Cute squirrel

New pattern by Hi Sheep for a simple, small, but really cute squirrel. Used 3 mm and 2,5 mm hook. It is aprox 13 cm / 5 inch tall.
Enjoy!


ABBREVIATIONS (U.S.):

R: round
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
inc: increase
dec: decrease
mr: magic ring
**: repeat to the end of round
[...] total stitches at the end of round


HEAD:

With 3 mm hook.

R1: 6 sc in mr
R2: *sc inc* [12]
R3: *1 sc, sc inc* [18]
R4: *2 sc, sc inc* [24]
R5: *3 sc, sc inc* [30]
R6: *4 sc, sc inc* [36]
R7: *11 sc, sc inc* [39]
R8: *12 sc, sc inc* [42]
R9: 42 sc
R10: *13 sc, sc inc* [45]
Place eyes between R10 and R11.
R11: 45 sc
R12: *14 sc, sc inc* [48]
R13: 48 sc
R14: *6 sc, sc dec* [42]
R15: *5 sc, sc dec* [36]
R16: *4 sc, sc dec* [30]
R17: *3 sc, sc dec* [24]
R18: *2 sc, sc dec* [18]
R19: *1 sc, sc dec* [12]
R20: *sc dec* [6]

Close.

With black yarn we'll make a horizontal line between R13 and R14, with the same yarn we'll go through the middle of the line we just made and pull it through R11 and R12.
Make a pink triangle for the nose.  


EARS:

With 3 mm hook.
Make 2.

R1: 6 sc in mr
R2: *sc inc* [12]
R3: *1 sc, sc inc* [18]

Cut leaving tail to sew to head.
To sew to head fold it in half and sew that so it stays like folded.

NOTE: Optional. I left some yarn from the beginning of the magic ring to make a little fur.

 
BODY:

With 3 mm hook.

R1: 6 sc in mr
R2: *sc inc* [12]
R3: *1 sc, sc inc* [18]
R4: 18 sc back loop only
R5: *2 sc, sc inc* [24]
R6: 24 sc
R7: *3 sc, sc inc* [30]
R8: 30 sc
R9: *13 sc, sc dec* [28]
R10: *12 sc, sc dec* [26]
R11: *11 sc, sc dec* [24]
R12: *10 sc, sc dec* [22]
R13: *9 sc, sc dec* [20]
R14: *8 sc, sc dec* [18]
R15: 18 sl st

Cut leving long tail to sew to the head.


ARMS:

With 2,5 mm hook.
Make 2.
 
R1: 5 sc in mr
R2-8: 5sc

Cut leving long tail to sew to the body.


LEGS:

With 2,5 mm hook.
Make 2.
 
R1: 6 sc in mr

Cut leaving tail to sew to body.

ACORN:

With 3 mm hook.
 
R1: 6 sc in mr
R2: *sc inc* [12]
R3-4: 12 sc
R5: *3 sc, sc inc* [15]
R6: *3 sc, sc dec* [12]
R7-8: 12 sc

 
ACORN TOP:

With 3 mm hook.

R1: 6 sc in mr
R2: *sc inc* [12]
R3: *3 sc, sc inc* [15]
R4-5: 15 sc

Cut and leave tail to sew to the bottom part.

POMPOM TAIL:

For the pompom tail you'll use two pieces of cardboard cut into ovals like in the picture.

Wrap the yarn around the cardboard and then cut trough the middle of the two cardboard pieces all the yarn around.

Grab a long yarn tail and place it between the cardboard pieces to hold the yarn while you take out both the cardboards, then with that same yarn tail you'll need hold rally well all of the pompom yarn and knot it.
 
Leave the tail long enough to sew to the body.
 
Once you have the pompom you'll trim it in a kind of triangular shape.
 

To sew to the body pull trough the bottom of the pompom, join through R5 of the body and pull through R8, grab half of the pompom hairs and bend it so as to wrap the other half, pull trhough the body and secure it.

And our cute squirrel it's all done!!!

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