Baby Rattle/Cat Toy Pattern

Baby Rattle/Cat Toy

Materials:

• ·         H/8 hook  (5.00mm)
• ·         Soft worsted weight acrylic yarn such as Bernat Satin, Caron Super Soft or Red Heart Soft Yarn.
• ·         Two large jingle bells 
• ·         Poly-Fil  polyester fiberfill
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Notes:  Using acrylic yarn will make the rattle washable and it won’t shrink. This project can also be a cat toy, just add cat nip and use a sturdy yarn such as Red Heart Super Saver.

Gauge:  Gauge is not important to this pattern, but 32 rows is about 7 inches long.

Pattern :

Ch 11. 

Row 1:  Sc in second ch from hook and in each ch to the end.  (10 sc)

Diagrams courtesy of the Craft Yarn Council.

2nd Ch from hook

Wrap yarn over (yo) hook and pull through two loops on hook First stitch made, insert hook into next ch

                           

Row 2:  Ch 1, turn. 

1. Ch 1, then turn piece to look like picture 2

Sc in first sc,

2. Insert hook here for 1st stitch on second row, notice that piece
is facing the opposite direction.

and in every sc across row. (10 sc)

Repeat Row 2 until project is about 7 inches long, about 32 rows altogether.

Fasten off leaving a tail about 25 to 30 inches long.

Fold the fabric you have made in half.

Match up the sides and begin to sew the edges together using the overcast stitch.  Start at the short end using the long tail for sewing.

            

Continue sewing down the first long end.  When you reach the folded edge, weave the yarn through the rattle to the open long end. 

Stuff the rattle half full, add bells side by side.  Add more stuffing on top.  Continue to stitch sides together adding more stuffing as you go.  When you reach the end weave the yarn half way back down the side you just sewed up.

 Then stitch back and forth through both sides, making sure there is one bell on each side.  This will make the rattle easier to hold.

            

 Weave in ends.

Abbreviations

Ch—Chain

Sc—Single Crochet

yo--yarn over

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