Hyoid bone

 This is a short pattern for the hyoid bone, a small bone underneath the jaw that is the only human bone in the human body that doesn't articulate with any other bone. This hyoid is life-sized, and forms part of my life-sized anatomically correct skeleton pattern series.

Difficulty:

Easy-medium

You will need:

• A 1mm crochet hook
• Rico essentials #10 crochet cotton in white
• A pair of scissors

Ch3
Round 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook, make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back of the first chain st you crocheted into (6sc)
Round 2: Sc in each st
Round 3: Sc, Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (4sc)
Rounds 4 - 9: (6 rounds) sc in ecah t
Round 5: Sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc, make 2sc in the last st (6sc)
Round 6: Sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc2, make 2sc in the following st, sc (8sc)
Round 7: Sc3, make 2sc in the next st, sc, make 2sc in the following st, sc2 (10sc)
Round 8: Sc in each st
Round 9: Sc, hdc5, sc4
Round 10: Sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc8 (11sc)
Round 11: Slip2, hdc6, slip3
Round 12: Sc in each st
Round 13: Slip3, hdc5, slip3
Rounds 14 - 17: (4 rounds) sc in ecah st
Round 18: Slip4, hdc5, slip2
Round 19: Sc in each st
Round 20: Slip4, hdc6, slip1
Round 21: Sc4, sc2tog, sc5 (10sc)
Round 22: Sc5, hdc5
Round 23: Sc in each st
Round 24: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog, sc5 (8sc)
Round 25: (note that this is slightly more than a single round) Sc3, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog (6sc)
Round 26: Sc, sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (4sc)
Rounds 27 - 32: (6 rounds) sc in each st
Round 33: make 2sc in the first st, sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc (6sc)
Stuff the central section
Round 34: Sc in each st
Round 35: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (4sc)
Fasten off

That's all from this pattern - I hope you've enjoyed it! If you have any questions please email them to lhodginscrochet@gmail.com and I'll do my best to answer them asap. If you want to keep up to date with what I'm currently working on the best way is to follow me on my Instagram.

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