Cheeky Monkey Badge – Free Pattern

Do you like monkeys? One of my friends is absolutely in love with monkeys. It’s really cute how much she’s into monkeys and so makes it quite easy to decide what to get her for a birthday present, but at the same time more difficult as she’s been getting monkeys as presents for a very long time now, so it’s quite hard to find something that she doesn’t have already. Last year I made her a monkey cup cozy for her birthday. So I needed something different this year :) And I came up with a badge. The pattern doubles up as an applique as well if you make some minor changes to it.

Cheeky Monkey Badge Pattern

You’ll need:

• sport weight 100% mercerized cotton yarn in brown, beige, red and a colour of your choice for the bow (I used schoeller + stahl limone for mine)
• 4 mm hook
• 2.5 mm hook
• 2 wobbly eyes in the size of your choice
• safety pin or badge pin
• tapestry needle

Abbreviations

ch= chain

sc= single crochet (US term); double crochet (dc, UK term)

hdc= half double crochet (US term); half treble crochet (htr, UK term)

dc = double crochet (US term); treble crochet (tr, UK term)

trc = trible crochet (US term); double treble crochet (dtr, UK term)

st= stitch(es)

sc2tog= single crochet decrease (US term); double crochet decrease (dc2tog, UK term)

In my patterns UK terms are always given in brackets.

Let’s get started:

Head

with brown and 4 mm hook ( I used two strands together to get more stability for the badge. If you’re planning to make just an applique instead, I would replace the sport weight yarn with DK yarn and not double it up)

Make Magic ring, ch 1

Round 1: 6 hdc (htr) in magic ring. (6 st)

Round 2: 2 hdc (htr) in each st around. (12 st)

Round 3: *2 hdc (htr), hdc (htr) in next st*,  6 times. (18 st)

Round 4: *2 hdc (htr), hdc (htr) in next 2 st*,  6 times. (24 st)

Round 5: *2 hdc (htr), hdc (htr) in next 3 st*,  6 times. (30 st)

Round 6: *2 sc (dc), sc (dc) in next 4 st*,  2 times, 1 dc (tr) 3 trc (dtr)  1 dc in same st, sc (dc) in next 4 st, *2 sc (dc), sc (dc) in next 4 st*, 2 times,  1 dc (tr) 3 tr (dtr) 1 dc (tr) in same st, sc (dc) in next 4 st, slip stitch (45 st)

fasten off, weave in ends.

Mouth

with beige and 4 mm hook (again use double strands)

ch 10

Round 1: 2 hdc (htr) in second ch from the hook, hdc (htr)  in next 7 st, 4 hdc (htr) in next st, working on opposite side hdc (htr)  in next 7 st, 2 hdc (htr) in last 2 st, join (24 st)

Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc (dc) in first 2 st, sc (dc) in next 8 st, 2 sc (dc) in next 3 st, sc (dc) in next 10 st, 2 sc (dc) , join (30 st)

fasten off, weave in ends and sew to head.

Attach wobbly eyes

Give your cheeky monkey a cheeky smile with the red yarn.

Bow

with 2.5 mm hook and yarn colour of your choice

ch 11

Row 1: sc (dc) in second st from the hook, sc (dc) in every st, turn (10st)

Row 2-3: ch 1, sc (dc) in every st (10 st)

fasten off, weave in ends. wrap a little bit of yarn around the middle to form a bow and attach to your cheeky monkey.

Now only the badge pin/ safety pin is missing to turn it into a badge.

Enjoy your new badge :)

I would love to see how your cheeky monkey turned out so please feel free to post a picture to my Facebook wall or link the project to your Ravelry account. And don’t forget to follow me on bloglovin to stay updated on what’s happening here.

Happy Crocheting!

Disclaimer:  This pattern is not for resale so please do not sell it to other people. If you do use it and enjoy it, I’d be grateful for a link back to my blog and the pattern, but please don’t copy and paste it to your website or copy my pictures. You’re allowed to sell finished items created with the pattern, but please do give me credit as the designer (link back to the blog when selling online). Thank you!