Tandemaus Crochet Pattern - Pokemon
As you might already know, I’ve been obsessed with the release of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet recently! In between playing the game I’ve been crocheting a lot of the new gen 9 mons and Tandemaus absolutely had to be a part of that. Their little screaming faces are what got me! I hope you enjoy this Tandemaus crochet pattern so you can make your own little mouse friends too! If you enjoy this pattern, consider following my Twitter and Instagram where I’m always making lots of new crochet friends!
Tandemaus Crochet Pattern Materials
Materials:
Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
Hayfield Bonus DK ‘Frost Blue’
Dark pink, coral, black, light pink and white wool roving
2.5mm crochet hook
Felting needle
Sewing needle
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
Tandemaus Crochet Pattern Directions
Head (make two):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
rnd 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: inc in each st around (12 sts)
rnd 3: *sc 1, inc* rep * 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: *sc 2, inc* rep * 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: *sc 3, inc* rep * 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 6-9: sc in each st around (30 sts)
rnd 10: *sc 3, dec* rep * 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 11: *sc 2, dec* rep * 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 12: *sc 1, dec* rep * 6 times (12 sts)
begin stuffing head
rnd 13: sc in each st around (12 sts)
finish stuffing
rnd 14: dec in each st around (6 sts)
fasten off and weave in both ends
Ears (make four):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
rnd 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: inc in each st around (12 sts)
rnd 3: *sc 1, inc* rep * 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4-6: sc in each st around (18 sts)
rnd 7: *sc 1, dec* rep * 6 times (12 sts)
rnd 8: sc in each st around (12 sts)
fasten off, weaving in magic ring end and leaving your finishing end for sewing
Legs (make four):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’ for two legs, and Hayfield Bonus DK ‘Frost Blue’ for the other two
rnd 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: sc in each st around (6 sts)
fasten off on one leg of each colour, but keep the loop on your other leg and continue below for the body
Trousers Body (make one):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘Frost Blue’
rnd 3: holding the two legs made using your ‘Frost Blue’ together, use the working loop you have left to sc into the first st of the round of the leg you fastened off on, so that the two legs are now attached. From here you are going to crochet around both legs to create a new rnd. When you get to the end of the first leg, just continue back over into the second st of the next leg. Make sure you crochet in every st as you move over from one leg to the other. inc in next st, then *sc 1, inc* rep * 5 times (18 sts)
rnd 4-5: sc in each st around (18 sts)
change colour to Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
rnd 6: sc around (18 sts)
rnd 7: *sc 1, dec* rep * 6 times (12 sts)
fasten off and weave in all ends apart from your finishing end. You may find there is a small gap between the legs, but don’t worry! Just use one of your loose ends to sew the gap shut. Stuff the legs and body
Shirt Body (make one):
To make the body with a shirt instead of trousers, follow the instructions above but join your white pair of legs together instead, then crochet rnds 3-4 in ‘White’, and change to ‘Frost Blue’ for rnds 5-7. Weave in all ends apart from your finishing end. As before, if you find a gap between the legs just sew it up! Stuff the legs and body.
Arms (make four):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
rnd 1: ch 4 (4 sts)
rnd 2: for this rnd you are going to crochet around your chain to create an oval. inc in ch closest to hook, inc in next st, sc 4 in next st, turning the ch as you do so to begin the oval shape. inc in next st (you should now be working on the opposite side of the ch where your 2nd inc of the rnd is), then inc in the last st (12 sts)
rnd 3: sc in each st around (12 sts)
rnd 4: *sc 1, dec* rep * 4 times (8 sts)
rnd 5-6: sc in each st around (8 sts)
fasten off, weaving in magic ring end and leaving your finishing end for sewing. Stuff the arms
Tail (make one):
Using Hayfield Bonus DK ‘White’
rnd 1: sc 3 in magic ring (3 sts)
rnd 2: dec 1, ch 14 (15 sts)
fasten off, weaving in magic ring end and leaving your finishing end for sewing
Tandemaus Crochet Pattern Assembly and Needle Felting
Attach the ears to the head between rnds 2-6. It helps to pin them in place before you sew, like in the pictures below!
Next, use the loose end on the body to sew it to the bottom of the head. The arms are attached at a diagonal angle as shown in the pictures – have them angled slightly upwards to mimic the pose the maus couple make when they’re shouting!
Attach tail to the back of the body. You can gently shape it into a little curl using your hands.
This is the way I needle felt the little maus’ face, but different methods may work better for you! If you’re not confident with needle felting, take a look at my guide here for some tips. You can also use cut out pieces of fabric if you’d prefer! First off, felt a horizontal oval in the middle of the face using your light pink wool roving, in between rnds 5-6. This creates the blush base that you can then add the nose on top of between rnds 6-7. Make sure these parts are centered, as it’ll be helpful to use these as anchor points to judge how symmetrical and central the rest of your felting is as you go along.
Next, using the dark pink wool roving, start to map out the rough shape of the mouth directly underneath the blush you just felted. I use two triangle shapes for this, keeping the middle of the mouth fairly empty as this is where I’m going to add in more detail. You can fill in the middle with the dark pink if you’d like, but I prefer not to so that the needle felting has less layers and a less bulky look. Once the rough shape is in place, you can use your white wool roving to add in the teeth to the top of the mouth as an elongated semi-circle shape, then the coral wool roving to add the tongue to the bottom of the mouth as a flatter semi-circle.
Add in the black wool roving just about the tongue to create the shadow at the black of the mouth. From here you can then begin to fill in any open gaps with the dark pink, and refine and secure the shapes a little more. Using the black, create the eyes on either side of the nose, about 4 stitches apart.
Now the face is done, you can add in some smaller details! Use the black again to create 4 small lines on the ears. On the trousers maus, add a white blob to the left of the top blue round, and on the shirt maus, the white blob goes on the top right of his shirt.
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