Bookworm 1

GAUGE: Exact gauge is not essential to this project. STITCH EXPLANATION: sc2tog (sc decrease) Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook. NOTES: Work in continuous rnds; do not join rnds or turn unless otherwise instructed.

WORM HEAD AND BODY With A, ch 2. Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first ch. Place marker for beg of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed. Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around–12 sts. Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep from * around–18 sts. Rnd 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around–24 sts. Rnds 5–8: Sc in each st around. Rnd 9: *Sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around–18 sts. Rnd 10: *Sc2tog, sc in next st; rep from * around–12 sts. Start stuffing firmly. Continue stuffing as you go. Rnd 11: (Sc2tog) 6 times–6 sts. Rnd 12: 2 sc in each st around–12 sts. Rnd 13: Rep Rnd 3. Rnds 14–17: Sc in each st around. Rnd 18: Rep Rnd 10. Rnd 19: Rep Rnd 11–6 sts. Rnd 20: Rep Rnd 12–12 sts. Rnds 21–23: Sc in each st around. Rnd 24: *Sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around–9 sts. Rnd 25: Rep Rnd 18–6 sts. Rnd 26: (Sc2tog) 3 times–3 sts. Fasten off. CAP With B, ch 2. Rnds 1 and 2: Work Rnds 1 and 2 of Head–12 sts. Rnds 3 and 4: Sc in each st around. Fasten off. MORTARBOARD With B, ch 7. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across–6 sts. Rows 2–7: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. Fasten off. FINISHING Sew beads to head for eyes. With brown yarn, embroider outline st eyeglasses around beads. With red yarn, embroider straight st smile. Sew Mortarboard to Cap then sew Cap to Head. Sew a strand of yellow yarn to center top of Mortarboard for tassel, fray end of strand. Weave in ends.