R1with jet black: 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(BLO)48 sc(48)
R104 sc, (inc, 7 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(54)
R11–1554 sc(54)
R164 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 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 5.5 cm at the widest, 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 jet black: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2inc ×3, 1 sc(7)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(10)
R4[pale pink] 1 sc [jet black] inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc [pale pink] 1 sc(13)
R5[pale pink] 1 sc [jet black] 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc [pale pink] 1 sc in same st, 1 sc(16)
R6[pale pink] 2 sc [jet black] inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc [pale pink] 3 sc(19)
R72 sc in pale pink, 14 sc in jet black, 3 sc in pale pink(19)
Size before assembly: about 2.6 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 7 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.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 3 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 4.2 mm thick); about 26 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with jet black: 6 sc in MR(6)
R21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3–98 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 2.4 cm long; 9 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 80° around round 4. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 4, on the centre top line). On the inner side draw rounds 3 and 5 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 1, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 0, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
A flat oval about 1.4 × 1.1 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running front to back. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With bright red: ch 3.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 1, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 0, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
A flat oval about 1.4 × 1.1 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With bright red: ch 3.
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 8 mm (on the head-body): between rounds 13 and 14, 8 st apart (count along round 13: about 3.8 st each side of the centre front line). Iris golden yellow #ffd23f.
Satin stitch (on the head-body): in rose pink thread, a triangle about 5 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in light grey thread (on the head-body), straight stitches through: (in round 11, on the centre front line ) → (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in light grey thread (on the head-body), straight stitches through: (in round 11, on the centre front line ) → (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

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