St Patricks Day Mouse Head crochet pattern

Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day? And what are your traditions on this day? You can be in time to make my leprechaun Mickey on this year St Patrick’s day.

You can use the ornament for making the St Patrick’s Day brooch, magnet, hairpin or backpack clip.

You can also use it for decoration of Christmas tree, tag for suitcase in Disney cruise, jewelry (using thinner yarn), bookmarks.

Or you can whip up and attach to gift tags on gifts for all the Disney fans in your life, and it will be a massive hit.

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The ornament consists of 2 parts of head and 4 parts of ears. The last round of the head is changed for making the beard. The head is decorated with the shamrock and the hat. Ok, let’s start!

Materials:

• Any cotton 100% Weight/Yardage 50g/137yds: Cascade Ultra Pima Fine, 100% cotton or Schachenmayr Catania, etc.
• Size D/3 (3 mm) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations (US terms):

ch – chain

st st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

tr – treble crochet

sk – skip

st(s) – stitch(es)

hdc – half double crochet

Skill Level: Easy

Instructions.

Head.

Round 1: Magic ring with light green color, 6 sc in ring and pull tight. (6 sts)

Round 2: 2scin each chain stitch around. (12 sts)

Round 3: 2scin each chain stitch around. (24 sts). Move marker.

Round 4:sc in each chain stitch around. (24 sts). Move marker.

Round 5: *2 sc in next st, 1sc in next st*repeat around. (36 sts). Move marker.

Round 6: sc in each chain stitch around. (36 sts). Move marker.

Round 7: *2 sc in next st, 1sc in next st*repeat around. (54 sts). Move marker. Change the color.

Round 8:with orange color yarn sc in each chain stitch around. (54 sts). Break yarn and fasten off.

Make 2 heads.

Beard.

Let’s make the beard. Take one head and count 13 sts from the place you ended crocheting. Start working from the 14^thst.

*Ch 2, dc in the next 3 sts, ch 2, ss in the same st* repeat 3 times, then ch 2, dc in the next 2sts, 1 tr in the next st, dc in the next 2 sts,ch 2, ss in the same st, *ch 2, dc in the next 3 sts, ch 2, ss in the same st* repeat 3 times. Break yarn and fasten off.

Ears.

Round 1: Magic ring with orange color, 6 sc in ring and pull tight. (6 sts)

Round 2: 2scin each chain stitch around. (12 sts)

Round 3: 2scin each chain stitch around. (24 sts)

Round 4:sc in each chain stitch around. (24 sts)

Then 5 sc and ss. Break yarn and fasten off.

Make 4 ears.

Hat.

Row 1: Ch13 with green color, 4 dc in the 3^rdst from the hook, 1 dc in the next 9 sts, 4 dc in the last st, ss in the same st. Break yarn and change color.

Row 2: Continue work. With black color sc in the next 9 sts. Turn.

Row 3: repeat row 2. Change the color. Turn.

Row 4: repeat row 2 with green color. Turn.

Row 5:ch 1, sc in the next 8 st, 2 sc in the last st. Turn.

Row 6: ch 1, sc in the next 9 st, 2 sc in the last st. Turn.

Row 7: ch 1, sc in the next 11 sts. Turn.

Row 8: ch 1, sc in the next 11 sts. Break yarn and fasten off.

Make two parts. With yellow color yarn sew the buckle.

Shamrock.

Round 1: Magic ring with green color, 6 sc in ring and pull tight. (6 sts)

Round 2: 2scin each chain stitch around, ss. (12 sts)

Round 3: *ch 2, 1 tr in the next st, 1 hdc in the next st, 1 tr in the next st, ch 2,ss in the same st* repeat 3 times.

1 ss in the next st, ch 3, 3 sc in the 2^ndst from the hook, 1 sc in the next st, ss in the next st. Break yarn and fasten off.

Assembling

Sew the ears to the head with orange color yarn. Sew the shamrock with green color yarn.

So you have 2 heads with ears: one head is with decoration and with beard, other is just plain. Sew 2 heads together using needle and orange color yarn. And sew the hat using green color.

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