximately 89 yds
  2. Eggshell – tail (B) approximately 21 yds

Small amount of worsted black for the eyes and nose. 

Small amount of worsted white for the teeth. 

Crochet Hook, H-5mm

Scissors

Stitch marker

Tapestry needle

 

Terms and abbreviations to know:

magic ring

rnd, rnds – round, rounds

ch, chs – chain, chains

st, sts – stitch, stitches

sl st – slip stitch

sk – skip

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

inc – increase, 2 sc 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. 

  1. Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
  2. Insert hook into front loop of second stitch. 
  3. Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops. 
  4. Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.

 

Notes:

The body of the Mouse Hand Puppet is worked from the top down, in the rnd, with no joining. The arms, ears, snout, teeth, and tail are made separately and sewn on. The eyes are sewn on as well. 

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 the gauge or go down a hook size. 

Gauge: 7 sts across and 7 rnds down = approximately 2 inches

 

 




 

Mouse Hand Puppet

 

 

Mouse Hand Puppet

Body – beginning at the head, with (A)

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

Rnds 5-8: sc in each st around; 24 sts

Rnd 9: (6 inc, sc in next 6 sts)2x; 36 sts

Rnds 10-14 : sc in each st around; 36 sts

Rnd 15: sc in next st, 6 invsc2tog, sc in next 6 sts, 6 invsc2tog, sc in next 5 sts; 24 sts

Rnd 16: sc in each st around; 24 sts

Rnd 17: sc in next 2 sts, ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 8 sts, ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 6 sts; 30 sts, counting the chs

Rnd 18: sc in next 2 sts, sc in each of the 7 chs, sc in next 8 sts, sc in each of the 7 chs, sc in next 6 sts ; 30 sts

Rnds 19-34 : sc in each st around; 30 sts 

Fasten off and weave in ends. 

 

Arms in A, make 2

Begin with magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st)3x; 9 sts

Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)3x; 12 sts

Rnds 4-13: sc in each st around; 12 sts

Join to the first st with a sl st and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. 

Sew the arms into each of the arm holes on the puppet, and weave in ends. 

 




 

Snout in A 

Begin with magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: (sc, ch 1, sc) in next st, sc in next st, (3 dc in next st, sc in next st)2x, join to first st with sl st; 11 sts, 1 ch-1 sp

Rnd 3: ch 1, sc in same st as joining sl st, (sc, ch 1, sc) in ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 sts, (dc in next st, 3 dc in next st, dc in next st, sc in next)2x, join to first st with sl st; 17 sts, 1 ch-1 sp

Rnd 4: ch 1, sc in same st as joining sl st, sc in next st, (sc, ch 1, sc) in ch-1 sp, sc in next 4 sts, dc in next st, 3 dc in next st, dc in next st, sc in next st, sl st in next st, sc in next st, dc in next st, 3 dc in next st, dc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, join to first st with sl st; 23 sts, 1 ch-1 sp

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Before sewing onto the face, create the nose in black, and the teeth in white below. Use black yarn to sew the nose over the top sts of the snout. Sew about 8 to 10 strands over the top (the sc, ch 1, sc part) and back through the ch-1 sp below to create a triangular nose. Knot off, behind the snout. Then make the teeth.

 




 

Teeth in White, make 2

Ch 2, turn and sl st into the first ch, fasten off, leaving a bit of a tail for sewing. Sew each tail of each tooth into the snout between rnds 2 and 3, at the bottom between the 3 dc on each side. Knot the ends off inside the snout to attach them. I did not sew all the way around each tooth. 

After adding the teeth, I used the longest of the black tails left behind the snout to sew the lines. Sew down from the nose to the sl st at the center of the teeth. Bring yarn back through slightly lower than the teeth and off to the side. Then back up above the double crochet sts of rnd 2 toward the outside, and retrace your steps to cover each spot with black yarn. Repeat on the other side too. Continue to sew the snout down to the face. 

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Sew the snout onto the front center of the face with the top point of the snout at rnd 9, and the bottom of the snout along rnd 15, right between the arms. Knot off and weave in ends. 

 




 

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