Please note that this pattern has not been
tested. If you find any mistakes or oddities please let me know so I can
update. If you find yourself stuck and needing help don’t hesitate to email me,
we can work through it together. Ktstevens90@gmail.com
Materials
Yellow Worsted Yarn
Brown Worsted Yarn
Red Sock Yarn
Black Worsted Yarn
F Hook
10 mm Safety Eyes
Fiberfill
Instructions between * * are to be repeated until the end of the row.
Ears
– Make 2
Start with Black Yarn
R1: Magic Circle 6
R2: *2 sc, sc 1* around (9)
R3: Sc around
R4: 2 sc, sc 2 (12)
Change color to yellow
R5 -11: Sc around (12)
R12: *Dec 1, Sc 4* around (10)
Finish off, stuff with fiberfill leave long end for sewing
Head
Yellow Yarn
R1: Magic Circle 6
R2: 2 sc in each st around (12)
R3: *2 sc, sc 1* around (18)
R4: *2 sc, sc 2* around (24)
R5: *2 sc, sc 3* around (30)
R6: *2 sc, sc 4* around (36)
R7: *2 sc, sc 5* around (42)
R8-12: Sc around (42)
R13: *Dec 1, sc 5* around (36)
R14: *Dec 1, sc 4* around (30)
R15: *Dec 1, sc 3* around (24)
Stuff with fiberfill
R16: *Dec 1, sc 2* around (18)
R17: *Dec 1, sc 1* around (12)
Finish off. I left the bottom open to sew onto
the body. You can close it if you prefer by decreasing around until it’s
closed.
Cheeks
Red Sock Yarn
R1: Magic circle 6
R2: 2 sc in each stitch around (12)
*Note* If the increases leave large holes then do the first stitch of the increase in the back loop and the second stitch of the increase in
the front loop.
R3: 2 sc, sc 1 around (18)
Finish off, leave long end for sewing
Body
Yellow Yarn
The body is worked from the bottom up. To get
the oblong shape start with a chain.
R1: Ch 7, turn, sc back across. After the last
stitch on the chain instead of turning back you will go around and start working the starting
chain’s other loop. sc in the each loop of the other side of the starting
chain. You should end up with 14 stitches around that looks something like
this:
R2: *2 sc, sc 1* 4 times, sc 6 (18)
R3: *2 sc, sc 1* 5 times, sc 4, 2 sc, sc 3 (24)
R4: *2 sc, sc 1* 9 times, sc 5, 2 sc (34)
R5-8: sc around (34)
R9: Dec 1, sc 15, Dec 1, sc 15 (32)
R10: *Dec 1, sc 6* around (28)
R11: *Dec 1, sc 5* around (24)
R12: Sc around (24)
R13: *Dec 1, sc 4* around (20)
R14: *Dec 1, sc 3* around (16)
R15: Sc around (16)
R16: Sc around (16)
Arms
– Make 2
Yellow yarn
R1: Mc 6
R2-3: Sc 6
Finish off, leave long end for sewing
Legs
– make 2
Yellow yarn
R1: Mc 8
R2-5: sc 8
Finish off, leave long end for sewing
Tail
– Make 2
Yellow Yarn
R1: Ch 8, turn
R2: Sc 7, ch 1, turn
R3: Sc 7, ch 1, turn
R4: Sc 7, ch 5, turn
R5: Sc 7, Ch 1, turn
R6: Sc 7
Change color to brown
R7: Turn the tail and put three stitches of
brown right in the bottom. These aren’t worked in existing stitches. Just
stitch 3 across the side of the previous three rows. Ch 1, turn.
R8-9: Sc 3, ch 1, turn
Finish off, leave long end of yellow for sewing
to the other tail for better structure. Leave long end of brown for sewing onto the
body.
Stripes
- Make 2
Brown yarn
Ch 10
Turn, sc across
Finish off, leaving yarn to sew to body
Assembly
Put safety eyes between rows 9 and 10, 8 sts apart. Sew ears on top of head, they should span between rows 4 and 7. With black yarn sew a nose on row 11 between eyes with the mouth below on row 12. Place the cheeks between row 11 and 15. About 11 stitches in between. On the body, attach arms between
rows 11 and 14, 7 sts apart. Place feet at row 4, 7 sts in between. Sew two
tails together to increase sturdiness. Sew tail on the back middle at the bottom.
If your Pika is heaving trouble balancing the tail can help it steady. Sew stripes on back, above the tail at rows 10 and
12.