MATERIALS AND TOOLS
Yarn: mustard (Gazzal Baby Cotton 3447), brown (unknown wool mixture, perhaps the Semenovskaya yarn), peach (Vita Coco Cotton 3883), yellow (Semenovskaya yarn, Cable)
Eyes 6 mm
Hook 2 mm and 1.5 mm
TABLE OF SYMBOLS
CS – chane stitch
SS – slip stitch
SC – single crochet
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
TC – treble crochet
DTC – double treble crochet
DC-TC-DC – combination in one loop
W – widening
R – reducing
HEAD
Mustard yarn
R1: 6 SCs in a ring
R2: W (x6) – 12 SCs
R3: *SC, W* (x6) – 18 SCs
R4: *2 SCs, W* (x6) – 24 SCs
R5: *3 SCs, W* (x6) – 30 SCs
R6: *4 SCs, W* (x6) – 36 SCs
R7: *5 SCs, W* (x6) – 42 SCs
R8: *6 SCs, W* (x6) – 48 SCs
R9-14: 48 SCs (6 rows)
Between R13 and R14 place the eyes at a distance of 9 stitches.
R15: *6 SCs, R* (x6) – 42 SCs
R16: *5 SCs, R* (x6) – 36 SCs
R17: *4 SCs, R* (x6) – 30 SCs
R18: *3 SCs, R* (x6) – 24 SCs
R19: *2 SCs, R* (x6) – 18 SCs
R20: *SC, R* (x6) – 12 SCs
R21: R (x6) – 6 SCs
EARS (2)
Mustard yarn
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: *SC, W* (x3) – 9 SCs
R3: *2 SCs, W* (x3) – 12 SCs
R4: *2 SCs, R* (x3) – 9 SCs
FRONT PAWS (2)
Mustard yarn
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: W (x6) – 12 SCs
R3: *3 SCs, W* (x3) – 15 SCs
R4-5: 15 SCs (2 rows)
R6: *3 SCs, R* (x3) – 12 SCs
R7: 12 SCs
HINDPAWS (2)
Mustard yarn
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: W (x6) – 12 SCs
R3: *3 SCs, W* (x3) – 15 SCs
R4: *3 SCs, R* (x3) – 12 SCs
R5: 12 SCs
BODY
Mustardyarn
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: W (x6) – 12 SCs
R3: *SC, W* (x6) – 18 SCs
R4: *2 SCs, W* (x6) – 24 SCs
R5: *3 SCs, W* (x6) – 30 SCs
R6: *4 SCs, W* (x6) – 36 SCs
R7: *5 SCs, W* (x6) – 42 SCs
R8-9: 42 SCs (2 rows)
R10: starting to interknit the hindpaws, 6 SCs with a paw, 30 SCs, 6 SCs with the second paw – 42 SCs
R11-12: 42 SCs (2 rows)
R13: *5 SCs, R* (x6) – 36 SCs
R14-17: 36 SCs (4 rows)
R18: *4 SCs, R* (x6) – 30 SCs
R19-20: 30 SCs (2 rows), don't crochet the last 2 SCs and start to interknit the front paw
R21: 6 SCs with a paw, 6 SCs with the second paw 18 SCs – 30 SCs
R22: *3 SCs, R* (x6) – 24 SCs
R23: 24 SCs
R24: *2 SCs, R* (x6) – 18 SCs
R25: 18 SCs
R26: 7 SCs, CS, turn
R27: 7 SC, CS, turn, edge in CS circle-wise
LITTLE MANE
Brown yarn
50 CSs + 2 CSs
R1: in the third loop from the hook 50 SCs
R2: CS, *SC, HDC, DC-TC-DC, HDC, SC* (x10)
BIG MANE
Brown yarn
50 CSs + 2 CSs
R1: in the third loop from the hook 50 SCs
R2: 2 CSs, *HDC, DC, TC-DTC-TC, DC, HDS* (x10)
TAIL
Brown yarn
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: 6 SCs
R3: *SC, W* (x3) – 9 SCs
R4: *SC, R* (x3) – 6 SCs
Mustard yarn
R5: 6 SCs
R6: R, 4 SCs – 5 SCs
R7-15: 5 SCs (9 rows)
Fold in half, 2 SCs
CHEEKS (2)
Peach yarn, hook 1,5 mm
R1: 6 SCs in ring
R2: W (x6) – 12 SCs
CROWN
Yellow yarn
R1: 15 CSs in the ring
R2: CS, 15 SCs, SS
R3-7: 15 SCs (5 rows)
R8: *SC, DC, TC-3 CSs-SS in the first CS-TC, DC, SC* (x3), SS
ASSEMBLY
Sew both manes at the same time. Mark the points with pins, retreating 6 loops from the eyes.
Cheeks are sewn under R14.
Retreating three loops from each eye, embroider a nose between them.
Between R6 and R9 sew ears.
Crown is sew in the mane.
The tail is sewn between R5 and R6 of the body.