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Pattern duplication is strictly prohibited.
You may sell finished items made with this pattern, though only in small quantities.
Wholesale is not allowed.
Designed by Jennifer Santos from Super Cute Design.

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The pattern is written in US crochet terms

Step by step pictures can be found on the last pages ☺

ABBREVIATIONS
Ch: Chain
Sc: Single Crochet
1 inc: Single crochet 2 stitches in the same stitch
1 dec: Single crochet 2 stitches together
Sl: Slip Stitch
Dc: Double Crochet

MATERIAL YOU NEED

- Mercerized cotton in White, Orange, and Grey
- 2.50 mm crochet hook (or the size you need depending on your type of yarn)
- Tapestry Needle
- Polyester stuffing
- 9 and 8 mm safety eyes
- Black embroidery floss
- Locking stitch marker

Approximate size of a BB-8: 11x8 cm

Yarn used for the pattern is Scheepjes Catona in the colors:

White #106, Orange #281,
Grey #074

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You are going to crochet in a continuous spiral, do not join the rounds.
Use a locking stitch marker to mark the beginning of the rounds.

HEAD
With White yarn
Start with a magic ring
R1: 6 sc into the magic ring (6)
R2: [1 inc] x6 (12)
R3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6 (18)
R4: 1 sc, 1 inc [2 sc, 1 inc] x5, 1 sc (24)
Change to grey yarn
R5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
Change to White yarn
R6: 2 sc, 1 inc [4 sc, 1 inc] x5, 2 sc (36)
Change to Orange yarn
R7: 36 sc (36)
Change to White yarn
R8: [5 sc, 1 inc] x6 (42)
R9-11: 42 sc (3 rounds, 42)
On round 12 you are going to crochet by switching colours between white and orange.
R12: orange 1 sc, white 1 sc, orange 3 sc, white 1 sc, orange 1 sc, white 1 sc, orange 3 sc,
white 1 sc, orange 1 sc, white 1 sc, orange 3 sc, white 1 sc, orange 1 sc, white 7 sc, orange 3
sc, white 1 sc, orange 1 sc, white 1 sc, orange 3 sc, white 1 sc, orange 1 sc, white 1 sc, orange
3 sc, white 1 sc = (42)
R13: With grey yarn, 42 sc (42)

Now it’s time to attach the safety eyes, Place the 9 mm eye between rounds 8 and 9 and
place the 8 mm eye between rounds 10 and 11.

Change to white yarn

R14: In back loops only, [5 sc, 1 dec] x6 (36)
R15: [4 sc, 1 dec] x6 (30)
R16: [3 sc, 1 dec] x6 (24)
Start stuffing with polyester stuffing and keep doing that as the hole becomes smaller.
R17: [2 sc, 1 dec] x6 (18)
R18: [1 sc, 1 dec] x6 (12)
R19: [1 dec] x6 (6)
Sew the hole togheter. Cut yarn but leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

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BODY
With white yarn
Start with a magic ring
R1: 6 sc into the magic ring (6)
R2: [1 inc] x6 (12)
R3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6 (18)
R4: 1 sc, 1 inc [2 sc, 1 inc] x5, 1 sc (24)
R5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
R6: 2 sc, 1 inc [4 sc, 1 inc] x5, 2 sc (36)
R7: [5 sc, 1 inc] x6 (42)
R8: 3 sc, 1 inc [6 sc, 1 inc] x5, 3 sc (48)
R9: 48 sc (48)
R10: [7 sc, 1 inc] x6 (54)
R11-20: 54 sc (10 rounds, 54)
R21: [7 sc, 1 dec] x6 (48)
R22: 48 sc (48)
R23: 3 sc, 1 dec [6 sc, 1 dec] x5, 3 sc (42)
R24: [5 sc, 1 dec] x6 (36)
R25: [2 sc, 1 dec [4 sc, 1 dec] x5, 2 sc (30)
R26: [3 sc, 1 dec] x6 (24)
Start stuffing and keep doing that as the hole becomes smaller
R27: 1 sc, 1 dec [2 sc, 1 dec] x5, 1 sc (18)
R28: [1 sc, 1 dec] x6 (12)
R29: [1 dec] x6 (6)
Sew the hole togheter and cut yarn.

CIRCLE type 1 (make 2)

With white yarn
Start with a magic ring
R1: 6 sc into the magic ring (6)
R2: [1 inc] x6 (12)
R3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6 (18)
R4: 1 sc, 1 inc [2 sc, 1 inc] x5, 1 sc (24)
Change to orange
R5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
R6: 2 sc, 1 inc [4 sc, 1 inc] x5, 2 sc (36)
Finish with 1 sl.
Cut yarn but leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

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CIRCLE type 2 (make 2)

With grey yarn
Start with a magic ring
R1: 6 sc into the magic ring (6)
R2: [1 inc] x6 (12)
Change to white yarn
R3: [1 sc, 1 inc] x6 (18)
R4: 1 sc, 1 inc [2 sc, 1 inc] x5, 1 sc (24)
Change to orange
R5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
R6: 2 sc, 1 inc [4 sc, 1 inc] x5, 2 sc (36)
Finish with 1 sl.
Cut yarn but leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

CIRCLE type 3 (make 2)

With grey yarn
Start with a magic ring
R1: 6 sc into the magic ring (6)
R2: [1 inc] x6 (12)
R3: Whith Grey 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, Change to White 1 inc [1 sc, 1 inc] x5 (18)
R4: With Grey 1 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, Change to White [2 sc, 1 inc] x4, 1 sc (24)
Change to orange
R5: [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
R6: 2 sc, 1 inc [4 sc, 1 inc] x5, 2 sc (36)
Finish with 1 sl.
Cut yarn but leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

On every circle do a few stitches using orange yarn to make it look like a cross inside the
circle (see picture on page pages 8-10)
Pin the circles to the body and sew them on one by one. Make sure you place them evenly.
See picture on pages 10-12.
When you have sewn on all 6 circles to the body take som grey yarn and embroid a few
stitches for extra decoration. See pictures on pages 12-14.

Pin the head to the body and sew it on.

Take a nice piece of string or braid a long string and sew it on the top of the BB-8.
Make it as long as you need depending on how or where you are going to hang your BB-8 ☺

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