Metarials:

• Yarn: DK / 8 ply weight cotton in 3 colors – brown, white and pink. For example rico desing ricorumi DK (25 g / 57.5 m)
• Yarn: Sport / 5 ply weight cotton in 2 colors for the cherry – red and green. For example schachenmayr catania (50g / 125m)
• Crochet hook 2.5 mm
• Stitch marker
• Polyester fiberfill
• Black safety eyes 8 mm
• Darning and embroidery needle
• Spangles (+ beading needle and thread for sewing)

Finished size: 17 cm / 6.7 in

Skill level: easy+

Stitches and abbreviations (US crochet terms):

Slip stitch (sl st), chain (ch), single crochet (sc), repeat (rep), stitch(es) – st(s)

About the pattern:

• Work in continuous rounds.
• Use a stitch marker and place it in the first stitch of the round to mark the beginning of it.
• Leave each piece a long tail for sewing.

HEAD

Crocheted from top to bottom.

1: Use brown yarn. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]

3: (Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [18]

4: (Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [24]

5: (Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [30]

6: (Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [36]

7: (Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [42]

8-16: Sc in each st around

Fasten the safety eyes between rounds 11 and 12, with an interspace of 9 stitches.

17: (Sc in next 5 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [36]

18: (Sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [30]

Begin stuffing the head.

19: (Sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [24]

20: (Sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [18]

MOUTH

1: Ch 8 in white yarn. Starting in the second stitch from hook: sl st in each of the next 7 sts [7]

Sew curved onto the face.

HAIR

1: Ch 10 in white yarn. Starting in the second stitch from hook, sc in each of next 7 sts to form the first lock of hair (two stitches on the beginning chain will remain unworked). For the second lock of hair, chain 9, starting in the second stitch from hook, sc in each of next 8 sts. Sc in the next stitch on the beginning chain (one last stitch on the beginning chain will remain unworked). For the third lock of hair, chain 8, starting in the second stitch from hook, sc in each of next 7 sts. Sc in the last stitch on the beginning chain.

Attach the hair slightly ahead the magic ring on the top of the head, sew each lock of hair in place.

CHEEK (make 2)

1: Use pink yarn to work a chain of 14 tight stitches. Place spirally onto the face and sew in place with small unnoticeable stitches.

CHERRY

1: Use red yarn. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]

3: Work 2 sc in each st around [24]

4-9: Sc in each st around

10: Sc2tog around [12]

Stuff the piece. Weave the yarn through the front loops of all sts and pull tightly together. Fasten with a knot, keep the yarn tail for sewing.

For the cherry tail cut 2 strips of 40 cm / 16 in of green yarn. Pull them through the end of the cherry. Keep one third on one side, two thirds on the other side. Extract one of the longer tails. While holding the other 3 strongly together, start twisting the extracted yarn tail around the others. Twist by twist, move towards the tip of the cherry tail until it`s long enough. To close up, work the last twist a little looser, so that you can pull the yarn tail through the loop to form a knot. Cut the yarn tails short and sew the cherry on top of the head.

LEGS AND BODY

Make 2 legs with the instructions of round 1-8.

1: Use brown yarn. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]

2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]

3: (Sc in the next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 3 times [15]

4-8: Sc in each st around

Do not fasten off the second leg, we will continue crocheting on this leg to make the body.

9: Sc in next 10 sts on the second leg, sc in next 15 sts on the first leg, sc in the last 5 sts on the second leg [30]

10: Sc in each st around [30]

Sew the hole between the legs closed, start stuffing the piece.

11: (Sc in the next 8 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [27]

12-13: Sc in each st around

14: (Sc in the next 7 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [24]

15-16: Sc in each st around

17: (Sc in the next 6 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [21]

18-19: Sc in each st around

20: (Sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [18]

21: Sc in each st around

Sew the head together with the body.

ARM (make 2)

1: Use brown yarn. Start 9 sc in a magic ring [9]

2-8: Sc in each st around

Flatten and sew closed. Sew the arms to the body.

Add some sugar glaze to the body by making a chain about 15 cm / 6 in long in pink yarn. Place the chain in a zigzag onto the body and fasten with small unnoticeable stitches.

As the last step, sew some spangles around the cherry.