Puffy Star

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

• Embroidery in mouth thread (on the star centre) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 4 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 4.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 5.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 6 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 8.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in mouth thread (on the star centre), straight stitches through: (between rounds 17 and 18, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).