1Hdc,1dc,2tr.Ch3&slsttojoinwiththebaseofthefirstst.

Fastenoffandleavea10”tail.Usethistailtosewtheheartappliqueontothebear’sbody,goingthroughthespotoffeltthatyoudidnotgluedownearlier.

ANDYOU’REFINALLYFINISHED!!!Celebratebygivingyourbearagoodsqueeze.

HuggablekoalaPattern

Whatyou’llneed:

♥ Worsted-weightyarninthefollowingcolors:ColorA(390yds)–grey

ColorB(15yds)–darkgreyColorC(40yds)–whiteColorD(2yds)–lightgreen

♥F/5(3.75mm)crochethook

^{♥Two18mmplasticsafetyeyeswithplasticwashers}

^{♥Whitecraftfeltforbellyandchin}

^{♥Poly-Filoranystuffingofyourchoice}

^{♥Yarnneedleforfinishing}

^{♥Fabricglue}

_{Abbreviationkey:}

♥scsinglecrochet

^{♥st/stsstitch/stitches}

_{♥decdecrease(jointhenext2stsinto1)}

♥incincrease(2scinthenextst)

^{♥slstslipstitch}

^{♥hdchalfdoublecrochet}

^{♥dcdoublecrochet}

^{♥trtriplecrochet}

_Notes:

Sizeoffinishedkoala:Approximately15inchestall:

Dependingonthetension,yarn,andhookyouuse,yourreindeermayturnouttobeslightlylargerorsmallerthanmine.

Gauge:Specificgaugeisnotextremelyimportant.Proportionswillbecorrectifconsistenttensionismaintained.

♥ Allbodypartsarecrochetedinaspiral,notinjointrounds.Usesomethingtomarkthefirststitchofaround,andmoveitupasyouwork.

♥ “TheMagicCircle”isusedtostarteachpiece.Ifyoudonotpreferthistechnique,youcanstarteachpieceusingthefollowingtechnique:ch2,thenscx6intothesecondchainawayfromthehook.Slsttojointheround.ThiscreatesRound1.

^{♥Forthismodel,IusedLoopsandThreadsImpeccableyarn}

^{♥Thekoala’sbodypartsareallthesameasthebear’spartsexceptforthesnout,ears,andthefactthatthekoala}

_{hasnotail.Therefore,somebearphotosmayberepeatedforassemblypurposes.}

Preparation:Cuttancraftfeltpiecesintotheshapesdisplayedbelow.Shapesarenotproportionalinrelationtoeachother:

Chin:1.5”wide

Belly:

2.5”Wide

&3.25”tall

Head:

UsingColorA,

Round1:MagicCirclewithabaseof6stitches

Round2:incx6=12sts

Round3:(1inc,scinnextst)x6=18stsRound4:(1inc,scinnext2sts)x6=24stsRound5:(1inc,scinnext3sts)x6=30stsRound6:(1inc,scinnext4sts)x6=36stsRound7:(1inc,scinnext5sts)x6=42stsRound8:(1inc,scinnext6sts)x6=48stsRound9:(1inc,scinnext7sts)x6=54stsRound10:(1inc,scinnext8sts)x6=60stsRound11:(1inc,scinnext9sts)x6=66stsRound12:(1inc,scinnext10sts)x6=72stsRound13:(1inc,scinnext11sts)x6=78stsRound14:(1inc,scinnext12sts)x6=84stsRound15:(1inc,scinnext13sts)x6=90stsRound16:(1inc,scinnext14sts)x6=96stsRound17:(1inc,scinnext15sts)x6=102stsRound18:(1inc,scinnext16sts)x6=108stsRound19:(1inc,scinnext17sts)x6=114stsRound20:(1inc,scinnext18sts)x6=120stsRound21:(1inc,scinnext19sts)x6=126stsRound22:(1inc,scinnext20sts)x6=132stsRound23-26:scinthenext132sts=132stsRound27:(Markthisroundbeforecontinuing)(1dec,scinnext20sts)x6=126sts

Round28:(1dec,scinnext19sts)x6=120sts

Round29:(1dec,scinnext18sts)x6=114stsRound30:(1dec,scinnext17sts)x6=108stsRound31:(1dec,scinnext16sts)x6=102stsRound32:(1dec,scinnext15sts)x6=96stsRound33:(1dec,scinnext14sts)x6=90stsRound34:(1dec,scinnext13sts)x6=84stsRound35:(1dec,scinnext12sts)x6=78stsRound36:(1dec,scinnext11sts)x6=72stsRound37:(1dec,scinnext10sts)x6=66stsRound38:(1dec,scinnext9sts)x6=60stsRound39:(1dec,scinnext8sts)x6=54sts

Continuecrochetingthehead:

Round40:(1dec,scinnext7sts)x6=48stsRound41:(1dec,scinnext6sts)x6=42stsRound42:(1dec,scinnext5sts)x6=36sts

BeginstuffingtheheadwithPolyFilandcontinuestuffingasyougo.

*Helpfultip:StufftheheadwithALOTofstuffing!Whenyouthinkyou’vestuffedenough,stuffsomemore!Thiswillhelpyouroundoutthe6cornersthatwerecreatedfromincreasinganddecreasing,thussmoothingouttheshapeofthehead.

Round43:(1dec,scinnext4sts)x6=30stsRound44:(1dec,scinnext3sts)x6=24stsRound45:(1dec,scinnext2sts)x6=18stsRound46:(1dec,scinnextst)x6=12stsRound47:decx6=6sts

Fastenoffandleavea6”tail.Usethetailtosewtheheadshut.

Weavetherestoftheyarnintotheheadhidethetail.Usefabricgluetofastenthefeltsnoutinplace.

Workonface:InserteyesbetweenRounds27and28.Theyshouldbeabout29stsapart.Whensatisfied

witheyeplacement,attachwasherstosecuretheminplace.