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 brown thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Embroidery in brown thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Embroidery in brown thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Embroidery in brown thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Embroidery in amber thread (on the horn), straight stitches through: (between rounds 3 and 4, on the centre front line ) → (in round 4, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 5, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 5 and 6, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 7, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 8, on the centre front line) → (in round 9, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Mane (on the body): cut 14 pieces of yarn (pink, peach, lemon, mint, sky, lilac) about 116 mm long; fold each in half and attach with a lark's head knot (pull through a stitch with the hook) along in round 9, on the centre back line -> in round 7, on the centre back line, evenly spaced. Trim to about 48 mm. Give the strands a soft wave (see the last item of this section).
- Embroidery in brown thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
- Mane (on the head): cut 40 pieces of yarn (pink, peach, lemon, mint, sky, lilac) about 100 mm long; fold each in half and attach with a lark's head knot (pull through a stitch with the hook) along between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left -> in round 7, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left -> in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left -> in round 17, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left , evenly spaced. Trim to about 40 mm.
- Mane (on the head): cut 40 pieces of yarn (pink, peach, lemon, mint, sky, lilac) about 100 mm long; fold each in half and attach with a lark's head knot (pull through a stitch with the hook) along between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right -> in round 7, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right -> in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right -> in round 17, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right , evenly spaced. Trim to about 40 mm.
- Strands (mane) (on the head): cut 20 pieces of yarn (pink, peach, lemon, mint, sky, lilac) about 80 mm long; fold each in half and attach with a lark's head knot (pull through a stitch with the hook) along between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left -> between rounds 3 and 4, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left -> in round 5, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left -> between rounds 6 and 7, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left , evenly spaced. Trim to about 30 mm.
- Curling the strands: Soft waves: untwist each strand into its plies and brush lightly.
