R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10–1154 sc(54)
R12–1754 sc(54)
R184 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R1948 sc(48)
R203 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(42)
R21(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
Size before assembly: about 7.6 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 21 rounds.
Change to bodice (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
Change to milk (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R19).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3[milk] 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc [inner] 1 sc(14)
R4[inner] 1 sc [milk] 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc [inner] 2 sc(17)
R52 sc in inner, 13 sc in milk, 2 sc in inner(17)
R6–101 sc in inner, 13 sc in milk, 3 sc in inner(17)
R11[milk] 6 sc, dec, 5 sc [inner] 1 sc, dec, 1 sc(15)
R12[milk] 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc [inner] 2 sc(13)
Size before assembly: about 2.8 cm at the widest, 4 cm long; 12 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 2.9 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 28 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–1012 sc(12)
R11(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.7 cm long; 11 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 45° around round 4. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 4, 3 st from the centre front line, upward ). On the inner side draw rounds 3 and 5 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 3 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.

R1with slipper: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(BLO)24 sc(24)
R624 sc(24)
R7–1024 sc(24)
R11(4 sc, dec) ×4(20)
Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 11 rounds.
Change to milk (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with tutu: ch 54 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 54 sc, one in each ch of the ring(54)
R2(2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 2 sc) ×6(66)
R3(4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×6(78)
R4(3 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 3 sc) ×6(90)
R5(6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×6(102)
R6(shells)(skip 2 st, 5 dc in one st, skip 2 st, 1 sl st) ×17(102)
Size before assembly: about 11.6 cm at the widest (lies flat); 6 rounds.
Change to tutu2 (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with tutu2: ch 54 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 54 sc, one in each ch of the ring(54)
R21 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×17, inc, 1 sc(72)
R3(3 sc, inc) ×18(90)
R4(shells)(skip 2 st, 5 dc in one st, skip 2 st, 1 sl st) ×15(90)
Size before assembly: about 10 cm at the widest (lies flat); 4 rounds.
Change to tutu (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 3 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R21 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc(12)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(16)
A flat oval about 3.4 × 2.2 cm; 3 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With ribbon: ch 5.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 13 mm (on the head): between rounds 13 and 14, 10 st apart (count along round 13: about 4.8 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the head): in nose thread, a oval about 5.5 mm wide and 3.8 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 15 and 16, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in brown thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 16, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in brown thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 16, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Ballerina Bunny

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