The knitted pencil case consists of several rows, the order and color of which can be customized to your taste. The finished toy is 34 cm long. The knitting difficulty level is medium.

How to crochet a pencil case pattern

Pencil case DIY: crochet pattern

Materials:

• Hook No. 5.5,
• Yarn colors: light blue, blue, green, turquoise,
• Needle,
• Scissors,
• Safety eyes,
• White zipper,
• Stuffing.

Abbreviations:

• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease

• repeat (a certain number of times)

Body:
Begin with turquoise yarn.
Row 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6 sc)
Row 2: inc6 times (12 sc) Rows 3-4: work without changes (12 sc) Change to green yarn. Row 5: (sc, inc)6 times (18 sc)
Rows 6-8: work without changes (18 sc)
Change to blue yarn.
Rows 9-12: work without changes (18 sc)
Change to dark blue yarn.
Row 13: (2 sc, inc)6 times (24 sc) Rows 14-16: work without changes (24 sc) Change to light blue yarn. Rows 17-20: work without changes (24 sc) Continue with blue yarn. Row 21: (3 sc, inc)6 times (30 sc)
Row 22: work without changes (30 sc)
Row 23: (4 sc, inc)6 times (36 sc) Row 24: work without changes (36 sc) Change to turquoise yarn. Rows 25-28: work without changes (36 sc) Continue with green yarn. Rows 29-32: work without changes (36 sc) Continue with blue yarn. Rows 33-35: work without changes (36 sc) Row 36: (4 sc, dec)6 times (30 sc)
Continue with dark blue yarn.
Rows 37-40: work without changes (30 sc)
Fasten off.

Upper Jaw:
Knit with turquoise yarn.
Begin knitting from the point on the body where you fastened off (in row 40). Knit in rows (not in the round).
Row 1: ch, 14 sc, turn (14 sc)
Rows 2-14: ch 1, 14 sc, turn (14 sc)
Row 15: ch 1, dec, 10 sc, dec (12 sc)
Row 16: ch 1, dec, 8 sc, dec (10 sc)
Row 17: ch 1, dec, 6 sc, dec (8 sc)
Row 18: ch 1, dec, 4 sc, dec (6 sc)
Row 19: work without changes (6 sc)
Fasten off.
Attach turquoise yarn to the edge of the upper jaw (corner of the mouth) and crochet along the edge, secure the jaw with a slip stitch on the opposite side of the mouth (other corner of the mouth).

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