Mareep

Mareep is a Pokemon I've been making on and off between other projects. It differs from my other projects and other people's projects in that it uses a bulky weight yarn for the body. I originally did this because I wanted to avoid sculpting and just have a textured "sheepy" look. I ended up sculpting anyway (it was much easier than I thought), but I left the yarn as is. You can use worsted weight,but you have to add extra increase rows to make it larger. I hope you like it!



Materials

Cream colored bulky weight yarn (I used Lion Brand Homespun)
Blue worsted weight yarn
Small amounts black, yellow and orange worsted weight yarn
2 crochet hooks of different sizes (I used an I hook for the bulky weight, and a G hook for the worsted)

Body



With bulky yarn ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc (18 sc)
Rnd 4: sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (24 sc)
Rnd 5: sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (30 sc)
Rnd 6: sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (36 sc)
Rnd 7: sc in next 5 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (42 sc)
Rnd 8: sc in next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (48 sc)
Rnd 9-20: sc in each sc around
Rnd 21: sc in next 6 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (42 sc)
Rnd 22: sc in next 5 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (36 sc)
Rnd 23: sc in next 4 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (30 sc)
Rnd 24: sc in next 3 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (24 sc)
Rnd 25: sc in next 2 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (18 sc)
Rnd 26: sc in next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 27: sc dec around (6 sc)
Fasten off.

Head



Ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc (18 sc)
Rnd 4: sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (24 sc)
Rnd 5: sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc around (30 sc)
Rnd 6- 10: sc in each sc around
Fasten off.
Sew to head; wrap remaining yarn around last row and pull tightly for shaping

Hair



Ch 4
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch space across (3 sc)
Row 2-40: sc in each sc across
Fold in half and sc across, then sl st sides together.
Roll up, leaving a tail and sew to head.


Ears (Make 2)



With black, ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3-4: sc in each sc around, change to yellow in last sc
Rnd 5-6: sc in each sc around
Rnd 7: sc in next 2 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around, changing to black at end of row (9 sc)
Rnd 8: sc in next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (6 sc)
Rnd 9: sc dec in 2 sc around (3 sc)
Fasten off.

Sew on each side of head underneath the hair.

Legs (Make 4)



Ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3-10: sc in each sc around
Fasten off.

Tail



Tail--Ball
With orange, ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc around (18 sc)
Rnd 4-5: sc in each sc around
Rnd 6: sc in next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 7: sc dec in 2 sc around (6 sc)
Fasten off.

Tail--Tail
With yellow, ch 6, sl st to first ch space to form a loop
Rnd 1: sc in each ch space around (6 sc)
Rnd 2-3: sc in each sc around, change to black at end of Rnd 3
Rnd 4-6: sc in each sc around, change to yellow at end of Rnd 6
Rnd 7-9: sc in each sc around, change to black at end of Rnd 9
Rnd 10-12: sc in each sc around
Row 13: fold in half and sc together (3 sc)
Fasten off.
Sew Rnd 13 to ball. Sew to body.

Finishing and Sculpting.

Cut out eyes out of felt and glue as shown. Embroider 2 straight stitches for nostrils. To sculpt, make straight stitches in random locations around the body and pull tightly to form dents in the crochet fabric. With black thread, embroider a straight stitch on each leg for toe separation.

*Pokemon is copyright of Nintendo.