Designer İnstagram: @grannyscrochethook

YOU WILL NEED

• Yarn of your choice in off-white and black-ish colors for crocheting and sewing pieces together (the toy in the 1st photo is made out of 100% coarse wool 250 m/100 g and it’s about 15 cm tall; the one in the 2nd picture is made of 55% cotton/45% PAC yarn 160 m/50 g and its size is a little bit more im-pressive; 1,5 mm crochet hook was used for making the both of them);

• Embroidery floss and/or scraps of yarn in black, white and pink colors for decorating;

• Crochet hook suitable for the yarn of your choice;

• Toy stuffing;

• A pair of safety eyes (optional);

 • Embroidery and tapestry needles, pins, stitch marker.

ABBREVIATIONS

MR — magic ring;

ch — chain;

st — stitch;

sl-st — slip stitch;

sc — single crochet;

HDC — half double crochet;

inc — increase;

dec — decrease;

[…] x n — repeat n times;

(…) — number of stitches in the round.

All the pieces are worked in a spiral. It’s quite traditional to leave a long yarn tail for sewing at the end of making every part of the toy. But yours truly is not good at sewing at all, and therefore prefers to divide the yarn into strands and use them along with a thin sewing needle, so the stitches look more neat. Please do what’s more comfortable for you.

HEAD (in off-white)

1.6 sc in a MR (6)

2. inc x 6 (12)

3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)

4. sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, sc (24)

5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

6. 2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)

8. 3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x 5, inc, 3 sc (48)

9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)

10.4 sc, (inc, 8 sc) x 5, inc, 4 sc (60)

11. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)

12. 5 sc, (inc, 10 sc) x 5, inc, 5 sc (72)

13-18 (6 rounds). 72 sc (72)

19. (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)

20. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)

21. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)

22. 54 sc (54)

23. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)

24. 48 sc (48)

25. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)

26.42 sc (42)

27. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)

28. (4 sc, dec) x6 (30)

29. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

30. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

31.18 sc (18)

Stuff the head very firmly; it should have a nice onion shape, with no knobbly bits. If you want it to look more traditional, just skip rounds 31,33,35.

32. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)

33.12 sc (12)

34. dec x 6 (6)

 35.6 sc

Fasten off leaving a tail about 15 cm long and cut the yarn. Using a tapestry needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the end.

BODY Start in off-white.

1-12. Repeat r.

1-12 of the head

13. (11 sc, inc) x 6 (78)

14.6 sc, (inc, 12 sc) x 5, inc., 6 sc (84)

15-18 (4 rounds). 84 sc (84)

19. (12 sc, dec) x 6 (78)

20-21. 78 sc (78)

22. (11 sc, dec) x 6 (72)

23-24. 72 sc (72)

25. (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)

26-27. 66 sc (66)

28. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)

29-30. 60 sc (60)

31. 23 sc, (dec, 5 sc) x 5, dec (54)

32. 20 sc, (dec, 4 sc) x 5, dec, 2 sc (48)

Change to black-ish yarn.

33-36 (4 rounds). 48 sc (48)

37. 21 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 5, dec (42)

38.19 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 5, dec, sc (36)

39.18 HOC, (sc, dec) x 6, slst (30)

ARMS x 2 In black-ish yarn.

1. ch 6, sc in the second ch from hook, sc in the next 3 ch, 3 sc in the last ch; continue working on the other side of the foundation chain: sc in the next 3 st, inc in the last st (12)

2-6 (5 rounds). 12 sc (12)

7.5 sc, dec, 5 sc (11)

8-10 (3 rounds). 11 sc (11)

11.5 sc, dec, 4 sc (10)

12.5 sc, dec, 3 sc (9)

13. sc, inc, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc (9)

14. repeat round 13 (9)

15-17 (3 rounds). 9 sc (9)

LEGS x 2 In black-ish yarn.

1. 6 sc in a MR (6)

2. inc x 6 (12)

3-6 (4 rounds). 12 sc (12)

7. (sc, inc) x 3,6 sc (15)

8-11 (4 rounds). 15 sc (15)

TAIL (in off-white)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)

2. inc x 6 (12)

3.12 sc (12)

4. dec x 6, slst (6)

EARS x 2 In black-ish yarn.

1.6 sc in MR (6)

2. inc x 6 (12)

3.11 sc, slst (12)

EYE PATCHES x 2 In black-ish yarn.

1. ch 5, sc in the second ch from hook, sc in the next 2 ch, 3 sc in the last ch; continue working on the other side of the foundation chain: sc in the next 2 st, inc in the last st (10)

2. inc, 2 sc, [2 HDC] x 3, 2 sc, inc x 2, slst (16)

ASSEMBLY AND FINISHING TOUCHES

• Stuff the body and sew it to the head (straight or at a slight angle). The more prominent part of the body is supposed to be in the front.

• Stuff the legs, sew them onto the body parallel to its vertical axis (as shown on the 1st photo) or perpendicular to it if you want the toy seated (as the one in the 2nd photo).

• Stuff the lower parts of the hands lightly, make 3 stiches on each one using embroidery floss of contrasting color to mark the fingers. Sew the hands onto the body between rounds 33 and 34.

• Don’t forget about the tail! Stuff it if you can and sew it to the butt between rounds 13 and 15.

• Sew the ears to the head approx. between r. 26 and 27.

• Sew the eye patches to the face, embroider the eyes or glue the safety eyes. • Embroider the nose and the mouth. • Decorate the toy using yarn scraps to give it more character.