Halloween Skeleton

Guest Author - Carol Amich

Carol Amich has very generously agreed to allow me to present her Skeleton pattern for this week's feature. I have to say I am most grateful also to Patricia Kilburn for drawing it to my attention.

All verbal descriptions of this pattern have been kept exactly as Carol wrote them.

Carol says I used cotton perle thread sized 8, and one shuttle. If you want to use beads in the eyes, put two on the shuttle thread.

FACE

Take one of the beads and put it on the thread that wraps around your hand, leaving it between the little finger and ring finger until the ring is complete. It slides into place when you close the ring.
R 3, p, 8, p, 4, p, 2. R 2, j, 4, p, 8, p, 3. R 3, sp, 4 Lp, 1 sp, 3. Cut and tie.
Join thread to sp on left side of face
Ch 3, j to picot of eye, ch 10, p, 3, j to other picot of eye, 3, j to ch picot, 8, p, 3, j to opp. eye p, 3, j to ch p, 10, j, 3, j sp, 4 j p, jp, p, jp, jp, 4, j to p where you began.

BODY

Join to on chin Ch 3. R 10, p, 4, p, 4
Ch 3. R 4, j to last r, 8, p, 3. Ch 3. R3, j last p,10
Ch 5

PELVIS

R 14, p, 3, p, 6. R 6, p, 3, p,14.
Ch 5, j to base of last rib ring. R 10, p, 3.
Ch 3, j to base of next Rib ring, R3,j, 8, p, 4. Ch 3, j to RR.
R4, j, 4, p,10. Ch 3, j to chin p.

ARM

(Body in upside-down position) Begin on left side of body.
Join thread to rib at shoulder.
Ch 10.
Shuttle 2 - R 2, p, 2.
Don't RW.
Shuttle 1 - Ch 12 RW.
R6, 4p (these will be fingers starting at pinkie), 3, p (this is the thumb), 2. RW.
Ch 12, j r, 10.

LEG

Join at 1st pelvic picot body, upside down, of 2nd ring.
Ch 12. Don't RW.
Shuttle 2 - R3, p, 3. Don't RW.
Shuttle 1 - Ch 14.
R 6, p, 2, p, 2. R 2, j last p of last r, 2, j next p of last r, 8, 5 p (toes), 12. RW
Ch 14, j p at knee, 12.
(Second leg start as before, but turn body over, still upside down.)