MATERIAL
Chunky yarn color black and white
A little cotton yarn in black and pink
4.5 mm crochet hook
9mm safety eyes
Fiber fill
Yarn marker
Yarn needle
Useful Tips:
· If you make toys for children, be careful with the safety eyes. I recommend you embroider the eyes.
Abbreviations
ch: chain
sts: stitch(es)
slst: slipstitch
Sc: single crochet
Inc: increase
Dec: Decrease
Dc: double crochet
hdc: half double crochet
FLO : Front loop only
BLO : Back loop only
FO: Fasten off
rep: repeat
(number): number of st in the round or strip
HEAD
Use white yarn
Row 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Row 2: 6inc (12)
Row 3: (1sc, 1inc) x 6 (18)
Row 4 – Row 5: 18sc (18)
Row 6: 4sc, (1sc, 1inc) x 2, 2sc, (1inc, 1sc) x 2, 4sc (22)
Row 7: 22sc (22)
Row 8: 4sc, (1sc, 1dec) x 2, 2sc, (1dec, 1sc) x 2, 4sc (18)
Row 9: (1sc, 1dex) x 6 (12)
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail for sewing. FO.
Place the safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6 at about 4 sts apart.
Stuff it.
Use pink yarn to embroider the mouth. Use black yarn to embroider the whiskers.
EAR (Make 2)
Use black yarn
Create a slip knot, insert your hook into row 2 of the head, pull it through, chain 3, 1sc, 1HDC, skip 1 row, 1slst in row 4.
Cut and secure the yarn.
LEG (Make 2)
Use white yarn
Row 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Row 2: 6sc (6)
Cut and leave a long tail for sewing. Fo.
Make the other leg but don’t cut the thread and continue working the body.
BODY
Use white yarn
Row 1: 6sc of the 2nd leg, 6sc of the first leg (12)
Row 2: (1sc, 1inc) x 6 (18)
Row 3: (2sc, 1inc) x 6 (24)
Row 4: 24sc (24)
Row 5: (2sc, 1dec) x 6 (18)
Row 6: 18sc (18)
Row 7: (4sc, 1dec) x 3 (15)
Row 8: (3sc,1 dec) x 3 (12)
Cut and secure the yarn. Stuff it. Sew the head to the body.
ARM (Make 2)
Use white yarn
Row 1: 5sc in MR (5)
Row 2 – Row 4: 5sc (5)
Cut and leave a long tail for sewing. Fo.
Don’t stuff it. Sew the arms to the body between row 7 and row 8.
Use a ribbon to tie a bow at the neck
