Materials and tools
1. Yarn: Yarnart Jeans, colours: black (53), light grey (46), dark grey (28), orange (85), white (03), yellow (88). Small quantity of white thin fluffy yarn (mohair, angora). Size of the toy made with this yarn is about 18 cm.
2. Crochet hook according to your yarn (I used Clover 1,75).
3. Yarn needle, sewing needle.
4. Brown thread for embroidering nose and eyebrows.
5. Button eyes diameter 5 mm, sewing thread of black colour to sew the eyes.
6. Poliester fiberfill.
Work in continuos rounds unless otherwise instructed
Abbrevations
Rnd : round
MR : magic ring
Ch : chain
sl st : slip stitch
sc : single crochet
inc : increase
dec : decrease
hdc : half double crochet
BLO : back loops
FLO : front loops
0* : repeat till the end of round
[ ] : total number of stitches in the round
Body
Start with Light grey.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4 rnd: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5 rnd: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6 rnd: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
7-12 rnds: 36 sc (6 rnds)
13 rnd: (7 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (32)
14 rnd: 32 sc
15 rnd: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (28)
16 rnd: 28 sc
Change to dark grey colour.
17 rnd: 28 sc
18 rnd: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (24)
19 rnd: 11 sc, join orange yarn (don’t cut dark grey): 2 sc, change to dark grey. 11 sc
Change to orange colour. Cut dark grey yarn.
20 rnd: 24 sc
21 rnd: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (20)
Fasten off, stuff the detail, hide the yarn end inside.
Head
Crochet in dark grey.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4 rnd: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5 rnd: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6 rnd: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
7 rnd: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
8-9 rnds: 42 sc (2 rnds)
10 rnd: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (48)
11-18 rnds: 48 sc (8 rnds)
19 rnd: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
20 rnd: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
21 rnd: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
22 rnd: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
23 rnd: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (20)
Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a Long tail for sewing. Stuff the detail.
Arms (make two)
Start with black colour.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: (2 Sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)
3-5 rnds: 8 sc (3 rnds)
Change to white colour.
6-12 rnds: 8 sc (7 rnds)
Change to dark grey colour.
13-21 rnds: 8 sc (9 rnds)
Stuff only the tips of the arms.
Fold the detail and crochet 4 sc joining both sides together. Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make two)
Start with black colour.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
3-5 rnds: 9 sc (3 rnds)
Change to orange colour.
6-16 rnds: 9 sc (11 rnds)
Change to dark grey colour.
17-27 rnds: 9 sc (11 rnds)
Stuff only the tips of the legs.
Fold the detail and crochet 4 sc joining both sides together. Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Face
Crochet in yellow.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4 rnd: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5 rnd: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6 rnd: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36), slst
Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Muzzle
Crochet in yellow.
1 rnd: 5 ch, start in the second chain from the hook: 1 inc, 2 sc, 3 sc in the last st, turn and continue on the other side of the chain, 3 sc (10)
Continue crocheting in spiral.
2 rnd: 2 inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc (16)
3 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 2 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 3 sc, 1 inc (22)
4 rnd: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 2 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 4 sc, 1 inc (28)
5-6 rnds: 28 sc (2 rnds), slst
Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make two)
Crochet in orange.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 rnd: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail
Start with white colour.
1 rnd: 6 sc in MR
2-7 rnds: 6 sc (6 rnds)
Change to light grey.
8-35 rnds: 6 sc (28 rnds)
Don’t stuff. Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembling
Sew the head to the body. Add some fiberfill to the neck while sewing. Sew the arms on round 20 of the body. Sew the legs on round it Put the face on the head below round g of the head, Fix pins around it to mark the border of the face. Take the face away.
Sew on the ears on round 12 of the head. Prepare yarn cuts of white mohair (length is approximately 8 cm). Attach these cuts around the face like it is shown in the picture below. Take off pins. Sew on the face hiding the places of attaching. Sew on the muzzle. Cut the mohair yarn to make it shorter.
Sew the tail in the center of the back approximately on round 6 of the body.
Embroider the nose and mouth.
Sew on the eyes between rounds 4 and 5 of the face. To make the process of sewing easier you may enlarge the holes where the eyes are sewn with the help of tapestry needle or reverse hook end.
Embroider the whites of the eyes and eyebrows.
Congratulations
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