“Small Pets”

17.01.2018
Small pets
RNata

COPYRIGHT:
This is a pattern designed and written by RNata. It’s for personal use only. You may not sell, share (printed
or online), reproduce, distribute and altered any part of it. Do not claim it as your own. However, you are
welcome to sell the finished item in a limited number provided that you credit me (RNata) as the designer
especially when listing online. Thank you.
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Materials and Tools

 Yarn: 1 or more colors.
I used Alize soft cotton baby in mint, white color (cat and bear), Annell Miami in yellow, pink and
light green (giraffe and piggy) and Catania cotton in dark orange (fox).
Change of colors are only advices, you can choose your own color patterns.
 Crochet hook in accordance with the yarn you use (2.00).
 Stuffing: I use polyester wool and a chopstick to stuff the doll.
 Tapestry needle, scissors.
 Safety eyes 6.00 mm.
 Stitch marker
 Black embroidery thread for the nose, eyebrows, mouth.

Abbreviations
mr = Magic ring
ch = Chain
dc= Double crochet
hdc=Half Double crochet
st = Stitch
slst = Slip 1 stitch
sc = Single crochet
() = Parentheses are used for repeated patterns of stitches, example: (2 sc, inc) x3 means repeat 3 times (2
single crochet and one increase).
inc = 2 sc in the same stitch
dec = sc 2 together but working in the front loops only

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All small pets are crocheted in spiral, don’t join at the end of each round.

HEAD
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use 2.00 mm hook.

1- 7 crochet chains 7
nd
2- inc on the 2 ch from the hook, 4 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 14
work on the other side of the foundation chs, 5 sc
3- 2 inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc 20
4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x2, 4 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 5 sc, 1 inc, (fig 1) 26
5- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2, 4 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 6 sc, 1 inc 32
6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2, 4 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x3, 7 sc, 1 inc 38
7- 38 sc around 38
8- 4 sc, 1 inc, 18 sc, 1 inc, 14 sc 40
9- 40 sc around 40
10- 5 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc, 1 inc, 14 sc 42
11- 42 sc around 42
12- 6 sc, 1 inc, 20 sc, 1 inc, 14 sc, (fig 2) 44
13-15- 44 sc around 44

1 2 3

Attach the safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 with 4 (5) stitches apart (fig 3).

I use invisible decrease which is worked in the front loops only. Please see the photo tutorial I made for it at
the last part of the pattern.

16- 6 sc, 1 dec, 20 sc, 1 dec, 14 sc 42

17- 42 sc around, (fig 3) 42
18- 6 sc, 1 dec, 19 sc, 1 dec, 13 sc 40
19- 40 sc around 40
20- 6 sc, 1 dec, 18 sc, 1 dec, 12 sc 38
21- 1 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 4 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 3 sc 32

Start to stuff head.

22- 1 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 4 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 3 sc 26

23- 1 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 4 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 3 sc 20
24- 1 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc 14

Stuff the head firmly (fig 4, 5 and 6).

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 4 5 6

BODY
ROUND PATTERN #st

25- 1 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc 20

26- 20 sc around 20
27- 1 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) x3, 4 sc, ( 1 inc, 1 sc) x3, 3 sc 26
28- 26 sc around, (fig 7) 26
29- 5 sc, 1 inc, 12 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc 28
30-39- 28 sc around, (fig 8) 28

7 8

Make 1 sc more. Then put your marker here (new beginning).

Stuff the body.
Don’t cut the yarn, we are going to make legs.

LEGS
ROUND PATTERN #st

First we are going to crochet left leg. Crochet 14 sc, round 40 (fig 9), then put your hook through the other
side and make next 14 sc (fig 10). Follow the pattern below to go farther.

9 10 11

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40-45- 14 sc around 14
46- (1 dec) x7 7
How to close the end of the round:
With a darning needle, insert the remaining yarn through all the front loops of the stitches on the last
round. Pull all together at once and sew to hide the yarn inside the part you are working on (fig 12, 13).

12 13

Right leg:
Lay the doll facing in front of you.
Make a long yarn tail for sewing a gap between legs later.
Insert your hook across both stitches, pick up the yarn and pull it through (fig 14, 15). Make a slip stitch. On
that same stitch crochet the first sc of the right leg, then continue the pattern.

14 15 16

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ARMS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3-5- 12 sc around 12
6- (2 sc, 1 dec) x3 9
7-14 9 sc around 9
Stuff the arms lightly.
Flatten the arm and close the opening by doing 4 sc. Leave a long tail for sewing.

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Sew the arms to the body.

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 “Teddy Bear”
Make a body of bear following the pattern on the up.

MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x4 16
4- 16 sc around 16
Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

How to finish the face: use the needle, insert it under second stitch of face (fig 1) then come back to the
beginning and insert the needle across stitch and bar (fig 2).

1 2 3

Embroider the nose (fig 3) and mouth.

Stuff the muzzle lightly, place it below the eyes and sew to head.

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EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x4 16
4-5- 16 sc around 16
Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to head (fig 4, 5).

4 5

Embroider the eyebrows.

SCARF
Crochet 50 chains. On third chain from the hook make 48 hdc.

“Cat”
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EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2 8
3- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2 10
4- (4 sc, 1 inc) x2 12
5- (5 sc, 1 inc) x2 14
6- (6 sc, 1 inc) x2 16
Cut the yarn and leave a tail.

1 2

Sew the ears to head how to show on photos (fig 1 and 2).

MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x4 16
4- 16 sc around 16

Embroider the nose and mouth with black thread. Stuff the muzzle lightly and sew it to head.

3 4

Finally, embroider the mustache.

BOW
In magic ring: (3 ch, 3 dc, 3 ch) x2.

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 “Giraffe”
MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (3 sc, 3 inc) x2 18
4- 4 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc 22
5- 22 sc around 22
Cut the yarn and leaving long tail.
Embroider the nose and mouth (fig 1).

1 2 3

Stuff the muzzle and place it below the eyes, sew it to head (fig 2, 3).

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HORNS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- with brown yarn: 6 sc in magic ring 6

2- (1 inc) x6 12
3-4- 12 sc around 12
5- (1 sc, 1 dec) x4, change the yarn to yellow 8
6-8- 8 sc around, (fig 4) 8
Cut the yarn and keep some length for sewing.

4 5

Stuff the horns and place it how to show on photo (fig 5).

EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3 9
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x3 12
4- 12 sc around 12
5- (3 sc, 1 inc) x3 15
6-7- 15 sc around 15
8- (3 sc, 1 dec) x3 12
9- 12 sc around 12

Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing to head.

Use the needle and sew the folded side (fig 6, 7).

6 7 8

Place the ears below the horns and sew it to head (fig 8).
At last embroider the eyebrows.

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TIE
ROUND PATTERN #st
The tie is crocheted forward and back.

1- 2 crochet chains 2
2- 3 sc on the 2nd ch from the hook 3
3- 1 starting chain, 1 inc, 2 sc 4
4- 1 starting chain, 1 inc, 3 sc 5
5- 1 starting chain, 1 inc, 4 sc 6
6- 1 starting chain, 1 inc, 5 sc 7
7- 1 starting chain, 7 sc 7
8- 1 starting chain, 1 dec, 5 sc 6
9- 1 starting chain, 1 dec, 4 sc 5
10- 1 starting chain, 1 dec, 3 sc 4
11- 1 starting chain, 1 dec, 2 sc 3
12- 1 starting chain, 1 dec, 1 sc, (fig 9) 2
13-20- 1 starting chain, 2 sc, (fig 10) 2
Make a hole with few rounds. Sew the two sides together (fig 11).
Make a string of 40 chains and pull it through the hole of tie.

9 10 11

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 “Piggy”
Use the pattern on top to make a body.
Body: crochet round 34 using only back loops.
We are going to make skirt before to sew the arms to body.
Making the skirt:
Turn the body upside down. Go back to round 34 and work in the front loops (fig 1). Insert your hook in the
first loop and pick up the yarn (fig 2). Make a slip stitch (fig 3), then insert the hook again in the same loop
and start to make a skirt.
Follow the pattern below.

1 2 3

We should join at the end of each round.

Round Pattern #st

1- 3 sc, 1 inc, (6 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc, join with first stitch 32
2- 1 starting chain, 32 sc 32
3- 1 starting chain, 1 sc, 1 inc, (7 sc, 1 inc) x3, 6 sc 36
4-5- 1 starting chain, 36 sc 36
6- 1 starting chain, 5 sc, 1 inc, (8 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc 40
7-9- 1 starting chain, 40 sc 40
Don’t cut the yarn, we are going to make decoration: (1 chain and 1 slip stitch) x40 (fig 4, 5).

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 4 5

Sew the arms to body.

COLLAR

Crochet 24 chains.
Making the shell stitch:
- Make a start chain. Then skip the next 2 stitches and crochet 5 dc to the next stitch (fig 6), skip the next st,
slst to the next st.
- You should have 6 shell stitches (fig 7, 8).

6 7 8

Use the tail of the yarn to tie and connect the ends of the collor.

MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Hook 2.00 mm.

1- 3 crochet chains 3
nd
2- inc on the 2 ch from the hook, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 6
work on the other side of the foundation chs, 1 sc
3- (1 inc) x6 12
4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18
5- Use only front loops: 18 sc around 18
Cut the yarn keeping a long tail.

9 10

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Sew the muzzle to head using back loops of it (fig 10).

EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Hook 2.00 mm.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- 6 sc around 6
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2 8
4- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2 10
5- (4 sc, 1 inc) x2 12
6- (5 sc, 1 inc) x2 14
7- (6 sc, 1 inc) x2 16
Cut the yarn and leave a tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to head.
Embroider the eyelashes and eyebrows (fig 12).

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“Fox”
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Use the pattern on top to make a body.
Body: crochet round 35 using only back loops.
First we are going to make a skirt.

1 2 3

Turn the body upside down. Go back to round 35 and work in the front loops (fig 1). Insert your
hook in the first loop and pick up the yarn (fig 2). Make a slip stitch in each loop (fig 3) and join
with the first stitch (fig 4).

4 5 6

Work in the front loops. Crochet 3 start chains. Then make 2 dc in first loop and 3 dc in next loop. Repeat
this combination 13 times. You should have 70 stiches around the body (fig 5, 6). Join with the first stitch.
Next two rounds: crochet 1 dc in each stitch (fig 7).

Sew the arms to body.

MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x4 16
4- 16 sc around 16

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Embroider the nose and mouth with black thread. Stuff the muzzle lightly and sew it to head (fig 8,9).

8 9

EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2 8
3- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2 10
4- (4 sc, 1 inc) x2 12
5- (5 sc, 1 inc) x2 14
6- (6 sc, 1 inc) x2 16
Cut the yarn and leave a tail.

WHITE AROUNDS

In magic ring crochet 8 sc.

Sew it to the ears (fig 10).

10 11

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 “Dog”
Use the pattern to make body of dog

MUZZLE
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 inc) x6 12
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x4 16
4- 16 sc around 16
Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.
Stuff the muzzle lightly and place it below the eyes on center.
Embroider the nose and mouth.
Sew it to head.

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EARS
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3 9
3- (2 sc, 1 inc) x3 12
4- (3 sc, 1 inc) x3 15
5-14- 15 sc around 15
Crochet 1 sc more, then close the opening by doing 7 sc across two stitches (fig 2).

2 3

Place the ears on head between rounds 5 and 6 and sew it on line of those rounds (fig 4).

HAT
ROUND PATTERN #st
Use the 2.00 mm hook.

1- 6 sc in magic ring 6
2- ( 1 inc) x6 12
3- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18
4-7- 18 sc around 18
8- (1 sc, 1 inc) x9, using only back loops 27
Cut the yarn and sew the hat to head.

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How to make invisible decrease:
Insert your hook in the front loops (a) and then (b) (fig 1), go in the front loop (a) and in (b) (fig 2, 3). Yarn
over and pull through the front loops (a) and (b) (fig 4). Yarn over and pull through the 2 remaining loops
(fig 5).

1 2 3

(b) (a)

4 5

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