Marvin Plushie
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Posted by What Katie Does
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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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You Will Need (2 things)
- dk weight acrylic Yarn in white, black and green
- 4 mm Knitting Needles
Steps (5 steps, 240 minutes)
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1
head
CO 49 sts
work 12 rows in st st
work 12, work eyes intarsia chart, work 12
work 16 rows in st st
BO
thread yarn through sts parallel to CO edge in running st and pull to draw seam shut. -
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. -
3
legs
CO 12
work 4 rows white
work 2 rows black
BO
seam bottom and side seams. -
4
arms
CO 12
work 6 rows white
work 4 rows black
BO
seam bottom and side seams. -
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.