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Pat & Mat Basic clothes Crochet & knit pattern

Introduction Pat & Mat are clumsy characters in a popular animated movie. In 2014 I made these characters as dress-up dolls. Each doll is crocheted and they have knitted or crocheted clothes. Both neighbors like to work and spent their free time outdoors. The pattern of the dolls is on a separate pattern. Pat is 7.1 inch (18 cm) en Mat 8.3 inch (21 cm) Needed

o Yarn: cotton yarn, for example Catania cotton or similar, some red, yellow, blue, black, white, brown and light blue for the clothes and shoes;

o Hook: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 mm or suitable hook for the chosen yarn; o Knitting needles: 3 mm (Europe), 2.5 (US), 11 (UK) o Yarn needle, scissor

Used techniques Crochet: Magic ring (double), crochet in the round, (invisible) decreases and increases Knitting: Garter stitch, stocking stitch, single rib. Cast on and cast off, increasing and decreasing.

US terminology is used MR = Magic ring Sc = Single crochet Hdc = half double crochet Dc = double crochet Slst= Slipstitch Ch = Chain Inc= Increase across the round/row Dec= Decrease across the round/row (1) = number of stitches in row or round [1] = number of rounds K= knit P = purl Garter stitch = knit each row Stocking stitch = knit one row, purl next row Single rib = *knit one stitch, purl next stitch* repeat till end of row

Clothing Pat and Mat wear a sweater and a trouser. Because the sweaters they wear in the video have a difficult neck I have chosen for a simple sweater. In this pattern you find a basic description of the trousers and sweaters. First Knitted, secondly crocheted. Furthermore there is the description of the hats and a simple shoe. More clothing outfits in other patterns with also the more difficult sweater.

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Knitting Make first a swatch and measure your dolls. Gauge is 26 by 36 for 10 cm The sweater is the same for Mat and Pat. You can make the sweater for Mat a bit longer by knitting a few rows extra. The trouser is adjusted on Mat, for Pat you can skip some rows. Length trouser = 9/10 cm, Length leg Pat = 6 cm, Mat = 7.5 cm

Trousers Make two legs!

1. With needles 3 cast on 18 stitches, 2. Knit 3 rows in garter stitch, every row knit. (18), 3. Inc on each end of next row 1 stitch (20), 4. Knit 3 rows in stocking stitch, one row knit, one row

purl, 5. Inc on each end of next row 1 stitch (22), 6. Knit 3 rows in stocking stitch, 7. Inc on each end on next row 1 stitch (24), 8. Knit 3 rows in stocking stitch, 9. Inc on each end on next row 1 stitch (26), 10. Knit 3 rows in stocking stitch, 11. Inc on each end on next row 1 stitch (28), 12. Knit 3 rows in stocking stitch, 13. Cast off 2 stitches on next and following row (24), 14. Cast off 1 stitches on next and following row (22), 15. Knit 6 rows in stocking stitch, 16. Knit 4 rows in single rib, knit 1 purl 1 and so on, 17. Cast off.

The trouser is adjusted to Mat, for Pat you have to skip some rows, by example in 12 and 15. Compare your work with the legs of your doll, maybe you have to skip some more rows for reaching the desirable length. The board of the trouser-leg can be folded so the length can be adjusted if it turned out to be too long.

Sew the sides of the trouser legs together. Turn one leg part and lay it upon the other leg part with the right sides facing each other. Sew the front seam and back seam together. The trouser is finished.

Sweater Front and back, make two

1. Cast on 20 stitches. With needles 3.0 mm. 2. Knit 3 rows in garter stitch 3. Knit 18/20 rows in stocking stitch, 4. Knit 3 rows in garter stitch, 5. Cast off.

Sleeves make two

1. Cast on 20 stitches 2. Knit 3 rows in garter stitch 3. Knit 10/12 rows in stocking stitch. Cast off.

Sew the front and the back, with the cast off sides on top, to each other over 3 stitches. Sew the sleeves to the front and back parts, the middle against the shoulder seam. Sew the side seams together.

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Crochet

Basic trouser (SMC Catania fine, hook 2.0) Make 2 legs

1. Crochet for the first leg: ch 20 with hook 2.5 mm, (20), ch 2, turn,

2. Crochet with hook 2.0 and crochet an row of sc (20) ch 2, turn

3. For Pat crochet 5 rows of dc, for Mat crochet 7 rows of dc (20)

4. Clip the yarn and make the second leg, do not clip the yarn but crochet another row of dc. Crochet to the end of the row, (20)

5. Ch 2 and crochet now on the first leg a row of dc, ch 2 and a slst on the first dc of the second leg (44)

6. Crochet in the round from this point, 7. Ch 2, crochet sc, by the crotch on front and

back dec 2 times 1 dc by crocheting 2 dc together, end with a slst (40)

8. Ch 2, crochet sc around, by the crotch on front and back dec 1 dc by crocheting 2 dc together, end with a slst (38)

9. Crochet 3 rounds of dc (38) 10. Crochet 1 round of dc in another color for the

waist (38) 11. Ch 2, Crochet 1 round of *1 ch, skip 1 stitch,1 sc* end with a slst in the chain, clip the yarn

(38) 12. Sew the seams of the legs together, the trouser is finished. If the trouser is round the waist

to wide, pull some small elastic through the holes of the last round. Attention: By each turn crochet ch 2, these stitches don’t count! Crochet also in the first stitch to avoid holes.

Basic sweater (SMC Catania fine, hook 2.0) The sweater is crocheted with the same pattern as the knitted sweater and exists of 4 rectangular patches. Make a red sweater for Mat and a yellow one for Pat. The basic trouser and sweater are seen on the picture carried out in blue, forming a jogging suit. Attention: By each turn crochet ch 2, these stitches don’t count! Crochet also in the first stitch to avoid holes. Front and back, These are exactly the same. Make 2

1. Ch 20, (20) ch 2 , turn, use hook 2.5 2. Make 2 rows sc (20), use hook 2.0 3. Make 4 or 5 rows dc or 6 or 7 rows hdc (20)

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4. Make 2 rows sc (20) clip the yarn. Sleeves Make 2

1. Ch 20, (20), ch 2 , turn, use hook 2.5 2. Make 2 rows sc (20), use hook 2.0 3. Make 3 rows of dc or 4 rows hdc (20), clip the yarn

Sew the upside of back and upside of front side of the sweater to each other with 2 or 3 stitches on each outside. Spread the patches and put the sleeves to the sides with the middle against the shoulder-seam. Sew the sleeves tight, close the sides seams. The sweater is finished. Beret

1. Start with black a MR and 6 sc in it. (6), 2. Inc 6 sc, (12), 3. Inc 6 sc (18), 4. Inc 6 sc (24, 5. 24 sc around (24), 6. Dec 6 sc (18), 7. 18 sc around (18), 8. Clip the yarn, 9. Crochet in the pitch thread a few stitches,

Blue, white cap

1. Start with a MR and white and crochet 6 sc in it. 2. Join with blue, inc 2 sc, (8), 3. With white, inc 2 sc, (10), 4. With blue, inc 2 sc (12), 5. With white, Inc 2 sc (14), 6. With blue, inc 2 sc, (16), 7. With white, Inc 2 sc, (18), 8. With blue, Inc 2 sc, (20), eventually you can increase more sc in this round if the head of Mat

is very big! 9. With white, 20 sc around, (20), 10. With blue, 20 sc around, (20) clip the yarn, 11. Sew a small sphere in white onto the top of the cap, 12. Fold the last rounds and the cap is ready.

Shoes

1. Start with black or brown chain 4, (4), Depending on the length of the foot crochet more or less stitches.

2. Ch 1, 10 sc around cast on chain, (10), 3. Crochet 3 sc, 2 x 2 sc together , 3 sc, (8), 4. Crochet 3 sc, 2 sc together, 3 sc, (7), the shoe is ready! 5. Crochet another round of 7 sc for a higher shoe.

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With Thanks to Ellen for reading the design through!

There are more nice outfits for these dolls to come. Much fun with the pattern, Alice Contact en more information: http://elzeblaadje.wordpress.com/ Elzeblaadje © 2013-2015 Alice Bakker-Sicking. All rights reserved. THIS PATTERN IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY! The pattern of parts of the pattern may not be copied or published (online and in writing) altered or sold without permission of the designer. Items may be made and sold (not online) in limited numbers by others with notice which mentioning of the pattern and designer as the source of the item. Changes and improvements can be reported at the websites.