I decided I wanted to design a nature spirit, but not one that was all cute and cuddly like a fairy, because if they existed, I think they would be alien to us, and given what we’ve done to the planet, not particularly friendly. I wanted it to be something that would be scary to catch scuttling across the garden in the dead of night.

Materials

• DK yarn in three shades of brown and 2 shades of green. Less than a skein of each with the largest coming in at around 60g.
• 4 mm crochet hook Fibrefill Toy Stuffing
• 2 x 20mm Cats Toy Safety Eyes
• Yarn Needle

Terminology used is US as I find this more intuitive than UK, but measurements are metric.

Gauge is not important for this pattern.