R1with mint: ch 24 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 24 sc, one in each ch of the ring(24)
R224 sc(24)
R3–824 sc(24)
R9(10 sc, dec) ×2(22)
R105 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 4 sc(20)
R1120 sc(20)
Size before assembly: about 3.1 cm at the widest, 4 cm long; 11 rounds.
Change to milk (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R4[soft pink] 1 sc [milk] 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc [soft pink] 1 sc(14)
R5–61 sc in soft pink, 11 sc in milk, 2 sc in soft pink(14)
R7–1112 sc in milk, 2 sc in soft pink(14)
R12[milk] 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec [soft pink] 2 sc(12)
R13(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 2.2 cm at the widest, 4.5 cm long; 13 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.
Change to milk (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
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 1.8 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 22 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3–58 sc(8)
R61 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc(6)
R7(1 sc, dec) ×2(4)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 7 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) 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 4 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with milk: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R39 sc(9)
R4(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
R5dec ×3(3)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) 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 3 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

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 7 mm (on the head): in round 8, 7 st apart (count along round 8: about 3.3 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the head): in nose thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 9, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in cocoa thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 9 and 10, on the centre front line ) → (in round 10, on the centre front line).
Embroidery in cocoa thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 10, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right).
Embroidery in cocoa thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 10, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left).

Bunny Finger Puppet

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