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“You want me to make a what?” was my reply to my daughter at her suggestion to create a Lorax. She had just seen the movie and thought I should mak...
Supplies: Scrap of 4 play worsted white Caron Simply Soft color Mango (+/- $4) Yarn Bee Haute Fur color Goldlash (+/- $7) 4 size 5 double pointe...
Terms and abbreviations: You need to know all these- if you don’t, learn how by Googling the term and learn from the tutorials found there. Cast o...
Body (mango yarn, from the seat to the top of the head) Cast on 9 stitches onto one needle. Row 1 – k all, dividing the stitches evenly between the th...
Legs: make 2 from mango yarn Cast on 15st Row 1 – k all divide evenly between 3 needles (15st) Rows 2-8 (7 rows) k all Row 9 – k2, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k...
Use the whip stitch, sew the legs on the lower body so that Lorax will be sitting. See the picture for placement.
Arms: make 2 from mango yarn Cast in 12 Row 1 – k all dividing evenly between 3 needles Rows 2-16 (15 rows) k all Row 17 – k1, k2tog, k2, k2tog...
Thumb: make 2 from mango yarn Cast on 4st. Row 1 – k all Row 2 – p all Row 3 – k all Row 4 – p all Cost off, leaving a long tail of yarn. ...
Look at the Lorax and determine where the shoulders are. With a long piece of mango yarn, stick the yarn needle completely through the center of th...
Whites of Eyes: make 2 from white yarn and crochet hook, if you don’t know how to crochet, cut ovals from white felt. Chain 5, make circle by ss i...
Now put the eyes on the face: 1st – Put the safety eyes through the holes in the whites you created, place the eyes on either side of the bridge of...
2nd – Using mango yarn, whip stitch the whites down to the face. Make the stitches so close together that the stitches look like upper and lower ey...
Eyebrows: Make 2 of the goldlash color yarn, this will be worked flat, working back and forth. Yyou will notice that the long hairs of the yarn flo...
Mustache: Make a small ball of the goldlash yarn. This will be worked flat, going back and forth. Since the long hairs of the yarn flow downward f...
Using the 2 balls of yarn, cast one 5 stitches from each ball, on the same needle. Row 1 – k all, each 5 stitches from its on ball, keep doing this...
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