Franky Stein By Alicia Ramirez

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Franky is a little boy made in a lab

by a mad scientist. He has a big
Materials scar where they opened his skull to
put his brain in. One arm is longer
Orange, Pea Green and Black
than the other, and he has bolts in
Yarns (I used Lion Brand’s
his neck.
Vanna’s Choice, but any
worsted or aran weight yarn will
He needs a good home!
do.) You’ll need less than 100
yards of each
4.5mm/G Hook (or size to make a Instructions
sturdy, tight Franky)
Tapestry Needle All of Franky’s parts are done in
Black Felt (glue gun or thread and the round in spirals (use a stitch
needle to attach it) or 9mm marker to keep track of the
Safety Eyes beginning of each row). Except for
Black embroidery thread and the shirt, start with a magic ring
needle with as many single crochets as
Crochet Stitch Marker required in row one. If you don’t
Stuffing use the magic ring technique, chain
2, and insert as many single
crochets as required in row one
into the first chain.
Abbreviations
ch – Chain This pattern is for personal use
only and it is copyrighted under a
sc – Single Crochet
Creative Commons Attribution -
sl st – Slip Stitch
Noncommercial - No Derivative
sc2tog – Decrease by crocheting 2 Works 2.5 Canada License. This
stitches together (If you find it to means that you can make as many
hard to do, skip a stitch instead) as you wish, but don’t sell them (or
sc 2 in 1 – Increase by crocheting 2 the pattern). You can learn more
single crochets in the same stitch about this license at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses
/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/

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Body
You’ll make the body starting from the feet up. To do that, you’ll first make two legs
(separately), and you’ll join them to make the torso (try to leave no gaps). The arms
start with the Pea Green color, and end with black. They are each a different length.
You’ll later join them to the shirtsleeves.

Leg 1 (in black)

1. sc 6
2. { sc 1, sc 2 in1} 3 times (9)
3 to 5. sc all around

Leg 2 and Torso (in black)

1. sc 6
2. { sc 1, sc 2 in1} 3 times (9)
3 to 5. sc all around
6 (joining round). sc 4 from current leg, sc 9 from second leg, sc 5 from first leg (18)
7 to 11. sc around. Stuff the body as you go.
12. {sc 1, sc2tog} 6 times (12)
13. sc all around
14. {sc2tog} 6 times (6)

Bind off.

Arm 1 (in pea green and black)

1. sc 6 in Pea Green
2. sc all around
3 to 9. sc all around in Black

Bind off.

Arm 2 (in pea green and black)

1. sc 6 in Pea Green
2. sc all around
3 to 12. sc all around in Black

Bind off.

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Shirt
The shirt body and arms start with a chain and you’ll work in the round to make
tubes. Toward the end of each part you’ll be attaching it to the torso and arms. While
doing so, the number of stitches won’t match (the shirt will have more than the body
and arms). Just do the best you can so the arms and body don’t fall out.

Shirt body (in orange)

Ch 24, join to work on the round
1 to 6. sc all around (24)
7. {sc 2, sc2tog} 6 times (18)
8. sc all around
9. {sc 1, sc2tog} 6 times (12)
10. sc all around
11 (join with torso). Place torso inside the
shirt so the tops of both are aligned. sc all
around in orange through the loops at the top
of the shirt and the top of the torso at the same
time. See Picture. End with a sl st.

Bind off, leaving a long tail to join with head.

Shirtsleeve 1 (in orange)

Ch 12, join to work on the round
1 to 7 (or until black part of arm and sleeve are the same length). sc all around (12)
8. (join with arm). Place the arm inside the sleeve so the tops of both are aligned (the green hand
should be outside the sleeve). sc all around in orange through the loops at the top of the sleeve and the
top of the arm at the same time.
9. {sc 2, sc2tog} 3 times (9). sl st before binding off

Bind off, leaving a long tail to join with shirt body.

Shirt-sleeve 2 (in orange)

Ch 12, join to work on the round
1 to 10 (or until black part of arm and sleeve are the same length).sc all around (12)
11. (join with arm). Place the arm inside the sleeve so the tops of both are aligned (the green hand
should be outside the sleeve). sc all around in orange through the loops at the top of the sleeve and the
top of the arm at the same time.
12. {sc 2, sc2tog} 3 times (9). sl st before binding off

Bind off, leaving a long tail to join with shirt body.

Alicia Ramirez (http://www.hookandneedles.com)

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Head
The head starts at the top, and you work your way down. You’ll be decorating it as
you go along

1. sc 6
2. {sc 2 in1} 6 times (12)
3. {sc 2 in1} 12 times (24)
4. {sc 3, sc 2 in1} 6 times (30)
5. {sc 4, sc 2 in1} 6 times (36)
6. {sc 5, sc 2 in1} 6 times (42)
7. {sc 6, sc 2 in1} 6 times (48) Attach hair (see tutorial below).
8. {sc 6, sc2tog} through back loops 6 times (42).
9 to 18. sc all around. Embroider scar unevenly around rows 8-10 (you may want to do this before
head gets too long, around row 13). You can use black yarn or embroidery thread.
19. {sc 5, sc2tog} 6 times (36)
20. {sc 4, sc2tog} 6 times (30)
21. {sc 3, sc2tog} 6 times (24) . Add eyes (between rows 16 and 17) and mouth (row 19)
22. {sc 2, sc2tog} 6 times (18). Stuff head firmly
23. {sc 1, sc2tog} 6 times (12)
24. sc all around. sl st before binding off. Stuff a bit more if needed.

Bind off.

Finishing
• Add the bolts to the neck. To make a bolt, tie a double knot in the middle of a
piece of black yarn (see picture below). Tie the bolts around a post in the last row
of the head (see picture on right).

• Sew arms to body.

• Sew body to head.
• Weave in loose ends.

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Attaching the hair
The first step is to cut many lengths of yarn of the
same length. The ones I used for Franky were all
about 6in. each, which once attached in the middle,
end up giving 2 3in. strands of hair.

You’ll need a lot of strands of hair, but you can first

try with a dozen or so, and once you are more
comfortable, make tons more.

To make the yarn cutting easier, find

a long object with a circumference of
6in. In my case I used a builder’s
level, but you can also cut a long
piece of cardboard to 3in wide. Wrap
your yarn evenly along the object.
Then cut them through the middle.

Now you’ll need to attach every strand

to the top of the head. To do so, insert a
hook (smaller than what you where
using to make the head) into the top of
the head, around a post.

Take one of your strands and pull it though.

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Make sure both ends of the strand are
the same length. Pull both ends through
the loop and pull.

Repeat this through every post of the top

of the head. Yes, it will take about 2
hours to do, so put on some nice music
or watch TV…

Reference Pictures

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Alicia Ramirez (http://www.hookandneedles.com)

© 2008

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