Aren’t they just adorable with their stumpy spikes and chubby tummies? You can add a plastic egg with beads inside the body to make a rattling baby toy.

Original idea from Laura, http://artefleur.blogspot.com

Includes one PDF file, 8 pages.
Pattern is written in English, using US crochet terminology. I included detailed instructions, many step-by-step photos and useful tips and tricks.

SIZE
11 cm (4 1/3”), with fingering weight cotton and a 1,75 mm crochet hook.

DIFFICULTY
2. Beginner - may require just a bit of customization, assembling requires precision and patience.

SKILLS REQUIRED
• Crocheting in the round.
• Single crochet stitch.
• Increasing and decreasing.

In this tutorial I will explain starting a piece with an adjustable loop (magic ring), finishing a piece, joining pieces, knotting and hiding yarn tails.

Copyright © 2012 TÜ Spire. You MAY use it as a teaching aid in any free class or e-course, or as part of a free crochet pattern. Please link back to http://sidrun.spire.ee/

Feel free to sell finished items made with this pattern. I would appreciate a credit and a link to my blog (Kristi Tullus, http://sidrun.spire.ee).

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