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Level: Beginner- Easy

Materials

4ply yarn in light brown, dark brown and black yarn

The yarn I use is Red Heart Comfort in black and dark brown. Bernet yarn in light brown.

crochet hook size 3.50mm

stitch marker & sewing needles & scissors

12mm or 14mm plastic safety eyes, I use 14mm here

Poly-fil/Wool to stuff the doll

White and pink felt cloth

Hot glue gun or fiber glue

Abbreviation

ch: chain

st: stitch

sc: single crochet

inc: single crochet increase

dec: single crochet decrease

hdc: half double crochet.

MR: Magic Ring/an adjustable ring

BPS: Back post single crochet

For example:

MR3sc: make 3sc in the magic ring

Finished Size  Approx. 2.5 inches tall

Notice

Always use the stitch marker to mark your first stitch each round.

Nose to Body (start with dark brown )

Rnd1--- MR 6sc (6)

Rnd2--- (inc, sc) 3 times (9)

Change to light brown and make Back Post Single crochet only

Rnd3--- (inc, 2sc ) 3 times (12)

From this round on, back to normal single crochet stitches

Rnd4--- sc around (12)

Rnd5---(inc, sc) 6 times (18)

Rnd6--- sc around (18)

Rnd7--- 6sc, 6inc, 6sc (24)

Rnd8-14---sc around(24)

Between Round 8 to Round 9 is where you insert the eyes.

Rnd 15--- (2sc, dec) 6 times (18)

Rnd16-17--- sc around(18) stuff the cotton

Rnd18--- (sc, dec) 6times (12)

Rnd 19--- 6 dec (6) stuff more cotton

Close off,

If you do not know how to do the back post single crochet, you can simply switch to crochet on the back loops only for round 3.

Ears (light brown) make 2

MR 2sc, 3hdc, 2sc (7) , leave a long tail to sew to the head later

Leg (light brown) make 4

Rnd1--- MR 6sc (6)

Rnd2 --- (sc, inc ) 3 times (9) . It’s ok not to stuff the legs but if you want to , you can. 

Leave a tail to sew to body later

Tail (light brown)

Chain 4 and start from the 2nd loop from hook: sc, hdc, hdc , leave a long tail to sew to body later.

Sewing

l   Ears—when sewing the ears to the body, make sure they are facing to the sides but not to the front, see it better in the picture below

l   Legs and tail—in the picture below , you will see where to sew the legs and tail. 

Final steps

l   Stripes on the back-Use dark brown to sew 3 stripes on the back.

l   Mouth and nose : Use black thread/yarn to sew the mouth and nose to the doll.

l   Cut off 2 shape of tear drops from the pink felt as the inner ears, hot glue to the ears.

l   Cut off 2 small triangles and hot glue to the mouth as teeth.

l   Paint the white dots to the eyes.

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This pattern is an original pattern designed by Carrie Lu Fowler of Ohana Craft.

Please do not claim this pattern as your own. Feel free to share this pattern. I’d appreciate that if you would link back to my blog/ FB /IG to credit me as an original pattern designer. A support follow will be great!

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