MATERİALS
- Himalaya Dolphin Baby 100% polyester, 100 g/120 m (1/2 skein)
- 4.00 mm crochet hook
- 10 mm safety eyes
- Black embroidering floss
- Yarn needle and scissors
- Fiberfill
Height: 15-17 cm (5.9-6.6″)
Abbreviations:
R – row
ch – chain
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
bobble st – bobble stitch (3dc bobble)
inc – increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec – decrease (2 sc together)
[…] – number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
(…) – repeat whatever is between the brackets the given number of times
Ears, head, body, arms and legs are crocheted as a single part.
Tail
Make 15 ch.
From the 2nd ch from hook 14 sc.
Fasten off.
Ears (make 2)
R 1: 2 ch, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook [5]
R 2: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc [7]
R 3: 7 sc
R 4: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc [10]
R 5: 10 sc
Don’t cut the yarn when you’ll finish the second ear.
Continue crocheting the head, starting from the second ear:
R 1: crochet 2 ch from the 2nd ear and join it with the 1st ear, 10 sc on 1st ear, sc in next 2 ch, 10 sc on 2nd ear, sc in next 2 ch (opposite side) [24]
R 2: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 3-7: 30 sc (5 rows)
In the next row we will crochet the arms:
R 8: 12 sc, bobble st, 5 sc, bobble st, 11 sc [30]
R 9: 30 sc
R 10: (9 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [33]
Insert safety eyes between R 4 and R 5 at the distance of 4-5 stitches from each other.
Switch to blue yarn :
R 11-13: 33 sc (3 rows)
In the next row we will join the tail and crochet the legs.
R 14: 2 sc together with sc of the tail, 12 sc, bobble st (brown yarn), 6 sc, bobble st (brown yarn), 11 sc [33]
R 15: (1 sc, dec) repeat 11 times [22]
R 16: (dec) repeat 11 times [11]
Stuff with fiberfill ears and head/body.
R 17: (dec) repeat 6 times, clothing the hole.
Fasten off.
Embroider a nose with black floss .
