Monday, September 2, 2019

Crochet Unicorn Macaron Keychain



This is a keychain size Unicorn macaron
Diameter is 6cm and thickness is 4.5cm




Things you need :
1. White 5 ply milk cotton yarn or other unicorn colours . 
2. Pink 5 ply milk cotton yarn (you can use any other colour)
3. Yellow, pink, purple and blue 4 ply acrylic yarn for horn and flowers and cheeks
4. Hook 4mm and 2.5mm
5. Black 4 ply yarn for the eyes and mouth. 
6. 3 Pearl beads for the flowers
7. Filling for stuffing
8. A key ring

Macaron: (Make 2)
Using 5 ply white and pink milk cotton yarn. Hook 4mm
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
R5: *sc in next 3 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (30)
R6: *sc in next 4 st, 2sc in next st* rep ** (36)
R7: sc in each st (36)
R8: Switch to pink yarn and do sc back loop only for each of the 36 stitches. Slip stitch and cut and leave a tail for sewing. This is the filling part of the macaron. You can use any colour you like. 

Repeat R1 to R7 only for the bottom piece . 

Ears: (make 2 )
Using 5ply white milk cotton yarn. Hook 4.0mm
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: *sc in first st, 2sc in next st* rep ** 1x (6)
R3: *sc in first st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** 2x (9)
Slip stitch, cut and leave a tail for sewing

Horn (make 1)
Using 4 ply yellow yarn. Hook 2.5mm
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: sc in first 3 st, 2 sc in next st (5) 
R3: sc in first 4 st, 2 sc in next st (6) 
R4: sc in first 5 st, 2 sc in next st (7)
R5: sc in first 6 st, 2 sc in next st (8)
R6: sc in first 7 st, 2 sc in next st (9)
Slip stitch, cut and leave a tail for sewing



Flower: (make 3)
Using 4ply pink, purple and blue yarn. Hook 2.5mm
R1: 5 sc in magic ring and sl st to the first stitch
R2: *ch 1, dc, ch 1 and sl st in the same stitch, and sl st to the next st*, rep ** to form 5 petals. Slip stitch , cut and leave a short tail for sewing.




Assemble :
Step 1 : Using the tail pink yarn, sew the 2 pieces of macaron together. Pass the needle though the inner "V" of each macaron only. Just before sealing up the opening, add stuffing to fill up the macaron.

Step 2: Attached the 2 ears as shown below. Sew on the eyes and mouth (optional)

Step 3: Sew on the horn. Add a little stuffing to firm up the horn.

Step 4: Sew on the flowers

Step 5: Sew on the pearl beads (optional)

Step 6: Lastly, attached a key ring.



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