Nessie crochet pattern

I am pleased to offer this design free of charge to anyone who wants to

crochet their own Nessie, but please note that this pattern has not been
tested or tech edited. If you have any questions, suggestions, or
corrections, please contact me: 26donuts@gmail.com ,
or JNowal on Ravelry.

Materials :
at least 100g worsted weight yarn
size US F hook (or preferred size to get a nice tight fabric)
12mm safety eyes
stuffing
3 pipecleaners
darning needle

Abbreviations
:
ch: chain

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dec: decrease
hdc: half-double crochet
inc: increase
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
st: stitch

Techniques :
magic circle:
www.planetjune.com/magicring
invisible decrease:
www.planetjune.com/invdec

Snout & head

Round 1 6 sc in magic circle (6 st)
Round 2 inc in each st (12 st)
Round 3 sc around (12 st)
Round 4 sc around (12 st)
Round 5 4 sc; 4 inc (working in front loops only); 4 sc (16 st)
Round 6 4 sc; inc; sc; inc; 2 sc; inc; sc; inc; 4 sc (20 st)
Round 7 sc around (20 st)
Round 8 sc around (20 st)
Round 9 sc around (20 st)
Round 10 10 sc. To form horn: [ch
5; in 2nd chain from
hook, make 3-st bobble;
sc into each chain; sc
into 10th st again]. 5 sc.
Repeat horn instructions,
then sc to end of round
(22 st)
Round 11 7 sc; 2 dec; 5 sc; 2 dec; sc
to end of round (18 st)
Round 12 * 2 dec, 2 sc. Repeat from * around. (12 st)
Round 13 sc around (12 st)
Round 14 sc around (12 st)
- insert 12mm safety eyes between Rounds 7 & 8
- stuff snout and head

Neck
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Round 15 4 sl st; 2 sc; 4 hdc; 2 sc (12 st)
Round 16 repeat Round 15 (12 st)
Round 17 repeat Round 15 (12 st)
Rounds 18-31 sc around (12 st)
Round 32 3 sc; 7 hdc; 2 sc (12 st)
Round 33 3 sl st; 7 hdc; 2 sl st (12 st)
Round 34 repeat Round 33 (12 st)
Round 35 repeat Round 33 (12 st)
- braid or twist together 3 pipecleaners, cut to a length about 2 shorter than
neck, fold ends over about (to prevent sharp ends poking out); insert
pipecleaners into neck
- stuff neck

Body
Round 36 sc around (12 st)
Round 37 *inc, 2 sc. Repeat from * around. (16 st)
Round 38 inc; 5 sc; inc; 9 sc (18 st)
Round 39 sc; inc; 5 sc; inc; 10 sc (20 st)
Round 40 2 sc; inc; 5 sc; inc; 11 sc (22 st)
Round 41 3 sc; inc; 5 sc; inc; 12 sc (24 st)
Round 42 4 sc; inc; 6 sc; inc; sc to end of round (26 st)
Round 43 5 sc; inc; 6 sc; inc; sc to end of round (28 st)
Round 44 6 sc; inc; 7 sc; inc; sc to end of round (30 st)
Round 45 7 sc; inc; 7 sc; inc; sc to end of round (32 st)
Round 46 8 sc; inc; 8 sc; inc; sc to end of round (34 st)
Round 47 9 sc; inc; 8 sc; inc; sc to end of round (36 st)
Round 48 10 sc; inc; 9 sc; inc; sc to end of round (38 st)
Round 49 11 sc; inc; 9 sc; inc; sc to end of round (40 st)
Round 50 12 sc; inc; 10 sc; inc; sc to end of round (42 st)
Round 51 13 sc; inc; 10 sc; inc; sc to end of round (44 st)
Round 52 14 sc; inc; 11 sc; inc; sc to end of round (46 st)
Round 53 15 sc; inc; 11 sc; inc; sc to end of round (48 st)
Round 54 16 sc; inc; 12 sc; inc; sc to end of round (50 st)
Round 55 sc around (50 st)
- begin stuffing the body and tail as you decrease
Round 56 8 sc; dec; 26 sc; dec; sc to end of round (48 st)
Round 57 dec; 20 sc; dec; sc to end of round (46 st)
Round 58 11 sc; dec; 20 sc; dec; sc to end of round (44 st)
Round 59 dec; 18 sc; dec; sc to end of round (42 st)
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Round 60 10 sc; dec; 17 sc; dec; sc to end of round (40 st)
Round 61 7 sc; dec; 23 sc; dec; sc to end of round (38 st)
Round 62 13 sc; dec; 8 sc; dec; sc to end of round (36 st)
Round 63 dec; 14 sc; dec; sc to end of round (34 st)
Round 64 8 sc; dec; 12 sc; dec; sc to end of round (32 st)
Round 65 10 sc; dec; 8 sc; dec; sc to end of round (30 st)
Round 66 8 sc; dec; 9 sc; dec; sc to end of round (28 st)
Round 67 6 sc; dec; 12 sc; dec; sc to end of round (26 st)
Round 68 8 sc; dec; 8 sc; dec; sc to end of round (24 st)
Round 69 9 sc; dec; 5 sc; dec; sc to end of round (22 st)
Round 70 6 sc; dec; 9 sc; dec; sc to end of round (20 st)
Round 71 5 sc; dec; 8 sc; dec; sc to end of round (18 st)
Round 72 sc around (18 st)
Round 73 5 sc; dec; 7 sc; dec; sc to end of round (16 st)
Round 74 sc around (16 st)
Round 75 repeat Round 73 (14 st)
Rounds 76-78 sc around (14 st)
Round 79 2 sc; dec; sc to end of round (13 st)
Round 80 sc around (13 st)
Round 81 repeat Round 79 (12 st)
Rounds 82-84 sc around (12 st)
Round 85 repeat Round 79 (11 st)
Round 86 repeat Round 79 (10 st)
Rounds 87-89 sc around (10 st)
Round 90 repeat Round 79 (9 st)
Rounds 91-93 sc around (9 st)
Round 94 repeat Round 79 (8 st)
- finish stuffing the tail
Round 95 repeat Round 79 (7 st)
Round 96 sc around (7 st)
Round 97 dec; sc to end of round (6 st)
Round 98 3 dec (3 st)
- finish off and weave in ends

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Front flippers (make 2)
Round 1 4 sc in magic circle (4 st)
Round 2 inc in each sc (8 st)
Round 3 sc around (8 st)
Round 4 *sc, inc. Repeat from * to end of round (12 st)
Round 5 sc around (12 st)
Round 6 sc around (12 st)
Round 7 *2 sc, inc. Repeat from * to end of round (16 st)
Round 8 sc around (16 st)
Round 9 sc around (16 st)
Round 10 *2 sc, dec. Repeat from * to end of round (12 st)
Round 11 sc around (12 st)
Round 12 *sc, dec. Repeat from * to end of round (8 st).
- finish off, leaving a long tail

Back flippers (make 2)

Round 1 4 sc in magic circle (4 st)
Round 2 inc in each sc (8 st)
Round 3 sc around (8 st)
Round 4 *sc, inc. Repeat from * to end of round (12 st)
Round 5 sc around (12 st)
Round 6 *2 sc, inc. Repeat from * to end of round (16 st)
Round 7 sc around (16 st)
Round 8 *3 sc, inc. Repeat from * to end of round (20 st)
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Round 9 sc around (20 st)
Round 10 *3 sc, dec. Repeat from * to end of round (16 st)
Round 11 sc around (16 st)
Round 12 *2 sc, dec. Repeat from * to end of round (12 st)
Round 13 sc around (12 st)
- finish off, leaving a long tail
- lightly stuff all 4 flippers, and sew on to body

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Contact: 26donuts@gmail.com