R1with green: 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)
R630 sc(30)
R7(4 sc, inc) ×6(36)
R8–2036 sc(36)
R21(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R2230 sc(30)
R23(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R241 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R25(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R26dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 5 cm at the widest, 8.1 cm long; 26 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.

Flat motif — heart (worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.8 × 2.8 cm; 2 rows.
Round 1: with raspberry: into a magic ring; ch 3 (the first post, not counted); 3 tr, 3 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 tr; ch 3 and sl st into the ring, then pull the ring tight (13) Round 2: starting with the first tr, work into the stitches only (not into the ch-3 posts or the ch-1 spaces); 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, 3 sc in one st, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc; sl st in the first st to join (19)
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

R1with green: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R39 sc(9)
R4(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 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 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with olive: 6 sc in MR(6)
Of these: no. 1 — 1; no. 2 — 1; no. 3 — 1; no. 4 — 1; no. 5 — 1; no. 6 — 1; no. 7 — 1; no. 8 — 1; no. 9 — 1; no. 10 — 1; no. 11 — 1; left — 1; no. 13 — 1; no. 14 — 1; no. 15 — 1; no. 16 — 1. A flat circle about 0.8 cm across; 1 rounds.
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 12 mm (on the pickle): in round 19, 5 st apart (count along round 19: about 2.3 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in brown thread (on the pickle), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Satin stitch (on the pickle): in rose thread, a oval about 5.5 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 16, on the centre front line .

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