R1with soft pink: 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(BLO)54 sc(54)
R11–1454 sc(54)
R15(7 sc, dec) ×6(48)
R1648 sc(48)
R17(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R183 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R19(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R202 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R21(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R22(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R23dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.3 cm at the widest, 5.4 cm long; 23 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. 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.

R1with soft pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R4–612 sc(12)
R7(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.7 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
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 17 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with soft pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R310 sc(10)
R4(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×2(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 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.

R1with cream: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R312 sc(12)
R4dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 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.

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 8 mm (on the mochi ball): between rounds 16 and 17, 7 st apart (count along round 16: about 3.6 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the mochi ball): in rose thread, a oval about 4.5 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 16 and 17, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in brown thread (on the mochi ball), straight stitches through: (in round 16, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in brown thread (on the mochi ball), straight stitches through: (in round 16, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Bunny Mochi Ball

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