French Bulldog

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 16 mm (on the head): in round 16, 12 st apart (count along round 16: about 6.2 st each side of the centre front line).
• Safety nose, oval, 11×8 mm (on the muzzle): in round 1, on the centre top line. Colour nose #1c1a1a.
• Embroidery in nose thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line).
• Embroidery in nose thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in mask thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in mask thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, on the centre front line ) → (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).