This monkey design was inspired by my favorite work at home blog. Wahadventures.com uses a cute monkey logo that made this plastic bag dispenser unique and absolutely adorable.
Abbreviations:
CH – Chain
DC – Double Crochet
SC – Single Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
Supplies:
Four colors of worsted weight yarn. Pink, Blue, Gold, and a small
amount of Gray.
Size I and F crochet hook
Hair tie
Yarn needle
Get Started!
Round 1: With size I crochet hook attach Gold yarn to hair tie, CH
1, 30 SC around hair tie (I used a large hair tie and folded it in
half) Connect to CH 1
Round 2: CH 2, 1 DC in eash SC around, Connect to top of CH 2
Round 3: CH 2, *2 DC in first stitch, 1 DC in next 2 stitches*
repeat from * around. Connect on top of CH 2
Round 4: CH 2, *2 DC in first stitch, 1 DC in next 3 stitches*
repeat from * around. Connect on top of CH 2
Round 5-8: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Change color to blue
Round 9-10: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Change color to gold
Round 11-24: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Change color to blue
Round 12-15: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Round 16: CH 2, HDC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Round 17: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Round 18: CH 2, HDC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Round 19: CH 2, DC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Round 20: CH 2, HDC in each stitch around, Connect to top of CH2
Finish off
Ears
Supplies
Size F hook
Pink and blue worsted weight yarn
1. Make Magic circle with pink yarn, CH2, 7 HDC in circle. Connect
to top of CH 2
2. CH 2, HDC 2 in each stitch around. Connect to top of CH 2
3. *2 HDC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next* Repeat from * around
4. *2 HDC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next 2 stitches* Repeat from *
around
5.*2 HDC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next 3 stitches* Repeat from *
around
Change color to blue
6.*2 HDC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next 4 stitches* Repeat from *
around
7. CH 1, SC around, Connect to CH 1
Finish off, leaving long tail to stitch onto bag dispenser and
repeat for other ear. Attach ears to the bag dispenser with yarn
needle
Nose
Supplies
Size F hook
Pink Yarn
1. Magic circle with pink yarn, CH 2, 8 HDC in magic circle, Connect
to top of CH 2. CH 1, SC in first 3 stitches, 1 HDC in next stitch,
SC in next 3 stitches, 1 HDC in next stitch, Connect to CH 1.
Attatch to bag dispenser.
Bow
Row 1: (leaving 10 inch tail) CH 12 with pink yarn, DC in 3rd CH
from hook, DC across
Row 2-8 : CH 2, DC across
finish off (leaving another 10 inch tail) Weave both tails to edge
of the center of the bow on both sides and wrap the tails around the
middle to gather it like a bow. Attach above monkey ear
Mouth
With size F hook and gray yarn
CH 30. Slip Stitch down CH. finish off.. attatch to bag despenser
with yarn needle (use picture I posted above as a guide)
Eyes
With size F hook and gray yarn
Magic circle, CH 2, 10 HDC inside circle, Connect to top of CH 2.
finish off. Repeat for other eye. attach to bag dispenser using my
picture as a guide.
Drawstring
Using size I hook and pink yarn
CH 100 (or the length you would like it to be)
Slip stitch down the chain
Cut yarn but do NOT finish off
Weave drawstring in and out of Round 17
Connect both sides of the chain
Finsh off
Fill up with plastic bags
Wa-Lah! You now have a Wahadventures monkey plastic bag dispenser!!
The row numbers don’t add up for the body???