Melts in Your Mouth Man

This week my nephew turned two. I asked Lance to call his dad for ideas on what he likes so we could find a gift for him. Among other things, his dad told us that he likes m&m's. No surprise there, I guess. Most two year-olds probably like m&m's.

My only problem was that I couldn't find a pattern to sew/crochet one. Several recent projects involved all the things I needed to know to create my own crochet pattern, though, so I decided I'd make it up as I went.

Here is the pattern that I used. You can follow it to make your own chocolate candy man or any circle shaped guy. I'm kind of reminded of those Little Mr. and Little Miss book characters when I see the body before I add the face.

Let me know if you have problems or see any mistakes.

Circle Man Crochet Pattern
Created by Celeste Bishop 11/2010
Supplies Used:
Hook: G
Yarn: Sugar n’ Cream (any medium weight yarn will work)
Stitch marker
Yarn needle
Circle body (make 2)
With red (or desired body color)
Ch 2, sc 6 in 1st chain
Row 1: 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sts)
Row 2: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next* around (18 sts)
Row 3: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 2* around (24 sts)
Row 4: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 3* around (30 sts)
Row 5: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 4* around (36 sts)
Row 6: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 5* around (42 sts)
Row 7: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 6* around (48 sts)
Row 8: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 7* around (54 sts)
Row 9: sc in first 4, *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 2* around (60 sts)
Row 10: sc in each st around
Finish off
Legs (make 2)
With white (or desired shoe color)
Ch 2, sc 6 in 1st chain
Row 1: 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sts)
Row 2: *2 sc in first, 1 sc in next* around (18 sts)
Row 3-5: sc in each
Row 6: sc 2 tog 6 times, 1 sc in next 6 (12 sts)
Row 7: sc 2 tog 3 times, 1 sc in next 6 (9 sts)
Row 8: ss around (don’t make it too tight)
Change to flesh color
Row 9: work in the stitches created in row 7, sc around (9 sts)
Row 10-20: sc in each around
Finish off
Arms (make 2)
With white (or desired glove/hand color)
Ch 2, sc 6 in 1st chain
Row 1: 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sts)
Row 2-4: sc in each around
Row 5: *sc 2 tog, sc in next* around (6 sts)
Change to flesh color
Row 6-15: sc in each around
Finish off
To Assemble:
Embroider or appliqué any face or designs to body.
Stuff arms and legs.
Pin arms and legs in place on body.
Sew around edge of body with yarn. Leave an opening for stuffing.
Stuff the body and sew it closed.