1 Choose a brightly colored yarn, in a medium to slender weight. This project is perfect for using up a bit of leftover acrylic in a bright color. Also choose a suitable hook.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 4 Single crochet around this loop for several rows, until you have a tube that's about as tall as the loop is big around. That is, if the loop was about 1 inch (2.5cm) around, you should make it about 1 inch (2.5cm) tall. You're aiming for a rough proportion here, not any specific number of rows. It's all right to join rows, so that this part is a spiral.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 5 Single crochet three or four rows across just one half of the tube. However, do not crochet a turning chain. Each consecutive row will therefore decrease. If you know how to do a single crochet decrease, you can decrease even more. Tie off the colorful yarn, but leave the tails for now. Here again, the exact proportions are not critical.

6 Look ahead a few steps to see how these decreasing rows will be gathered together form the face of the yip-yip. Pinch the face together as you go to see how it will look.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 7 Make some yarn eyeballs to go with your yip-yip. They'll take a little bit of extra time, but they have a bit more style and a better shape than anything you'll buy in the store. Leave the tails attached on the side of the eyeball and neatly tie off and trim the tails extending from the back.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 8 Locate the eyes and thread them into the face. Use a large tapestry needle. You will want the face open at this stage so that you can reach inside to stitch the eyes to the inside of the fabric and The eyes go very close to the top of the face. They are basically symmetrical, but this is a goofy looking alien, so it's all right if they're a little lopsided.

Tie the loose ends tightly. You can even tie them to one another. Then trim them close so they don't show through the mouth. Use a large tapestry needle. You will want the face open at this stage so that you can reach inside to stitch the eyes to the inside of the fabric and tie a knot , but you can pinch it closed with your fingers to see where the eyes should go.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 9 Stitch the face together using the yarn tail, down the front. Make sure all the tails inside are covered up, and tie in and trim any remaining loose ends of the tail.

10 Cut a number of lengths of the colorful yarn. You may wish to cut one or two pieces first to get the length right. Four feet (1.2m) is a good length to start with.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 11 Add a fringe. On the end opposite the face, which is to say the bottom end, put a hook through any loop from the starting chain. Fold one of the cut lengths of yarn in half and grab the middle with your hook. Pull it through. On the end opposite the face, which is to say the bottom end, put a hook through any loop from the starting chain. Fold one of the cut lengths of yarn in half and grab the middle with your hook. Pull it through.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 12 With your hook in the loop you just pulled through, grab both of the loose tails and pull them through the loop. This creates a Larks Head knot, as shown in the first four photos under Steps in This creates a Larks Head knot, as shown in the first four photos under Steps in this article . You should now have two long tails with loose ends.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 14 Chain the tail for 20-25 chain stitches. Make them fairly tight stitches; you want them to curl and you won't be crocheting into them. You may even want to use a hook that is a size or two smaller than the one you used for the rest of the body.