Clarence The Peckish Plant by Irene Strange

Clarence The Peckish Plant

Crochet
April 2023
DK (11 wpi) ?
12 stitches and 13 rows = 2 inches
in sc in round
3.0 mm
394 - 437 yards (360 - 400 m)
27cm tall when made in DK weight cotton with 3mm hook
US
English
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Meet Clarence, a young gardener’s apprentice with an appetite for flies and mischief!

Clarence was just a seedling when he first discovered his talent for gardening, especially hunting all the pesky greenhouse pests. He has grown taller and stronger on a steady diet of buzzing flies, moreish moths and crawly caterpillars - gardening is easy when your are a growing Peckish Plant.

Now he is ready to turn over a new leaf and pick up some new skills to add to his repertoire. What do you think he should have a go at next? Knitting? Poetry? Rock Music? Or something else entirely?

Whatever it is, he can’t wait to start!

Materials:
• DK (3 or light worsted) weight yarn in colors lilac, purple, green (2 balls), light brown, leftover amounts of pink, white and dark brown
• 3 mm (C-2) crochet hook
• Fiberfill for stuffing
• 10 mm black safety eyes
• Pins
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• 16 long pipe cleaners or strong wire
• A piece of thick felt or foam fabric stabiliser
• Optional: PVA glue
• Optional: drinking straw or knitting needle

Stitches used: slst, sc, inc, dec, hdc, dc, working in the back hump, FLO/BLO

Measurements: The finished plant is 10 1/2” / 27 cm tall when made with the indicated yarn