Teeny Vacant Drone Pattern

The photo doesn't do it justice. I was at my in-laws this weekend and was just doodling around making bits of bodies. I came home and attached a head and a body and then stitched on a face, and, somehow he has turned out strangely endearing in a very simple way.

His neck will be a bit squishy so you can bend his head up or down or cock it to the side to have him looking a little inquisitive.

Approx 2.5" tall.
I wrote this pattern in joined rounds, but see no reason it should fail if worked a spiral. I find that joined rounds look neater, but whatever works for you is fine.

Materials:
- lighter head color yarn
- darker torso color yarn
- 2x 3/4 mm eyes (beads/safety eyes/whatever)
- light filling (polyfill)
- (optional) heavier filling (peas/plastic pellets)
- black thread to attach eyes/stitch mouth

Tools:
- 3.5 hook(or whatever you need to achieve a nice tight finish
- sewing needle for stitching on eyes/mouth details
- darning needle for stitching parts together
- (optional) stitch markers

Stitches:
- sc: single crochet
- 2sc in next st: stitch 2 single crochets into a single stitch (increase)
- sc2tog: join 2 stitches together with one single crochet (decrease)

head
1) magic ring, 6 SC around (6 st)
2) 2sc into each st around (12 st)
3) {sc, 2sc in next st} repeat 5 more times around (18st)
4) {sc, sc, 2 sc into next st} repeat 5 more times around (24st)
5 -8) sc around (24 st each row / 96 total)
9) {sc, sc, sc2tog} repeat 5 more times around (18st)
10) {sc, sc2tog} repeat 5 more times around (12st)

Stuff firmly with light filling.
Finish off and leave a long tail for stitching.

Add eyes 6 stitches apart between rows 5 and 8. Stitch a straight line mouth between rows 7 and 8 about the same width as the mouth. Use photo as a placement guide. Weave in ends of mouth stitching if you want, or tie together to secure and leave them lose for zombie drool.



Torso
1) magic ring, 7 SC around (7 st)
2) 2sc into each st around (14 st)
3) {sc, 2sc in next st} repeat 6 more times around (21st)
4 - 5) sc around (21 st each / 42 st total)
6) {sc, sc2tog} repeat 6 more times around (14st)
7 - 9) sc around (14 st each / 42 st total)
10) 2 sc, sc2tog, 6 sc, sc2tog, 2sc (12 st)

Stuff with heavier filling (or very firmly with lighter filling if you don't have heavy filling)
Fininsh off.

Align the finishing points of the head and torso and stitch together.

As seen on Ravelry

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