Materials
• LaVita yarn velur – one skein of the main color and a little extra. You can use any analogue of Plush yarn, where in 100 g / 120 m.
• YarnArt jeans black for muzzle and nose decoration
• Filler
• Eyes 12 mm
• Hook No4 for knitting a toy, No2 for knitting a spout
• Sewing pins
• Scissors
• Needle for sewing details and embroidery of the face
• Thick thread for sewing details
• Knitting needles for fixing the head
• Marker for marking the beginning of the row
Abbreviations
R = row
MR = magic ring
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc: double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
inc = increase (2 sc in one st)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)
BLO = back loop only
FLO = front loop only
F.o. = finish off
(…) = repeat the instructions in brackets the given number of times
[…] = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
Ears (x 2)
R1. 8 sc in MR
R2. 8 inc (16)
R3. (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
R4. (2 sc, inc)*8 (32)
R5-7. 32 (3 rows)
R8. (6 sc, dec)*4 (28)
R9. 28 sc
R10. (5 sc, dec)*4 (24)
R11. 24 sc
R12. (4 sc, dec)*4 (20)
R13. 20 sc
R14. (3 sc, dec)*4 (16)
R15. 16 sc
R16. (2 sc, dec)*4 (12)
R17. 12 sc
Fold in half, crochet 6 sc for two loops together. Fasten and cut the thread.
Nose
I leave at the beginning the long end of the thread in order to later embroider a strip under the spout.
R1. chain of 2 ch
R2. inc in the second loop from the hook (2)
We crochet in rotary rows
R3. 1 ch(s), 2 inc (4)
R4. 1 ch(s), (1 sc, inc) * 2 (6)
R5. 1 ch(s), (2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
R6-7. 8 sc
Next, we make 1 ch and tie in a circle 5 sc on the first side, 1 sc in the base and 5 sc on the second side. We fix the thread and cut it off, leaving a long end for sewing.
Tail
R1. 6 sc in MR
R2. (2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
R3. (3 sc, inc) * 2 (10)
R4-5. 10 sc (2 rows)
We fold the part in half, we crochet 5 sc for two loops together. We fasten the thread and cut it off.
Head
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