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Facehugger by sammich

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Enjoying a card game before finding a host to incubate its egg © sammich

Learning the history of its ancestors, curled up with a cuppa © sammich

You can see how the pipe cleaners really make the legs tougher and able to support the body © sammich

Close up of hooking the pipe cleaners thru a stitch. This keeps the pipe cleaners attached to the body. © sammich

Close up of pipe cleaner attached, as well as the stitches picked up for the leg © sammich

This is approximately where you want to pick up stitched for the legs © sammich

Close up of tail. Also you can see that the air sac is attached between the two sets of purl rows © sammich

Close up of how the leg is made to curl © sammich

End of air sac with increases © sammich

Facehugger

by sammich

Published in

sammich's Ravelry Store

Craft

Knitting

Category

Softies → Other

Published

October 2017

Suggested yarn

Loops & Threads Impeccable

Loops & Threads Cozy Wool

Yarn weight

Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?

Gauge

n/a

Needle size

US 10 - 6.0 mm

US 6 - 4.0 mm

Yardage

300 - 500 yards (274 - 457 m)

Languages

English

This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

I needed this in my life and couldn’t find a pattern so designed one based on pictures I found.

It is started at the head then continuing in the round to the end of the tail. The air sacs and legs are picked up along the sides.

If you choose to add pipe cleaners to the legs it’s easiest if you start when first picking up stitches for each leg. Push the pipe cleaners into the body and create a hook around a stitch or two; this keeps them attached to the body. While it is a pain to knit around them I highly the pipe cleaners. It looks so much cooler when it can stand up on it’s own!