Sleepy Bear in a Nightcap

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 charcoal thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in charcoal thread, a oval about 9 mm wide and 6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line .
• Embroidery in charcoal thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ).
• Embroidery in charcoal 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 ) → (in round 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).