Maverick The Fighter Jet Pattern

Maverick the Fighter Jet Pattern
By Jeremy Berman
Materials Needed
 E/4 (3.5mm) hook
 Light worsted or DK yarn in light gray, dark gray black, and bright orange, or any colors you want!
(see recommended yarns below)
 Pair of black safety eyes (7mm)
 Stuffing
 Yarn needle
 Stitch markers
Techniques Used
Ch = Chain
Sl St = Slip Stitch
St = Stitch
Sc = Single Crochet
Dc = Double Crochet
Hdc = Half Double Crochet
Dc bob = Double Crochet Bobble Stitch, both 3dc bob
and 5 dc bob
Inc = Increase, by making 2 sc in one st unless otherwise
specified
Dec = Decrease, preferably using the invisible decrease Figure A
method to work one sc across two st in the front loops
BLO = Back Loop Only
FO = Fasten Off
Yarn Used
 Hayfield Bonus DK Silver Grey – 838
 Stylecraft Special DK Granite – 1063
 Hayfield Bonus DK Bright Orange – 981
 Hayfield Bonus DK Black – 965
Body
Nosecone
With light grey yarn:
Rnd 1: ch 2, work 6 sc in 1st ch (6 stitches) Figure B
Rnd 2: [inc, sc] repeat to end of round (9)

Rnds 3-5: sc around (9)
Rnd 6: [inc, 2 sc] repeat to end of round (12)
Cockpit
Rnd 15: 8 sc; switch to dark grey, carrying light grey
behind; 5 dc bob in each of next two st, so there will
be two big dark grey bobble stitches in two light grey
stitches (Fig. A); switch to light grey, carrying dark grey
behind (Fig. B); 8 sc (18) Figure C
Rnd 16: Repeat round 15 exactly, with the two dark
grey bobbles going in the dark grey bobbles from the previous round (18) (Fig. C)
Rnd 17: 8 sc, switch to dark grey, 3dc bob twice, switch to light
grey (carry the dark grey under the next two stitches to secure
it and then cut), 8 sc (18)
 Insert safety eyes into the middle of the first two
bobbles from row (Fig. D)
 Stuff nose firmly
Rnd 18: 3 sc, 2 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc (22)
Rnd 23: [dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc] repeat once more (18)
Figure D
 Stuff the body firmly
Tail
 From here, you are making the tail, and it will end up
flattened and not stuffed very much
 With the cockpit on top, insert stitch markers on the
two stitches at the left and right of the body. (Fig. E)
Rnd 38: sc until one st before the first marked st. Hdc in the st
before the marked one, dc in the marked stitch (replace the
stitch marker immediately into the dc you just made), hdc, sc
until one before the next marked st, hdc, dc in the marked
stitch (replace marker), hdc, sc until the end of round if there
are any stitches left to work into. (30)
Rnd 39: [inc, 4sc] around, but on the marked stitches, hdc
instead of sc (replace marker into the hdc you just made). If
Figure E
the marker comes up when you are supposed to inc, make the
first st of the increase an hdc, and use a sc for the second st of
the increase. (36)
Rnd 40: sc around, except when you get one st before each
marked st, [hdc, dc, hdc] instead of sc, as in Round 38. Replace
marker into the dc. (36)
Rnd 42: Sc until 3 st before the first marker. [2 hdc, 3 dc, 2
hdc], so that the middle dc is in the marked st. Sc until 3 st
before the next marker, and repeat the steps within the
Figure F
brackets. You don’t need to replace the marker anymore. (42)
 Sl st, FO, leave long yarn tail (let’s call it a strand to avoid confusion with the plane’s tail)
 Slightly stuff the base of the tail so that the middle of the tail has a bit of volume, but put no
stuffing in the sides of the tail.
 Sew the strand of yarn through the last round until it is at the edge, either the left or right,
whichever is closest. (Fig. F)
 Fold the tail in half, and slip stitch closed.
(Fig. G) This video shows how:
https://youtu.be/3V0xKej9VNQ
Wing (Make 2)
Rnd 1: ch 4, turn, skip chain closest to hook, 2 sc,
and then work 3 sc into the final ch (the first chain
you made at the start). Now you will begin working Figure G
into the bottom (the bump or back ridge loop) of
the 3 chains you just worked into, continuing in a circle to
make a round. (Fig. H) 2 sc in the first two bottom loops,
then work 3 sc into the last bottom loop. (10)
Rnd 4: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc (12)
Rnd 8: [3 sc, inc] repeat to end of round (15)
Figure H
 Change to bright orange in the last st of Round 18
Rnd 19: sc around (18)
 Sl st, FO, leave long strand of yarn.
 Fold the wing in half with the strand at one edge.
 Stuff, but not firmly, and have more stuffing at the
base of the wing than the tip. (Fig. I)
 Sew to plane body so that the front edge of the Figure I
wing’s base is at the point where the plane is widest
(around rounds 19-22 of the body).
o When deciding which edge of the wing
should be front and which should be in
back, hold it up to the body both ways
before sewing, and choose whichever
option allows the back edge of the wing
(closer to the plane’s tail) to be more
perpendicular to the plane, and where the
Figure J
front edge of the wing (closer to the
Figure J
nosecone) is tilted back so the wingtip is
closer to the tail. (Fig. J)
o When sewing the wing to the body, try to
sew the bottom side of the wing so that it is
flat, and sew the top side of the wing so that
there is a slight curve. (Fig. K) This is how
real airplane wings work, but in practice, it Figure K
will be difficult to tell that you did this when
viewing the plane afterwards. Maverick the Plane will still appreciate the attempt.
Vertical Tailfins (Make 2)

Row 1: Leaving a strand at the start for sewing to the body, ch 6, turn, skip ch closest to hook, 5 sc, ch
and turn (5)
Row 2: dec, 3 sc, ch and turn (4)
Row 3: 2 sc, dec, ch and turn (3)
 Switch to black yarn in the last st of the previous row, so that the black yarn is the loop around
your hook after you pull through at the end of the dec
Rows 4-5: 3 sc, ch and turn (3)
 Switch to bright orange yarn
Row 6: dec, sc, ch and turn (2)
Row 7: 2 sc, ch and turn (2)
Row 8: 2 sc, FO
 Weave in all the ends other than the light
grey tail from the start that you will use to
sew to the body.
 Sew to the body, with the side of the fins
that had the increases facing front, towards
the nosecone, such that the side of the fins
closest to the tail are more perpendicular to
the body. Figure L
 The front edge of the tailfin’s base should
be about where the wings ended, and the back edge
should be about where the horizontal tailfins begin (Fig. L).
You have made Maverick the Fighter Jet!

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