Le Scanned with CamScanner== YOU WILL NEED ¢ Yarn of your choice in colors: mustard yellow, terracotta red and beige for crocheting and sewing pieces together; Embroidery thread in egg yolk color for making ears, stitching fingers and decorating the mane; e Embroidery floss and/or scraps of yarn in black, lingonberry, honey and caramel colors for decorating the face; «Crochet hook suitable for the yarn of your choice; e Toy stuffing; e Embroidery and tapestry needles, pins, stitch marker. It’s quite traditional to leave a long yarn tail for sewing at the end of making every part of the toy. But yours truly is not good at sewing at all, and therefore prefers to divide the yarn into strands and use them along with a thin sewing needle, so the stitches look more neat. Please do what's more comfortable for you. All the pieces are mainly worked in a spiral. ABBREVIATIONS HEAD MR — magic ring; 1. In mustard yellow: 6 sc in a MR (6) ch - chain; 2. inc x 6 (12) sist — slip stitch; 3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18) sc— single crochet; 4. s¢, (inc, 2 sc) x5, inc, sc (24) dec—single crochet decrease; 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30) inc — single crochet increase; 6.250, (inc, 4sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36) [...] xn — repeat n times; 7. (5 sc., inc) x 6 (42) flo — work in front loops only; 8. 3sc., (inc, 6 sc) x 5, inc, 3 sc (48) (...) — number of stitches in 9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54) the round. 10-11. 54 sc (54) Scanned with CamScannerChange to terracotta red. 12. 54 sc flo (54) 13.450, (inc, 8 sc) x5, inc, 4 sc (60) 14. 34 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc (66) 15, 35 sc, (inc, 5 sc) x5, inc (72) 16. 36 sc, (inc, 6 sc) x5, inc, (78) 17-19 (3 rounds). 78 sc (78) . (11 sc, dec) x 6 (72) 1, (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66) 2. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60) 3. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54) 4. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48) 5. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42) 6. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36) 7. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30) 8. (3 sc., dec) x 6 (24) asi (2 sc., dec) x 6 (18) Stuff the head: don’t be too gene- fous adding fiberfill: this piece shouldn't become spherical, we're aiming for a burger bun shape here! 30. (sc., dec) x 6 (12) 31. dec x 6 (6) Fasten off leaving a tail about 15 cm long and cut the yarn. Using a tapest- ry needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the end. Thread the long tapestry needle with egg yolk yellow floss and make 12 (or as many as you like) stitches around the face so that they start in the center at the back of the head, pass through the head at the base of the mane and go back to the star- ting point (see pictures). BODY 1-10. In mustard yellow, repeat . 1-10 of the head 11.4 5¢, (inc, 8 sc) x 5, inc, 4 sc (60) 12. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66) 13-22 (10 rounds). 66 sc (66) 23. 34 sc, (dec, 4sc) x 5, dec (60) 24. 33 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x5, dec (54) 25.32 °c, (dec, 2 sc) x5, dec (48) 26. 31 sc, (dec, sc) x 5, dec (42) 27.41 sc, slst (42) Fasten off and cut the yarn. BACK LEGS (x 2) In mustard yellow. 1.6scin MR 2. inc x 6 (12) 3-11 (9 rounds). 12 sc (12) 12. inc x 12 (24) Scanned with CamScanner13. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30) TAIL 14, 2s¢, (inc, 4 sc) x 5, inc, 2 sc (36) ; With mustard yellow yarn, ch 37, 15. (5c. yenow yarn, cn 32, 1 ayn x ! 7 (42) sist in the second ch from hook, 18. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36) 35 slst. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail 19. (4 c dec) x6 (30) for sewing. Make a tuft at the end 20. (3 Se. dec) x6 (24) of the tail using a scrap of the terra- 21. (2sc,, dec) x6 (18) cotta red yam, Stuff the hip area lightly. MUZZLE 22. (sc., dec) x 6 (12) . s a eS dedi t he scin the second ch from asten orf, cut'the yarn and pul hook, scin the next 3 ch, sc3 in the tight to close. last ch; continue working on the other side of the chain: sc 3, inc (12) FRONT LEGS (x 2) 2-4 (3 rounds). 12.sc (12) In mustard yellow. 5. (dec, 4sc) x2 (10) 1.5scinaMR 6-7. 10 sc (10) 2. incx 5 (10) 8. (dec, 3 sc) x2 (8) 3-24 (22 rounds). 10 sc (10) 9-10. 8 sc (8) Fasten off and cut the yarn. 11, (dec, 2 sc) x 2 (6) Don’t stuff the front legs! 12-18 (7 rounds). 6 sc Fasten off, cut the yarn and pull EARS (x 2) tight to close. Weave in the ond. Using egg yolk yellow embroidery thread, sc 10 in a MR, pull tight You'ye almost and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for t f ] sewing. . Scanned with CamScannerASSEMBLY AND FINISHING TOUCHES ° Stuff the body, pin it to the back of the head (note that the Using yarn scraps in caramel color, make a couple of stitches in the middle of each ear. Sew the muzzle to the head, embroider the nose and the eyes in black. wider part of the mane should» Make a few stitches in different be in the bottom). *Bend and shape the back legs, play around with them, testing out different positions on the body. Some asymmetries will make the toy look more interes- ting, but make sure that it’s stable and it doesn’t roll over onto one side. Having decided on the best option, sew the de- tails together. «Sew the front legs and the tail onto the body. * Embroider 3 fingers on each paw. «Sew the ears onto the mane. colors here and there on the nose and on the body using the original lion illustration @3antsinarow as a visual aid. Your pet is ready to be cuddled! Please don't forget to say a big thank you to Jaka Vukoti¢ for sharing her amazing art with the world and being so inspiring! This pattern is for personal use only. It may not be reproduced by any means and used for any commercial purposes. Human beings must respect each other! 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