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crochet pattern
by Olesya Don INTERMEDIATE

Groundhog
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Hi there!
I’m Olesya Don.

I’m creator and designer of these crocheted animals. I began

crocheting in 2009 and from that time I am rather keen on it.

Now, almost 10 years later, I'm so excited to share my experience

with you! The ideas never stop coming, so keep an eye out for new
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You may not use MY PHOTOS to sell toys.
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Thank you for understanding!

The pattern is mainly worked

Happy crocheting! using the amigurumi method.
This pattern doesn’t contain basic
lessons on crocheting
and toy decoration.

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 RECOMMENDED MATERIALS AND TOOLS:
Yarn: ALIZE «Angora Gold» 100gr/550m ,
ALIZE «Kid Royal» 50gr/500m (any shades of beige or gray)
Crochet hook: 1.5 mm (Clover)
Eyes: 2 flat back beads or safety toy eyes (0.7 – 0.8 cm)
Toy filling
Legs-body-head-tail: florist wire 1 – 1.5 mm in diameter
(approximately 50-52cm), adhesive bandage
Nose: Made out of polymer clay (black color) or ready toy nose
(apr. 1.5х0.8cm)
Teeth and sculpting: strong white cotton yarn
Glue: strong clear glue
Brushing: Velcro
Scissors, pins and scrap yarn to serve as stitch marker.
Coloring: textile markers, sketch markers or art pastel

Use any materials and tools you like but final size of the toy may differ.

Final size of the toy

with the recommended
materials ~14-14.5 cm
(5.5”-5.7” inch)

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 ABBREVIATIONS (US crochet terms):
MR – magic ring
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
slst – slip stitch
HDC – half double crochet
3HDC in1 – crochet 3 hdc in one stitch
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Inc - single crochet increase (2 sc in 1 stitch)
Dec – single crochet decrease (2 sc crocheted together)
Dec(1+1) – decrease of one stitch of the body and one stitch of the arm
FLO – front loops only
BLO – back loops only
[M] – additional marker for easy assembly
+1st – shift stitch (shift stitch is made in case if you need to move your marker
to the center, does not count as a part of the pattern)
@ - turn your work and start working backwards
(*) – number of stitches in the round/row

PAY ATTENTION:

Work on the front side of the item. Crochet with

sc in a continuous spiral, if other is not mentioned.
It may help to use a stitch marker in the first stitch
of each row, moving it up as you work.
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Front side Reverse side

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 EARS (make 2):
Work in back-and-forth rows
(ch 1 at the end of each row, @)

1 row. Into MR: 2sc, 1HDC, 2sc (5), ch1, @

2 row. 2sc, 3HDC in1, 2sc (7), ch1, @

Fold in half and work 2sc through both sides of the ear.
Tie ends together. Cut the yarn.

LIP:
5ch, - then from the 2nd stitch from the hook,
- 3sc, slst (4)

Leave long yarn tail for sewing.

TAIL:
1 round Start 6sc in MR (6)
2 round (1sc, Inc) х3 (9)
3 round (1sc, Inc, 1sc) х3 (12)
4-10 rounds 12sc (7 rounds)
11 round (1sc, Dec, 1sc) х3 (9)
12-14 rounds 9sc (3 rounds)
15 round (1sc, Dec) х3 (6)
16-17 rounds 6sc (2 rounds)
18 round (inc, 2sc) х2 (8)
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Secure and cut the yarn. Prepare wire frame,
approximately 16-18 cm long .
Apply a little bit of glue and insert all the way into tail.
Stuff the tail slightly, keeping the shape.

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 ARMS (make 2):
1 round. Start 6sc in MR (6)
2 round 6sc
3 round Dec, 4sc (5)
4 round 5sc
5 round FLO: (1sc, Inc) х2, Inc (8)
6 round (Inc, 1sc) х4 (12)
7-8 rounds 12sc (2rounds)
9 round (Inc, 2sc) х4 (16)
10 round 16sc +1st
11 round FLO: Dec, 1sc, Dec, (1sc, Inc) х3, 1sc, FLO: (1sc, Dec, 1sc) (16)
12 round 3slst, 2sc, 6HDC, 2sc, 3slst (16)
13 round 16sc +1st
14 round. 3slst, 2sc, 6HDC, 2sc, 3slst (16)

Continue working with this yarn, in the round,

without starting chain and slip stitches.

Right arm:
15 round. 6sc, 4HDC, [M]- place of attachment,
1HDC, 3sc, [M]- place of attachment, 2sc (16)

Left arm:
15 round. 2sc, [M]- place of attachment, 4sc,
[M]- place of attachment, 5HDC, 5sc (16)
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Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Prepare wire frame approximately 11 cm long (see photo).
Apply a little bit of glue and insert it all the way into the arm.
Stuff the arms keeping the shape. They should be a little flat.

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 LEGS (make 2):
Work in the round, without starting chain and slip stitches.
1 round. Start 6sc in MR (6)
2-3 rounds 6sc (2rounds)
4 round 1sc, Dec, 1sc, Inc, 1sc (6)
5-6 rounds Dec, 2sc, Inc, 1sc (6) - 2rounds
7 round FLO: Inc х6 (12)
8 round (1sc, Inc) х6 (18)
9 round 18sc Secure and cut the yarn. Do not stuff the
10 round (1sc, Inc, 1sc) х6 (24) leg just yet. Repeat to make the second
leg, but for second leg do not cut the yarn.
11 round 24sc
Continue crocheting to make a body.

BODY:
Marker yarn is located on the back. I recommend
placing additional markers [M] as you work, it
will help with assembly.
12 round. 2sc, ch5, - now we will attach second leg.
Fold second leg in half. Spot in front of marker
+ 2stitches = place of attachment to the second leg.
* (2sc, Inc) х4, 10sc, Dec (27) – on second leg
* slst, 3sc, slst (5) – on chain
* Dec, 10sc, (Inc, 2sc) х3, Inc (25) – on first leg +4st

Place your stitch marker here, this is the

beginning of the round now.

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13 round. (7sc, Inc) х2, 6sc, Inc, 5sc, Dec, 3sc, Dec, 5sc,
Inc, 6sc, (Inc, 7sc) х2 (67)
14 round 15sc, (Inc, 1sc) х4, Inc, 6sc, Dec, 4sc, Dec, 6sc,
(Inc, 1sc) х4, Inc, 14sc (75)
15 round 32sc, Dec, 6sc, Dec, 33sc (73) +1st

Attaching the tail. Put both pieces together with its right sides to
each other and work through stitches of tail and body at the same
time. Places of attachment are indicated in square brackets, for
example: [2]-tail

16 round. 31sc, Dec, 6sc, Dec, 30sc, [2] – tail (71)

17 round. [2] – tail, 26sc, Dec, slst, 8sc, slst, Dec, 27sc,
[2] – on stitches of tail (69)
18 round. [2] – on stitches of tail, 15sc, [M] – side
marker, 9sc, Dec, slst, 5sc, [M] – center of the belly,
5sc, slst, Dec, 10sc, [M] – side marker, 17sc (67)

Side markers are only for self-check. If you fold

your piece in half the way that tail is in the middle,
side markers should be strictly on the sides.
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19 round 24sc, Dec, slst, 13sc, slst, Dec, 24sc (65)

20 round 22sc, Dec, slst, 15sc, slst, Dec, 22sc (63) +1st

At this time, should prepare legs wire frame,

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approximately 13-14 cm. Apply a little bit of glue.

Insert it all the way into the leg.

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Stuff the legs, keeping the shape. Now connect legs wire and tail wire
together

21 round. 19sc, Dec, slst, (Inc, 7sc) х2, Inc, slst, Dec, 21sc (64)
22 round 10sc, (Dec, 1sc) х3, slst, 24sc, slst, (1sc, Dec) х3, 10sc (58)
23 round 1sc, (Dec, 2sc) х4, 24sc, (2sc, Dec) х4, 1sc (50)
24 round 12sc, [M] – side marker, 13sc, [M] – center of the chest, 14sc,
[M] – side marker, 11sc (50)

Side markers are only for self-check. If you draw imaginary straight
line from markers of 18th round to markers of 24th round, they must
be vertical. Stuff the bottom part of the body really well.

25 round 12sc, (Dec, 4sc) х4, Dec, 12sc (45) +1st

26 round 10sc, (Dec, 4sc)х4, Dec, 9sc (40)
27-32 round 40sc (6 rounds) +1st
33 round (6sc, Dec) х5 (35)
34-36 round 35sc (3 rounds) +1st
37 round 5scн, Dec, 1sc, [M]- place of attachment, 4sc,
[M]- place of attachment, Dec, 5sc, Dec, 1sc, [M]- place of attachment,
4sc, [M]- place of attachment, Dec, 5sc, Dec (30)

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Now we will be attaching arms. Put both pieces together with its right
sides to each other and work through stitches of arm and body at the
same time. Places of attachment are indicated in
square brackets, for example: [5]-left arm

38 round 7sc, [5]-left arm, 7sc, [5]-right arm, 6sc (30)

39 round 6sc, Dec(1+1), 9sc, Dec(1+1), 6sc, Dec(1+1), 9sc,
Dec(1+1), 5sc (39) +1st

Connect wire from the arms to main frame, cut the excess leaving
about 1.5-2 cm for head and wrap with adhesive bandage (see photo).

40 round. 15sc, Dec, 5sc, Dec, 13sc, Dec (36)

41 round (2sc, Dec, 2sc) х6 (30)
42 round 4sc, Dec, (2sc, Dec) х2, 3sc, (Dec, 2sc) х2, Dec, 3sc (24)
43 round 24sc +1st

Stuff upper part of the body and neck really well.

Stuffing should be firm, but not disfiguring. Without
cutting the yarn, proceed to work on the head.

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 HEAD:
Pay attention to marker yarn. Stuff as you go, firm,
but not rock hard, leave room for sculpting.

44 round 10sc, Inc х4, 10sc (28)

45 round (1sc, Inc) х14 (42)
46 round (1sc, Inc, 1sc) х14 (56) +1st
47 round 8sc, (Dec, 1sc) х2, 29, (Dec, 1sc) х2, 7sc (52)
48 round 24sc, (Inc, 1sc) х2, Inc, 23sc (55)
49 round 7sc, (Dec, 1sc) х2, 13sc, [М]- middle of
muzzle, 18sc, (Dec, 1sc) х2, 5sc (51)
50 round 18sc, (Dec, 1sc) х5, 18sc (46) +1st
51-52 round 46sc (2 rounds)
53 round 17sc, (Dec, 3sc) х3, 14sc (43)
54 round (5sc, Dec) х6, 1sc (37)

If you are using safety toy nose, install it to a place where middle
of the face marker is at.

Let’s attach ears now. Make sure that right side of ears is pointing
forward. Places of attachment is indicated in square brackets, for
example: [2]-ear

55 round 7sc, [2]-ear, 19sc, [2]-ear, 7sc (37)

56 round Dec, 1sc, (Dec, 4sc) х5, Dec, 2sc (30)
57 round 30sc
58 round (3sc, Dec) х6 (24)
59 round (1sc, Dec, 1sc) х6 (18)
60 round (1sc, Dec) х6 (12)
61 round Dec х6 (6)

Finish stuffing the head. Pull remaining hole closed

and hide yarn tail inside the head.

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 MOLDING:

Shape the nose out of any black polymer clay (see video).
Approximate size is:7х10mm. Bake according manufacturer’s
instructions. I bake for 8-10 minutes at 180*C.
After it has been cooled completely, apply lacquer,
but this is optional. Glue the nose around 49-52 rows.

Molding nose (variant 1)

Molding nose (variant 2)

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 ASSEMBLY:
1. Mark the points for eyes and mouth with pins:
Point 1 and 3 are located in 52-53 rows approximately 8 stitches apart.
Point 2 and 4 are located in 53-54 rows, 10 stitches apart.
Point 5 and 6 are located in 46-47 rows, 1 stitch apart.

2. With strong thread sculpt eyes and mouth

going in following order: 5-1-2-6-5-2-1-3-4-5-6-4-3-5.
Pull the thread and repeat one more time in the same
order. Tie ends together and hide inside the head.

3. Brush the entire toy really well with Velcro.

To make “fur” look better, spray some water on the
surface every now and then. Trim tips of paws and
ears, making velvety look.

4. Look up any picture of groundhog on the internet

and carefully apply color accents on your figurine.
I use art pastel or sketch markers.
- around eye sockets and mouth
- around nose and nose bridge
- on inner side of the ears
- line on the back of his head and back
- tips of paws
- alongside tail and a little more to the end of it.

These are signature dark spots of groundhog. The

rest of color accents are up to you. Keep chosen
picture as your orienteer. After you are finished with
colors, let figurine dry completely. After that carefully
brush some more with Velcro.

5. Glue the nose around 49-52 rows.

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 DECORATION:
6. Sew lip and embroider teeth. Embroider teeth
with white yarn, like Iris. Insert your needle into eye
socket and take it out where you are planning to
make teeth. Make 2 horizontal stitches and then
wrap yarn around them. Wrapping should be pretty
tough so that “teeth” are straight. After that, glue
teeth to upper jaw with a little bit of glue.

7. Glue the eyes, making sure they are

symmetrical.

8. Making eyelids. First, place pins to the corners

of the eyes. With the same yarn that was used to
crochet the groundhog, embroider eyelids in
following order: 0-1-2-4-5-1-3-4-6-0. Where 0 – any
point on the back of the head. Optionally, you can
reinforce upper eyelid with a drop of glue.

9. Stand your groundhog up, bending his legs

at 90' angle. Bend tips of the arms towards chest
a little bit.

10. Brush the groundhog, carefully directing

hair from top to bottom.

Congrats!
Your sweet groundhog is finished!

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IT MADE BY THIS PATTERN:

Mariya
Instagram:
@maryasha_handmade_gifts

Size: 12с (4,7"inch)

Yarn:
АLIZE "REAL40" (100gr/ 480m),
АLIZE "Kid ROYAL" (50gr/ 50m

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