Difficulty level
MEASUREMENTS
Approx 12-13cm/4¾-5in tall, excluding ribbon.
MATERIALS
1 x 100g (295m) ball of Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic) in each of Dark Brown (1004) and White (1001), and small amount of Red (Matador 1010) and Green (Apple 1852)*. Size 3mm crochet hook; 5 buttons; 20cm length of green velvet ribbon (12mm wide); optional toy stuffing. Yarn is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk
TENSION
Tension is not critical for this project, which uses a smaller hook than recommended for your yarn, to create a firm fabric.
ABBREVIATIONS
, chain(s);, double crochet; , double crochet 2 sts together (to decrease 1 st);, double treble crochet;, half treble crochet;, slip stitch;, stitch(es);, treble crochet; , yarn round hook;, 5 treble cluster worked thus: [yrh, insert hook in st as specified, yrh and pull loop through, yrh and pull through first 2 loops only] 5 times, yrh and pull through all loops on hook.
