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Marvin the Paranoid Android
this is a knitted marvin the android, inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
i used 4mm needles and dk weight acrylic yarn. gauge not really important, the knit needs to be quite tight though so stuffing doesn't pop through
finished height 9.5"
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Step 2
body
CO 25
work 6 rows in st st straight
dec 1 at each end of next and every foll RS row
leaving a border of 2 white sts on each side, work a black intrasia triange, keeping decs correct, until 9 sts rem
work 4 rows even
dec 1 at each end of next and every foll RS row to 25 sts
work 6 rows even
BO
seam sides. -
Step 3
legs
CO 12
work 4 rows white
work 2 rows black
BO
seam bottom and side seams. -
Step 4
arms
CO 12
work 6 rows white
work 4 rows black
BO
seam bottom and side seams. -
Step 5
making up
stuff head, body, arms and legs.
close top of head as for bottom.
place top of legs inside bottom of body and seam together, closing bottom of the body too.
sew arms and head to body.
Gran duly came up with the goods
One problem : near the end of the body instructions, where it says "dec 1 at each end of next and every foll RS row to 25 sts " we assumed it should be INCREASE, not decrease.
The instructions don't actually knit up exactly like the picture but he was close enough.
...Now I´m sad that I can only knit scarves -_-"