Guinea Pig

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 9 mm (on the Body with face): in round 21, 10 st apart (count along round 21: about 5.1 st each side of the centre front line).
• Satin stitch (on the Body with face): in rose thread, a triangle about 7 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 20 and 21, on the centre front line.
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the Body with face), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line ) → (in round 19, on the centre front line).
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the Body with face) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 19, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).