We combine two parts into one part:
After we have crocheted all the rows of the second part, we do not cut the thread.
We attach the first part to it and crochet:
8) 8 sc on the first part (starting from the loop after the SLST), then 14 sc on the second part [22]
Tightly fill both parts with filler.
9) 3 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 6 sc [20]
10) 20 sc [20]
11) (1 sc, dec) * 2 times, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 4 sc [16]
Add filler.
12) dec, 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc – we don’t crochet one sc to the end of the row – here there will be a new beginning of the row [12]
13) (dec, 1 sc) * 4 [8]
Add filler.
14 – 15) 8 sc [8] – 2 rows
Add filler.
16 – 19) 4 sc, 4 hdc [8] – 4 rows
SLST in the next loop, fasten the thread, leave a long tip in order to sew the claw to the head-body, cut the thread.
Tightly stuff the claw with filler to the end.
The second claw is crocheted in the same way.
Now we sew the claws to the front of the head-body (for starters, determine which part turned out to be neater, it will be in front) at a distance of 20 sc from each other.
We sew each claw in the interval from the border between the upper and lower parts of the head-body, to the 10th row of the lower part (if you count from the beginning of its crocheting). Short “fingers” should look at each other.
Then we sew the hind legs (3 on one side, 3 on the other side of the head-body).
All three legs are sewn immediately after the claws one by one, without any distance between them. Also, in the gap from the border between the upper and lower parts of the head-body, to the 10th row of the lower part (if you count from the beginning of its crocheting).
Eyes (2 parts):
(red yarn):
1) 6 sc in MR [6]
2) 6 inc [12]
3) (1sc, inc) * 6 times [18]
4) (inc, 2 sc) * 6 times [24]
5 – 7) 24 sc [24] – 3 rows
8) (2 sc, dec) * 6 times [18]
9) (dec, 1 sc) * 6 times [12]
Fill the ball tightly with filler.
10) (1 sc, dec) * 4 [8]
11 – 13) 8 sc [8] – 3 rows
The column obtained after the ball with filler can not be stuffed.
SLST in the next loop, fasten the thread, leave a long tip for sewing the eyes to the head-body, cut the thread.
Eyeballs – 2 details (white yarn):
1) 6 sc in MR, SLST in the first sc of the row [6]
2) 1 tch, inc in the same loop, 5 more inc, SLST in the first loop of the row [12]
We cut the thread, leaving a long tip for sewing eyeballs to the main red part.
Pupils – 2 parts (black yarn):
1) 6 sc in MR, SLST in the first sc of the row [6]
We cut the thread, leaving a long tip for sewing the pupil to the eyeball.
Now we sew the pupil on the white part of the eye, then we sew the resulting part on the side of the red base of the eye (between 3 and 10 rows from the beginning of crocheting the part).
We fix and hide all the ends of the threads.
The second eye fits in the same way.
Each eye is sewn between 2 and 6 rows from the beginning of crocheting in the middle of the upper part of the head-body.
Designer: Valery Sytnyk
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