...Scout loved the
movie 9...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlzW5WPMLMRZsAeWLDQawAcGczveQ_igbSJwC4aCzCKV09bIiFBXNtUOrTJ8wIcJIgp_bM1EwPcjYDTClsOhNgEU-Jz9k79Qqfq_DpzPGauu3uknqyhveMJsbEzyxRqLejpaI/s400/9poster5.jpg)
...but his favorite character in the movie was not 9...but 5...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5di8TgJPU-kNCH86U16EHbJOlromEobvBGKBQhYRelENhT5FdNXzHr19rb-OoHyYlIn2Nbmxub0sookdfxEhlR3mzFOb-1KXa1EetQkvt1u53IjN6cAe7VC3PTteQLJr-MjV/s400/101_0016.jpg)
...so for his 13th Birthday I set out to recreate 5 for him...and I found this vintage tan yarn at a Church Basement Sale...for a quarter...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC5_SXEbBKDO_pE_mfqDOTr7pmhE3YsKcvNV5dmYtaPIUoWUp8tRiwBGpm0edseypobxhdKpzeeukZabQ8vx2Pdn6F46dRMHtmw6-cglU8d2QGFxHU0kaG15E170gJK-iPW4W/s400/101_0017.jpg)
...I loved the graphics on the label...showing the vats...the spinning...the delivery trucks...and finally the yarn store...called Super Yarn Mart...love that...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjZZ8Ci4ylhezXF4vneXKEMfnpHx-Kj1gw7l58rvl6L8RnUrYH0X5Z81xOWZuGwtxU0F5oGlayn3ggrFdgGaOh-mM3NX8ehCRRAJdyS_BTRhzAqExUESsy0CCpLnEPBrKwGkK/s400/101_0021.jpg)
...and believe it or not...I did a quick search online and
found a pattern...for 9...not 5...but pretty easily adaptable...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSce2DUon_Osntg5uVJRZadBLP7Qo5H6uY4ReKsKCYBg_OQcyD9GvHX1UdolVkZFtk8uVwj-yeX_aRVehZPczDbtANxWKgH__C7wodv5elCl2qIyVZPjT5utF04HhgHWx4hox/s400/101_0019.jpg)
...pretty much all single crochet...so easie-peasie...I started crocheting...in secret...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5LdM2mRh7ETFroBoDl5FSiYbUBxvMsb1JkFJFIwPrlo4cuoPVtOWMMuRn_UBpwVZcp5Mv5jSBPWREXQRQp5EqG4MjwoeoHuRU04Ug1Yt3PjBCSmLrHBitmCxNb8UhF8zEtv3/s400/101_0086.jpg)
...I crocheted the head directly onto the body (it's separate in the pattern)...and of course only one eye socket...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_w9h2I0r5BlPPZSEOp-I_U0eknErSrIf68olnYy5fWAKgErpfX2OigU96XqwgaOg6iaBeQXGooc5ve-Jnjm0lR4zbo0eTZh5yTvqhC81N7NkVuZvk8EsRJEJ2teTrPaV6Z4Xa/s400/101_0087.jpg)
...before I did any seams - or finished the head...I made a little skeleton out of pipe cleaners to slip inside the figure before stuffing or stitching...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRx7jdo-Y5NuajNl_0I_HXhdJXrNZ6tCzPOlG9euQmy4Eggr5xjzn4RWAJAbEhFDcSXzg_VaNewzP_NGT9llHIVTr5y0ge7Vq0kdxDkOkfKumqhvKDlWjfbnstFzbecQi0vVJT/s400/101_0088.jpg)
...I bought a new thimble and drilled a couple of holes in the back...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuNmg-3WVAZc_DnPcE_UaaczlS34K_KN9SDn0do9574FpkYevgxjPIze4YwBTbVazxQTExlB8c4G-177mEQhxjxb3xIjR8PwoXr5xWpq8vWNdspVR9F6Zf8Lb99VmWqOVFkjF/s400/101_0089.jpg)
...and I had a piece of stretchy lycra from an old swimsuit lining in my stash...I used it to make a little pouch for the rice to give the figure some weight...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfRh3R8FwpG9bswqPvY8a4hTwkfaG2dpcNhVghiyq_1LsZ4CLv88ctwm73ZnsRhyphenhyphenPce-xhBz8RlamWu0cXYXpSHFdmB0uuJXmP8PMItD3ePqQ7k5tXDUd5IlSh1ia2IidfOiG/s400/101_0090.jpg)
...I just stitched up a little bottom-shaped piece and stuffed it with rice...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytSmb870uKRn_6txbET9zQ9M7YrDj7GT-t8ioX6f94ycCYb7_zivPEjSGiCEDK7wxdUhCZ4F7wMHjm2v020hD8g13Dh42lGpX1M8GmBrtuQdRuNQE0WhGXp01o5ML9mojxNvO/s400/101_0091.jpg)
...this is 5's bottom...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBifdotDrjjPrpQ49-59iNP0PhW9c267pUCwbZOuxrKbJp_9fsGaKuGdOfJ5zo9v6jHsq5SUrCPVB1ulHmOO1QKnj4SiFYl4wvpNoNnJxA2NxHkCIP3YfT_nRdXPraVjvGQ07e/s400/101_0092.jpg)
...I slipped a piece of pipe cleaner through the holes in the thimble...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6F7uJivH0ZAQOEBULbosyOVku2os1vs8GAEzFZbQjxKozqh8VHgMlaQG-9feeJII76kEvIfrhs0-J8jf15ROMmBDCZTvRVXCcqFEzwy6AdY8jkidnrQag4ihzVfvelt1t2TB/s400/101_0093.jpg)
...and attached it to the right side of his skeleton...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SzxgbZ51ND65QIFnnLAGFQ1FCa8Ca39SfppAPRCW44pPb7x6PkECmmvio3kr3tMs1Bpd8zbtISJUQI7-DzdKwInSXRP2fkBKp5bXWOJU8Ak8CaR4nUmoHjrADKFFBcuT5w93/s400/101_0094.jpg)
...I attached his rice-filled bottom to his pipe-cleaner-skeleton...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07FboFv6rEV4cKTsar7GjYTaD1opP5D53ygqY13t8_7cnpKPzCDsfwEdx_2LBImrAIjAp4Wubc62q01ixAor6_cpwChT11D89DBiJhYW8NXovOViHEoBU6KANkfrlGqNoyPhY/s400/101_0095.jpg)
...then I slipped his skeleton into his body...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DqQ75pGnb8wnPgptcULspJyiKOzVnVY0Hm8hOu5fGc1ObDYbRQhKoFM-XichUFwoRlWZLHqtwemhYWHRQp6IeI7eFOh2-Cdt37QiAM0yZelHdWwxJ6woME3so2bIjdc6EcCR/s400/101_0096.jpg)
...adjusted his thimble-eye...and stuffed his head...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfVwrfRU_ek5AcRd1NUtdrtX2JlOyG5204n5yFV_LP4W06t1ObcmpqlqH8cpYk8B2T5tFWVMnz4dI266I157I70mg5y892JJU-k8-CXGBx9W7jnbQ8DbcPxwNLd_dd4V6rFQ9/s400/101_0097.jpg)
...then finished crocheting the top of his head...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxWJM_N5HZtOw-Ne8YvHf22EiNZ1einzQfyKfBKuqBrZPp0cE3q9hLoggm4488JwfNBP2aHP8bCIcLaKjjWBc0w3DTh73kK3Tec0BNF9t6m_cdGVkwYQjUNuZZLpgP-ag_R-Z/s400/101_0098.jpg)
...next...I stuffed his body...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4IE4jfJaDgRXXrR9X-g4FOjgRQzQRiKuk79-gDUY-DYwsCkKq9GNyHYvAB9paJ0rngg1QNVSNjAPP2XQV0kjD0Xa4UAmLzAUWqWvQ2_YNKoK0XI55bgBQUB42WXwhUFPJ4CC/s400/101_0099.jpg)
...and sewed up his bottom...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFRDi5v5XkP6sRR3_34Q8gU3QPCz9Mclc9Ub_tz235bpz-sbPINckVkWYxLJYfv8W3A2h4qKANkd2kaqk4F21okTkKAJUeSHxe_Ya0QSYEEeqIcnSkoefyuJaNFWwSvca01Kq/s400/101_0100.jpg)
...then I went searching for the perfect button...or two as the case may be...and I found only one...the khaki one at the top...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQNZvtOekiM5eXBfYUjqrsr0kbS8uT4Di82muiG6DmnPjxSAuCmlj-SHlJlYO670TOOoMDaYZLiMWQdqd3Gr_C3Awe_-De5P3Dz9ZNYCZ3eyJAJxUkLskEA_wd3nFGhpiEqaq/s400/101_0102.jpg)
...but wait...I'm sure I've seen a button like that somewhere before...oh yes...on my raincoat...so I snipped off one of the little extras that they give you in case you lose one...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1zLNlklQcYd67h6aiV4jFcQTWcrFQ-DDMXpDnbgrwkgeBdF5BdhQVBWAzq4bKCq2jhDl9X3hn6Lgwg0KAWAUc_Hhculhpi3qVpw3zYDlphDBw4gR4pg3AmWxZNfxZRcegbqC/s400/101_0103.jpg)
...a pretty close match...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduF3s0rjuQ9tofc5xHkV0MciatJF_YZGr5hXfJ0fN_nYMRawaU57BQMSN_ypSRGTd-r2LK57Ry06IrThp2aOCGum6qLAxHVYeFCEyXe9L9Y-F6JRjJ8aVllGWoZNSYcrN8GPJ/s400/101_0104.jpg)
...now for some...tarnish...I did a base coat of gold...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7sX8KMpFZWv8Uak6oyLKT_AgbWZTtfDeNN_Y24MMW86wFRrp7CyXq9daNMvjtqnaWNmFISUUU2PYHkUMs6dhsy-lrCjMSgGSQUnKwSDsQ_29GrGy-OWsPue29QUCTEkZxQ2j/s400/101_0105.jpg)
...followed by a black glaze...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF5asnqMI2jSeGdIii5wfZe0ACUR9CJ-wqo9TZpe_cFLS0RgJxZtc1WjGCCtsiCTRhZ4MRR3zc7qIMxMjdv6ANp_dBKPzo17lQGRhV0NPDJj5AWYIeW4Dm5P01NTH7Qb6bYWD/s400/101_0106.jpg)
...next I glued his eyeball into his thimble socket...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-8y941osn8BmjIkwNPpvrvHNPVuMW-QMTJhWyiDArilBPhE6-0ygvgXguRJh3sFkxfh-X4zghMNJ2iVg1fVjkDUMFCa0-DUsvxd_GnocTb8B1GigFVVyWU6kp0FSDHbALFM5/s400/101_0107.jpg)
...and stitched his two buttons on...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXoT6AhicXFabFAgO59vkv0npy9fx3O2JmwaMygUrbCCBcLPK-wUoOf1xj3Gx-p6zLiZXpo8xbgXSXyTn0zW27GUWNAaLEleRZNfW14yugiRqssMqQGgLO3cPNLGiBwSdKIF-/s400/101_0115.jpg)
...I did the other top stitching to resemble the stitching in the poster...and realized that the buttons needed to be stitched with the brown thread...so I redid those...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpo-u6o8_4PBT0ypL6B66SDP0QxwDXLmdmi4GlFqipcwyhdU6ZzU3TrKbaaTxrkO0wqwdCbLvwV17C6udSrSy6Gno1V81-IHyv42aM1SJSpMp78uFKF5duwfY2azPx5I4H4hY/s400/101_0116.jpg)
...stitched on his vinyl eye patch...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi822Kty1bzlFwGpAfTJvFdP0NjhSBEzs53KF1KnaLQgzMlEaNmJqvolD1zPDDDasxXiMwWf1nkeNpy_fBX96jjZPmLv9vnaowcdIA8LKu_2HD8ziwcxpftEcyA08ZgdcspN5_m/s400/101_0139.jpg)
...and twisted on some fingers and feet...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINLJymughQaWpGdFRWwvLbInyrQfPKoAPnlhZh9aTxGtMjY7s1kBWkefj7IzslZBZ_Q_lRWkU0PKHpLiOQkstp-gX6XuDYwUpT0GS6Q_jaqsSiCci60IW1ZUntQj_Bl1TnOrR/s400/101_0140.jpg)
...crocheted his little shoes...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHn4mJGT7iwhXz_mHIUrhxnOWRKsn4FqwxiSXjPzZh8eU1RX5BBMDrLS3AVCt2KJ33ZJgX6Sh0iMTVGBMaWOrKGstbm2mb_-T6E040paRLsrZ42FcdqBDyjiVzcQ0yL1HiBv-/s400/101_0141.jpg)
...and wrapped yarn around his little fingers...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4D4UXwcDj8Uj8-iNjuakWkgKl9DciklOhlm5kuil0geA8E3-bECO2675pJqezrVExL4A_5LaoEocdifcSlNIPaa-m8ycVfq5AgWrjcBDs9P0onF8oDUZQi79qfFwrLn-zuauR/s400/101_0143.jpg)
...embroidered his number 5 on his back...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEMlqoji6WZNUZIc7fY91D_cqEVRxs9urOpDTi8ggGihRl5HrW_hpzWBAfIEBTXFdiI_SpIcIgMg6ytOQgvtLWzXAE1ziIMsW6sMUKD3np1p1bNRvfKwfGLq1ZMy3vl1DzKAs/s400/101_0144.jpg)
...and finally touched up the ends of his little fingers with some brown paint...if I'd had any brown pipe cleaners this probably wouldn't have been necessary...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAUpAsd93DHCfBJpJeD30NIZnMlJhUtOmJ5X656_kiO2FHiLgjoh0ntch9AKN3u_74EmjYvs-E4i4KCGM0AAfqsWkfTkxeQvx524tWW4GFIUgH_LH_BKTCnP-n63j02yF50FV/s400/101_0147.jpg)
...and he was finished...meet 5...