Humpty Dumpty Pattern

Materials Required—The following AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY Products: 7½" HUMPTY. "DELUXE" MERCERIZED CROCHET AND KNITTING COTTON. 1400-yd. Ball White and 1250-yd. Ball Color. (Worked with single thread.) Steel Crochet Hook No. 7. 10" HUMPTY. "STAR" PEARL COTTON Size 5, 60-yd. Balls. 6 Balls Color and 2 Balls Cream. Steel Crochet Hook No. 6. (Worked with double thread.) 13" HUMPTY. "DAWN" KNITTING WORSTED, 1¾-oz. Skeins. 2 Skeins each of Color and White. Bone Crochet Hook No. 5. (Worked with single yarn.) 15" HUMPTY. "STAR" COTTON YARN, 100-yd. Skeins. 3 Skeins Color and 2 Skeins White. Bone Crochet Hook No. 6. (Worked with single yarn.) "Star" Six Strand Embroidery Cotton, 1 Skein Black will be sufficient for all Humpties. 1 Skein Red for each Humpty. Cotton or Kapok for filling.

BODY SECTION. With Color, ch 2 and work 8 sc in 2nd st from hook. Without joining rounds, work 2 sc in each sc, (16 sc), place a marker.

3rd Round—1 sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from beginning all around.

4th Round—* 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from * all around. Work 4 more rounds in the same manner having 1 more st between increasing points in each round, there should be 64 sc at end of the 8th round.

9th Round—Start Pattern, 1 sc in first sc, 1 dc in next sc, repeat from beginning all around, join all pattern rounds, ch 1, and turn each round. (End each round with a dc and start each round with an sc.)

10th Round—1 sc in dc, 1 dc in next sc, repeat from beginning all around. Work 4 more rounds the same as 10th round.

15th Round—Work in sc, increasing 6 sts in round, evenly spaced.

16th, 17th 18th Rounds—Work in pattern. Repeat last 4 rounds twice.

Next Round—Work in sc increasing 10 sts, (92 sc), work 3 rounds in pattern even.

31st Round—1 sc in each st, then work 1 round of pattern, break thread.

HEAD. With Cream, work same as Body for first 7 rounds, then work 3 rounds of sc even.

Next 17 Rounds—Work in sc as follows: 11th Round—Increase in every 7th sc, then work 3 rounds even. 15th Round—Increase in every 8th sc, then work 3 rounds even. 19th Round—Increase in every 9th sc, then work 3 rounds even. 23rd Round—Increase in every 10th sc, then work 3 rounds even. 27th Round—Increase enough to have 92 sc in round. 28th Round—Work in Pattern same as body section, break thread.

FEET. With Color, ch 9, 3 sc in second st from hook (toe), 1 sc in each of the next 6 sts, 3 sc in next st, (heel) working on opposite side of ch, 1 sc in each of the 6 sts, do not join rounds.

2nd Round—2 sc in each of the 3 toe sts, 1 sc in each of the next 7 sc, 2 sc in center st of heel, 1 sc in each sc on opposite side to toe.

3rd Round—Increase 1 sc in each of the 3 center sts of toe, 1 sc in each remaining sc.

4th Round— Decrease 3 sts at toe, 1 sc in each remaining sc.

5th Round—Decrease 2 sts at toe, 1 sc in each remaining sc.

6th Round—Decrease 1st at toe, then work 4 more rounds even.

11th Round—Working in back loop of st only, work in pattern. Work 6 more rounds of pattern even, break thread.

ARMS. With Color, ch 14, join and work 8 rounds of pattern even, break thread.

10th Round—Join Cream, working in back loop of st only, work 1 sc in each st.

11th, 12th, 13th Rounds—Working in both loops work 1 sc in each sc, join the last round. Fold work, ch 1 and working through both sides, work 11 sc in each of the sc, * ch 1, turn, skip 1 sc, 11 sc in each remaining sc, repeat from * until 3 sts remain, break thread.

COLLAR. With Cream, ch 91, join, being careful not to twist ch. Work 1 sc in each st, join.

2nd Row—* Ch 3, 2 dc in same space, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, repeat from * all around, break thread.

To make Humpty Dumpty—Sew Head to Body, leaving opening to fill. Fill with cotton and sew remainder. Fill Arms and Legs and sew in position. Sew Collar in position. With Black work eyes and eyebrows, using outline st. Mouth with Red. Nose.—Over 2 fingers wind Red about 40 times for 7½" Humpty, 60 times for 10" Humpty, 70 times for 13" Humpty and 80 times for 15" Humpty, tie through center, trim and sew in position.

This free pattern originally published in American Thread #39, Toys...