Miss Piggy

As I mentioned in the previous post, my sisters birthday is at the end of July and she is one big Miss Piggy fan. The patterns for the lovely

pig I found on the interwebs didnt quite onvin e me, so I de ided to ma!e my own. The reason this is limited to the head is be ause this is meant to be a !ey hain. "ou an ertainly add to it and give it arms, legs or a beautiful pearl ne !la e.

Miss piggy !ey hain

I used a #.$% ro het hoo!. Theres no gauge for the pattern, the bigger the hoo! the bigger the head.

&or the yarn, I used 'ilys (ugar )n ream*

+ 'ilys (ugar )n ream s ents in ,amomille

+ 'ilys (ugar )n ream in yellow

"ou will also need*

&elt

-mbroidery needle and floss

.ead

The head is ro heted in a spiral so there are no /oins or hains at the beginning of ea h round. 0se a stit h mar!er if needed.

,hain 1, /oin in the round with sl st

2ound 3* 4 s in the ring 54s 6

2ound 7* 7 s in ea h s around 537 s 6

2ound #* 857s , 3s 6, 2epeat from 8 around 539 s 6

2ound 1* 857s , 3s , 3s 6, 2epeat from 8 around 571 s 6

2ounds 4+9* 3 s around

At this point you want to add the hair, see below

2ound :* 85s 7tog, 3 s , 3s 6 2epeat from 8 around 539 st6

(tuff the head firmly with fiberfill

2pund 3;* 85s 7tog, 3 s 6 2epeat from 8 around 537 st6

2ound 33* s 7tog around, 54 st6

,lose the head by sewing the hole tight

-ars

Ma!e 7

2ound 3* hain 7, 4s in the se ond hain from hoo! 54s 6

2ound 7* 3s in ea h s 54s 6

2ound #* s 7tog around 5#s 6

2ound 1* s in ea h and ut the yarn, leaving a long tail to sew the ears to the head

(nout

2ound 3* hain 7, 4s in se ond hain from hoo! 54s 6

2ound 7* 7s in ea h s 537s 6

2ound #* 3 s in ea h st in ba ! loop only 537 s 6

2ound 1* 3 s in ea h st through both loops

,ut the yarn leaving a long tail to sew to the head

.air

To ma!e urly hair, ro het a ir le tightly, with a smaller hoo! than

youd normally use for the yarn. I used a # mm hoo!. <et the ir le and let it dry. =n e dry, undo the ir le and youll have some urly yarn whi h will serve as hair. ,ut the yarn to # in h pie es and tie a !not to the end. To atta h it*

Introdu e the yarn in the needle hole from the side that does >=T have the !not. Then go from the inside of the head to the outside through the holes left by the s stit hes. Pull the yarn all the way out til the !not. The hair will be on the outside and the !not inside, preventing it from falling off. 2epeat with as many strands as you want until the hair loo!s full enough.

To finish up

(ew the snout and ears to the head, leaving enough spa e for hair between the ears.

&or the eyes* ut two ir les of white felt and one with pin!+ish felt. ,ut the pin! one in half. -a h half will be one eyelid. <ith blue embroidery floss, ma!e an embroidered ir le at the enter of the white felt ir les. Then ma!e a smaller bla ! ir le over the blue floss. ?lue the eyelid to the top of the eye and the whole eye to the head.

And youre done@ en/oy@