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NOTES
* Crochet in spiral, do not join with slip stitch at the end of the row and do not turn your work unless it is noted.
* Use a marker at the beginning of the row, that will help you to mark the first stitch of each row.
* You can use any kind of yarn for this toy. The thicker yarn you take the bigger toy you will have.
* Fill the toy tightly in order it does not loose its shape.
MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED
1. Yarn YarnArt JEANS, color 35 (yellow)
2. Yarn YarnArt JEANS, color 33 (blue)
3. Yarn YarnArt JEANS, color 40 (brown), to embroider the nose
4. Yarn ALIZE Cotton Gold, color 225 (orabge), for mane
5. Yarn YarnArt JEANS, color 62 (white)
6. Filler/ stuff (sintepon, holofiber etc.)
7. Hook № 2.0
8. 15 mm eyes
9. White color felt
10. “Moment” glue
11. Buttons for decorations
12. Needle for sewing
The size of crocheted toy is 11,81 ins (30 cm)
ABBREVIATIONS
ch.–chain
st-stitch
sl.st–slip stitch
dec-decrease
inc-increase
PATTERN
LEGS
Start with yellow color yarn
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. Increase*6 times (12)
3 row. (1 st., inc)*6 times (18)
4 row. (2 st., inc)*6 times (24)
5 row. (3 st., inc)*6 times (30)
6 row. (4 st., inc)* 6 times (36)
7 row. Crochet 36 st. through/in back loops (36)
8-10 row. Crochet without changes 36 st. (36)
11 row. (4 st., dec)*6 times (30)
12 row. (3 st., dec)*6 times (24)
13 row. (2 st., dec)*6 times (18)
Change the yarn to the blue color yarn and crochet 18 sl.st (do not count this row)
14 row. Crochet in loops of the 13th row (2 st., inc)*6 times (24)
15 row. (3 st., inc)*6 times (30)
16 row. Crochet without changes 30 st. (30)
17 row. (4 st., inc)*6 times (36)
18 row. Crochet without changes 36 st. (36)
19 row. (5 st., inc)*6 times (42)
20 row. Crochet without changes 42 st. (42)
21 row. (6 st., inc)*6 times (48)
Fill the leg with the stuff. Cut the thread. Crochet the second leg in the same way, but DO NOT CUT THE THREAD, as we will join legs and will continue to crochet the body.
BODY
Continue to crochet with blue color yarn.
We will count the second leg that we have crocheted as the first.
Join legs together.
22 row. We do not crochet on the first leg, we start to crochet 45 st. on the second. Skip 3 loops on the first leg and crochet 45 st. (90)
23 row. (13 st., dec)*6 times (84)
There are three loops left on each leg. We have to sew the hole between the them.
24-31 row. Crochet without changes 84 st. (84)
32 row. (12 st., dec )*6 times (78)
33-37 row. Crochet without changes 78 st. (78)
38 row. (11 st., dec )*6 times (72)
Change the yarn to yellow color.
39 row. Crochet 72 st. through the back loops (72)
40-42 row. Crochet without changes 72 st. (72)
43 row. (10 st., dec )*6 times (66)
Start to fill the body with the stuff.
44-46 row. Crochet without changes 66 st. (66)
47 row. (9 st., dec )*6 times (60)
48-50 row. Crochet without changes 60 st. (60)
51 row. (8 st., dec )*6 times (54)
52-54 row. Crochet without changes 54 st. (54)
55 row. (7 st., dec )*6 times (48)
56-58 row. Crochet without changes 48 st. (48)
59 row. (6 st., dec )*6 times (42)
60-61 row. Crochet without changes 42 st. (42)
62 row. (5 st., dec )*6 times (36)
63-64 row. Crochet without changes 36 st. (36)
65 row. (4 st., dec )*6 times (30)
66-67 row. Crochet without changes 30 st. (30)
Leave the thread for sewing. Fill the body to the end.
HEAD
Start to crochet with yellow color yarn
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. Increase*6 times (12)
3 row. (1 st., inc)*6 times (18)
4 row. (2 st., inc)*6 times (24)
5 row. (3 st., inc)*6 times (30)
6 row. (4 st., inc)* 6 times (36)
7 row. (5 st., inc)*6 times (42)
8 row. (6 st., inc)*6 times (48)
9 row. (7 st., inc)*6 times (54)
10 row. (8 st., inc)*6 times (60)
11 row. (9 st., inc)*6 times (66)
12 row. (10 st., inc)*6 times (72)
13 row. (11 st., inc)*6 times (78)
14 row. (12 st., inc)*6 times (84)
15 row. (13 st., inc)*6 times (90)
16 row. (14 st., inc)*6 times (96)
17-26 row. Crochet without changes 96 st. (96)
27 row. (14 st., dec )*6 times (90)
28 row. (13 st., dec )*6 times (84)
29 row. (12 st., dec )*6 times (78)
30 row. (11 st., dec )*6 times (72)
31 row. (10 st., dec )*6 times (66)
32 row. (9 st., dec )*6 times (60)
33 row. (8 st., dec )*6 times (54)
34 row. (7 st., dec )*6 times (48)
35 row. (6 st., dec )*6 times (42)
36 row. (5 st., dec )*6 times (36)
37 row. (4 st., dec )*6 times (30)
Start to fill the head with the stuff
38 row. (3 st., dec )*6 times (24)
39 row. (2 st., dec )*6 times (18)
40 row. (1 st., dec )*6 times (12)
Fill the head to the end
41 row. Decrease*6 times (6)
Pull on the hole and hide the thread..
Sew the head to the body in a way that the first rows look forward.
While sewing the head fill it tightly in the area of neck.
MUZZLE
Start with white color yarn
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. Increase*6 times (12)
3 row. 5 st., 4 st. in the same stitch, 5 st., 4 st. in the same stitch (18)
4 row. (2 st., inc, 2 st., 4 inc)*2 times (28)
5 row. 6 st., (1 st., inc)*4 times , 6 st., (1 st., inc)*4 times (36)
6 row. 3 st., inc, 2 st., (2 st., inc)*4 times, 3 st., inc, 2 st., (2 st., inc)*4 times (46)
7 row. 7 st., (3 st., inc)*4 times, 7 st., (3 st., inc)*4 times (54)
8-14 row. Crochet without changes 54 st. (54)
Leave a thread for sewing.
Sew muzzle to the head a little bit down from the center. While sewing the muzzle fill it with the stuff.
THE UPPER PART OF THE MUZZLE
Start with yellow color yarn
Crochet 14 chains.
1 row. start to crochet 13 st. in the second loop from the hook, turning (14)
2-7 row. 1 ch., 13 st., turning (14)
Crochet a border around the stitches. Leave a thread for sewing.
Sew it to the upper part of the muzzle (look at the pic.).
MUZZLE DECORATION
Embroider lion’s nose with the help of brown color yarn.
Embroider the mouth with brown color yarn.
Embroider the glare on the nose with white color yarn.
Now we have to make eyes shaping/sculpting.
Identify place for the eyes with the pins.
Insert the needle at the place of the first pin, fix the thread and make a knot. Take the needle out where the second pin is. Pull on the thread.
Then, insert the needle at the same place but one stitch down and take the needle out where the second pin is. Pull on the thread. Insert the needle at the same place again but one stitch down and take the needle out at the other point (where the pin was). Pull the thread again. Do the same 3-4 times.
Fix and cut the thread. Eyes shaping is done.
Prepare white color felt eyes and 15 mm eyes (look at the pic.)
Insert the eyes at the place where you have made the shaping and fix them (glue them). Embroider the eyebrows with brown color yarn.
EARS
Start with yellow color yarn.
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. Increase*6 times (12)
3 row. (1 st., inc)*6 times (18)
4 row. (2 st., inc)*6 times (24)
5-8 row. Crochet without changes 24 st. (24)
Do not fill the ears. Crochet 11 st. on both side loops.
Crochet the ears on the 24th row level.
Legs (Paws)
Start with yellow color yarn
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. Increase*6 times (12)
3 row. (1 st., inc)*6 times (18)
4 row. (2 st., inc)*6 times (24)
5 row. (3 st., inc)*6 times (30)
6-9 row. Crochet without changes 30 st. (30)
10 row. (3 st., dec )*6 times (24)
11 row. (2 st., dec )*6 times (18)
12-34 row. Crochet without changes 18 st. (18)
Fill the paws with the stuff. Do not fill the paws too tight in the top.
Crochet eight stitches on both side loops. Leave a thread for sewing.
Embroider the “fingers” with the help of brown color yarn.
Sew paws to the body at the 64-65th row level
Embroider, so called, “fingers” on the legs with the help of brown color yarn.
Overalls decoration
You must crochet the overalls in the front part of the body. Join blue yarn to the front half loops of the 39th row (look at the pic.) and start crocheting.
1-15 row. 1 ch., 16 st., turning (17)
Now crochet a border on overalls with the help of stitches. Crochet st on the side part than around the body on the front half loops of the 39th row and on the other side part. Fix and cut the thread.
STRAPS
Start with the blue color yarn
Crochet 49 ch.+1 chain up
1 row. Start to crochet 49st. in the second loop from the hook, turning (50)
2 row. 1 ch., 49 st. (50)
Leave a thread for sewing. Crochet the second strap in the same way.
Sew straps with buttons to the overalls.
FRONT BACK
MANE DECORATION
We will need orange yarn and a hook for decoration. Cut the same pieces of orange yarn. Now, with the help of the hook you have to fix each piece to the head. Fix the mane from the front part to the ears (4 rows), on the row where the ears are sewed, on the back part of the head and down, under the muzzle. You can skip some loops and fix the mane through a row at the back part of the head. Straighten the mane with the scissor, cut the long pieces of the thread at the bottom.
TAIL
Start to crochet with yellow color yarn
1 row. 6 st. in a magic ring (6)
2 row. (1 st., inc)*3 times (9)
3-38 row. Crochet without changes 9 st. (9)
Fill the tail a little bit. Crochet 4 st on both side loops. Leave a thread for sewing.
Make a tassel on the tip of the tail. Cut a few pieces of orange yarn and fix them to the tail in the same way as we did it for the mane.
Sew the tail at the 32-33d row level.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOUR LION IS DONE!!!
