Like always my patterns are written in US crochet terms. This one is super simple for beginners.
Materials:
- Light green and dark green medium weight yarn
- Crochet hook, I'm using a 3.25mm.
- Yarn needle
- Dark green permanent marker
- Black fine tip permanent marker
- 2 Safety eyes
- Pink felt
- Polyfil or scraps for stuffing
- Fabric glue.
Body:
Work in Light Green
MR6
1: 1SC INC x6 (9)
2: (FLO INC) x3, 6SC (12)
3: (1SC INC) x6 (18)
4: (SC2 INC) x6 (24)
Insert safety eyes.
5: SC14, PC, SC5, PC, SC4 (24)
6-9: SC24 (24)
10: SC14, PC, SC5, PC, SC4 (24)
11: SC24 (24)
12: (SC2 DEC) x6 (18)
Stuff.
13: (SC1 DEC) x6 (12)
14: DEC x6 (6) and close up, leave a yarn tail.
Loop extra yarn tail through the butt and use it to chain a tail for 6CH then finish off.
Leaves (x3):
1: CH7
2: Starting in 2nd chain from hook. SL then 3HDC in same stitch. Do this 4 more times. the SL in the last stitch in the chain and SL back into the first and finish off.
Assembly:
- Using your dark green marker draw on stripes and eye spot.
- Stitch one leaf onto the end of the chain tail.
- Stitch a leaf on either side of the head for 2 ears.
- Cut a small semi-circle out of pink felt and draw the seeds with black marker.
- Glue this felt on under the muzzle.
- Draw a nose on the end of the muzzle with your markers.
And you're done, enjoy your new friend!
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You can sell items made with this pattern with credit to me as the pattern writer. You may not sell the pattern as your own.
