Halloween Spider and Web

Halloween Spider and Web

Halloween Spider and Web

Credit to : YanaKnits

This project is a cross between crocheting and knitting (and construction, if you count using wire).  The spider’s body is crocheted and the legs are knitted – knitted I-cords for legs were a lot easier to make and looked a lot better than any skinny crocheted tubes I tried to create. Why not use both techniques, I thought, if in the end you end up with a better design.

Yarn, Needles and Crochet

I still had a few skeins of black Plymouth Bella Colour Yarn left after making the soccer ball and the sheep. The spider took about 1/2 of the skein. The web was made out of the yarn leftover from making a sweater about 5 years ago.

• Crochet size 6/4.0 mm (G) (both for the spider and the web)
• 2 double-pointed needles US size 3 for spider’s legs
• 1/2 skein of black Plymouth Bella Colour yarn for the spider
• 1/8 skein of off-white Caron One Pound yarn for the web (or any acrylic worsted weight yarn)

Spider

The spider’s body is made in one piece. The legs are knitted as I-cords and attached to the bottom of the spider.

Spider’s Body

Chain 3, join with a slip stitch

• Round 1 (increase 3): SCx2 into every stitch (=6 st total)
• Round 2 (increase 6): SCx2 into every stitch (=12 st total)
• Round 3 (increase 6): SCx2 into every other stitch (=18 st total)
• Round 4 (increase 3): [SC5, SCx2 into the next stitch] 3 times (=21 st total)
• Rounds 5-8: SC all stitches
• Round 9 (reduce 3): [SC6, skip 1] 3 times (=18 st total)

• Round 10 (reduce 5): skip 1, [SC3, skip 1] 4 times, SC1 (=13 st total)

Stuff the head with fiberfill

• Round 11 (reduce 5): [skip 1, SC2] 4 times, skip 1 (=8 st total)

• Round 12: SC all stitches
• Round 13 (increase 8): SCx2 into every stitch (=16 st total)
• Round 14 (increase 4): [SC3, SCx2 into the next stitch] 4 times (=20 st total)
• Round 15: SC all stitches

• Round 16 (increase 4): [SC4, SCx2 into the next stitch] 4 times (=24 st total)
• Round 17 (increase 4): [SC5, SCx2 into the next stitch] 4 times (=28 st total)
• Rounds 18-21: SC all stitches
• Round 22 (reduce 4): [skip 1, SC6] 4 times (=24 st total)
• Round 23: SC all stitches
• Round 24 (reduce 6): [skip 1, SC3] 6 times (=18 st total)
• Round 25 (reduce 6): [skip 1, SC2] 6 times (=12 st total)
• Round 26 (reduce 6): [skip 1, SC1] 6 times (=6 st total)

Stuff the body with fiberfill

• Round 24 (reduce 3): [skip 1, SC1] 3 times

Spider’s Legs
The legs are knitted as I-cords. Cast on 4 stitches using double-pointed needles and make 1 I-cord 12 inches long for the back legs, 2 I-cords 11 inches long for the middle legs, and 1 I-cord 10 inches long for the front legs. Insert flexible wire inside the I-cords and sew the ends closed. Sew the legs to the neck/belly of the spider’s body, then bend them to any shape you like.