LANGUAGE

Pattern is in ENGLISH language

SKILL LEVEL: Experienced

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

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FINISHED SIZE:

Approx. 30 cm long

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Crochet in rounds
Single crochet
Increasing
Decreasing
Slip stitch
Working with fluffy yarn

MATERIALS AND TOOLS

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• Plied yarn (main yarn) 300 m/100 g. To make the brown anteater I use Pehorka Camel Hair yarn. I worked with two strands taken together with 1.5 mm crochet hook. To make a gray anteater I use Alize Superwash yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon; 420 m/100 g) and 1.5 mm crochet hook You will need approx. 1/3 skein.

• Fluffy yarn. To make the brown anteater I also added Swan Down by Nazar (100% nylon; 170 m/100 g). You will need approx. 1/3 skein. To make the gray anteater I use Kamteks Khlopok Travka (65% cotton, 35% manufactured fibers; 220 m/100 g) - 1/3 skein of gray color.

• To make nails of the gray anteater I use leftover of Iris yarn of white color and 1.0 mm crochet hook. To make the brown anteater I use Alize Diva yarn (100% microfiber; 350 m/100 g) and 1.25 mm crochet hook.

• Any cotton yarn to make the bag. You can use Iris yarn. But I suggest using Vita Pelican yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 330 m/50 g). This yarn is very good to work with even if you use 1.0 mm crochet hook. You can choose any color you like.

• Strong cotton thread to attach nails, and legs and other parts onto the body, as well as to join the parts of the bag.

• Strong thread to do sculpting.

• Stuffing polyester;

• 1.5 mm copper wire approx. 1.5-2 m You can buy this wire in a craft shop, but I suggest buying it in an electronic goods store. There you can buy a 31.5 cord. Before buying the cord, make sure that the wire inside it is whole and does not consist of several thin wires. With a paper knife, remove the insulation. The cable inside consists of three copper wire cords, so having bought just a meter of cord you will have three meters of copper wire;

• White fabric plaster or insulation tape;

• 1 pair of toy eyes, size 8-10 mm;

• A piece of artificial leather (to make eyelids) or a piece of felt (to make eyes).

• Transparent glue (if you want to glue the eyes on instead of sewing them on);

• PVA adhesive (to make the anteater cub)

• Dry pastel paints.

• A couple of used plastic cards to insert into soles.

TOOLS:

• 1.0 and 1.5 mm crochet hooks
• Wire cutter;
• Scissors
• Sewing needle;
• Tapestry needle
• Hard brush to tint
• A piece of Velcro tape to brush the yarn.

ABOUT THIS PATTERN

Pattern written using USA terminology

This pattern is easy to follow with step-by-step instructions (37 pages with detailed instructions, tips, photos illustrating the process)