R1with orange: 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)
R6[cream] 2 sc [orange] inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 5 sc [cream] 1 sc in same st, 2 sc(36)
R7[cream] 3 sc [orange] 2 sc, inc, 6 sc [stripe] 1 sc in same st, 5 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc [orange] 5 sc, inc, 3 sc [cream] 2 sc, inc(42)
R8[cream] 4 sc [orange] 1 sc in same st, 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 5 sc [cream] 1 sc, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(BLO)5 sc in cream, 37 sc in orange, 6 sc in cream(48)
R105 sc in cream, 7 sc in orange, 22 sc in stripe, 7 sc in orange, 7 sc in cream(48)
R11–125 sc in cream, 36 sc in orange, 7 sc in cream(48)
R134 sc in cream, 7 sc in orange, 23 sc in stripe, 7 sc in orange, 7 sc in cream(48)
R144 sc in cream, 38 sc in orange, 6 sc in cream(48)
R153 sc in cream, 39 sc in orange, 6 sc in cream(48)
R162 sc in cream, 10 sc in orange, 21 sc in stripe, 10 sc in orange, 5 sc in cream(48)
Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 4.5 cm long; 16 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. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
R2(inc ×3, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc(20)
R420 sc(20)
Size before assembly: an oval about 3 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 4 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). 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 cream: ch 4.
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.

R1with cream: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(3 sc, inc) ×3(15)
R415 sc(15)
R5(1 sc, dec) ×5(10)
R6dec ×5(5)
Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 6 rounds.
Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
→ This piece is not stuffed.
Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–3 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 3 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 4–6 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 32 mm across.

R1with cream: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3–510 sc(10)
R62 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
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.

R1with cream: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(3 sc, inc) ×3(15)
R4–515 sc(15)
R62 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×2, dec, 1 sc(12)
Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

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 12 mm (on the head): in round 15, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 4 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in cream thread, a oval about 7 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in nose thread, a triangle about 7 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line.
Embroidery in mouth 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 mouth 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, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 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 ).

Tiger Cub

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