A Monkey Adds the Sweetest Touch to the Cuddle Buddies Crew

It's time to time to add another animal applique to the Cuddle Buddies Blanket! I have the pattern for the sweetest little monkey you've ever seen. He joins the patterns for a cow, kitten, piglet, bunny and bear that are already available. If you want to find all of the patterns for the blanket, you can find them here. Each month when I release a new pattern I feel as if I have a new favorite and this month is no different. It's quick and easy and I have tutorials for all of the pieces.

Let's get started!

Supplies:

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• G 4 mm hook

• Yarn – Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in Latte and Ivory with a small amount of Black

• Darning needle

• Scissors

  
  

Watch the tutorial here:

Gauge:

Not important for this project. If your monkey’s face is a little larger or a little smaller it will still fit wonderfully.

Yardage:

Latte: 16 yards 

Ivory: 11 yards

Stitch Abbreviations:

mc – magic circle

ch - chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

Notes:

The ch at the start of each row does not count as a stitch.

Sl st to the first stitch of the row, not the chain.

The first stitch of the row SHOULD be in the same stitch you slip stitched into.

If you have any trouble making a magic circle, you can watch a tutorial here.

Cuddle Buddies Monkey Pattern

Monkey head

Watch a tutorial to crochet the head here.

G 4 mm hook

With Latte

row 1 - mc and place 8 sc in the mc, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (8)

row 2 – 2 sc in each stitch around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (16)

row 3 – (2 sc in the first stitch, 1 sc in the next) repeated around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (24)

row 4 – (1 sc in the first stitch, 2 sc in the next, 1 sc in the next) repeated around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (32)

row 5 – (2 sc in the first stitch, 1 sc in the next 3 stitches) repeated around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (40)

row 6 – (1 sc in the each of the next 2 stitches, 2 sc in the next, 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches) repeated around, sl st to the first sc (48)

Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing the head onto the blanket.

Monkey’s Muzzle

With Ivory yarn

Ch 8

row 1 - hdc in the second ch from the hook and in each of the next 6 ch (7 total hdc), 2 additional hdc in the same stitch you just worked into, turn the ch so you are working on the second side of the ch

Hdc in each of the next 6 ch, 2 additional hdc in the same stitch you just worked into, sl st to the first hdc, ch 1 (17)

row 2 - hdc in the same st as the join and in each of the next 7 stitches (8 total hdc), 3 hdc in the next, 1 hdc in the next 8 stitches, 3 hdc in the last stitch, sl st to the first hdc in the row (22)

Leave a long tail for sewing the muzzle onto the face.

Use a yarn needle and Black yarn to add a nose and mouth to the front of the muzzle.

Eyes/Face

With Ivory yarn

row 1 - mc and place 8 sc in the mc (8)

Pull on the starting tail to close the mc MOST of the way. TURN YOUR WORK. In row 2 work back along the stitches you just made.

row 2 – ch 1, hdc in each stitch, ch 1 (8) TURN YOUR WORK

row 3 – hdc, dc, 2 dc in the next stitch, ch 1, sl st to the next stitch, ch 1, 2 dc in the next stitch, dc, hdc, sl st to the last stitch (8 stitches)

Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing the eyes/face onto the head. 

Ears – make 2

With Ivory yarn

row 1 - mc and place 6 sc in the mc, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (6)

row 2 – 2 sc in each stitch around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (12)

Switch to Latte yarn

row 3 – (2 sc in the first stitch, 1 sc in the next) repeated around, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (18)

row 4 – sc in each stitch, sl st to the first sc (18)

Finish off leaving a long tail to use later to sew the ears onto the blanket.

Weave in the starting end.

Paws – make 2

Watch a tutorial to make the paws here.

With Latte

Row 1 - Mc and place 6 sc in the mc, sl st to the first sc, ch 1 (6)

Row 2 – 2 sc in each stitch around, sl st to the first sc (12)

Finish off leaving a long tail to use later to sew the paws onto the blanket.

Weave in the starting ends.

Assembling the monkey applique:

Use a yarn needle and the tails left from each of the body parts to sew the pieces onto one another and the blanket.

• Sew the muzzle onto the head.

• Sew the white portion of the face onto the head overlapping the muzzle.

• With Black yarn embroider a nose and mouth onto the muzzle, and eyes onto the white portion of the face.

• Sew the head onto the blanket block. I like to place this near one of the joins on the block so the paws can hold onto the “frame.”

• Sew the ears with about 15 empty stitches between the two, and under just the curled outside edge so that edge stands away from the blanket.

• Sew the paws onto the blanket with the back edge overlapping the monkey’s head just a bit.

I hope you love this pattern as much as I do!

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