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Nr. 915 Lechonk



This pattern is written using US abbreviations.


Materials

· 2.5mm Yarn (Black, Pink, Brown, Yellow)

· 2.0mm Crochet Hook

· Felt (Black)


Legend

SC – Single Crochet

2SC – 2 SC in 1 stitch (increase)

SC2tog – SC 2 stitches together (decrease)

BLO – back loop only


FP-SC - Tunisian Crochet forward pass single crochet (YO, insert hook, pull through, leaving 1 extra loop on hook)

RP - Tunisian Crochet reverse pass (YO, pull through 2 loops)


sl – Slip Stitch

ch – Chain

st – Stitch

MR – Magic Ring

rnds – rounds

rep - repeat


Colour Change Notation

[] indicate colour symbols as indicated in the section header.

For e.g. where Black (B) and Brown (Br) is used in the body part,


R1: [1B, 2Br] SC in each st (3)


This would mean to single crochet (SC) in each stitch with a total of 3 stitches in the round, with SC 1 time using the black yarn, SC 2 times using the brown yarn.

 

Body (Black [B], Brown [Br])

Crochet in a round, stuff as you crochet. Start with brown yarn only, no colour changes yet.


R1: [Br] 6SC in MR (6)

R2: [Br] 2SC in each st (12)

R3: [Br] *SC, 2SC, rep from * to end (18)

R4: [Br] *SC 2 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (24)

R5: [Br] *SC 3 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (30)

R6: [Br] *SC 4 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (36)

R7: [Br] *SC 5 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (42)


Colour change section begins. B indicates Black while Br indicates Brown.


R8: [22B, 26Br] *SC 6 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (48)


End of colour change section. Only black yarn will be used.


R9-20: [B] SC in each st (48)

R21: [B] *SC 6 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (42)

R22: [B] *SC 5 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (36)

R23: [B] *SC 4 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (30)

R24: [B] *SC 3 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (24)

R25: [B] *SC 2 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (18)

R26: [B] *SC, SC2tog, rep from * to end (12)

R27: [B] *SC2tog, rep from * to end (6)


Fasten off and weave in 6 stitches, leave a long yarn tail to crochet a tail later on.


Tail (Black)

sl using the long yarn tail into the body (middle of the body at tail location), ch15, fasten off. Tie a loose overhand knot with the chain.


Ears (Black [B], Brown [Br])

Crochet in a round, make 2. Do not stuff.


Start with brown yarn.


R1: [Br] 4SC in MR (4)

R2: [Br] *SC, 2SC, rep from * to end (6)

R3: [Br] *SC 2 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (8)

R4: [Br] *SC 3 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (10)

R5: [Br] *SC 4 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (12)

R6: [Br] *SC 3 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (15)


Use black yarn from R7 onwards.


R7: [B] *SC 4 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (18)

R8: [B] *SC 5 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (21)

R9-10: [B] SC in each st (21)

R11: [B] *SC 5 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (18)

R12: [B] *SC 4 times, SC2tog, rep from * to end (12)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.


Legs (Pink [P], Black [B])


Crochet in a round, make 4, stuff as you crochet.


Start with pink yarn.


R1: [P] 6SC in MR (6)

R2: [P] 2SC in each st (12)

R3: [P] *SC, 2SC, rep from * to end (18), sl, ch1

R4: [P] *SC-BLO 4 times, SC2tog-BLO, rep from * to end (15)


Change to black yarn.


R5-6: [B] SC in each st (15)

R7: [B] *SC 4 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (18)

R8: [B] SC in each st (18)

R9: [B] *SC 5 times, 2SC, rep from * to end (21)


Tunisian crochet from here, (or if you are not comfortable with Tunisian crochet, you can use normal SC rows to replace these 2 rows)

R10: [B] FP-SC 7 times, RP, ch1

R11: [B] FP-SC 6 time, RP


SC method if you do not want to do Tunisian crochet:

R13: [B] SC 7 times, ch1, turn

R14: [B] sk 1, SC 6 times


Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.


Nose (Pink)


Crochet in a round, stuff lightly. Make 1.


R1: 6SC in MR (6)

R2: 2SC in each st (12)

R3: *SC, 2SC, rep from * to end (18)

R4: *SC 5 times, 3SC, rep from * to end (24)

R5: SC-BLO in each st (24)

R6: SC in each st (24)


Fasten off an leave a long tail for sewing.


Eyes (White)

Crochet in a round, do not stuff. Make 2.


R1: Ch 2 (2), ch 1, turn

R2: 6SC in each chain space (12), sl to first st of the round


Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.


Eye detail (Yellow)

Step 5 of Assembly, please assemble the other parts first.


For the left eye detail,

SC 7 times, ch 1, SC4 in the chain, sl to 1st st in of the 4SC, fasten off


For the right eye detail,

4SC in MR, sl to 1st st, SC 7 times, fasten off


Assembly

1. Sew on nose in the centre of the brown circle created on the body, taking reference to R1 of Body as the centre point up to R4 at the perimeter of the nose.

2. Sew on the front legs between R10 to R15 of the body and the back legs between R18 to R23 of the body.

3. Sew on the eyes, taking the nose as the centre, between R6 to R10 of the body.

4. Felt the nostrils and pupils onto the nose and the eyes with black felt.

5. Crochet the eye details as above.

6. Sew on the ears on both sides of the face, taking the nose as the centre. The base of the ears should be diagonally on R16-18 of the body.








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