If you are an adventurous beginner knitter who wants to try out a range of interesting techniques, likes to knit in the round and avoids sewing at all costs, then this pattern is for you.

The toy is knitted in the round using the magic loop method, the limbs and the mane are added as you knit, the ears are sewn on, and the nose is made using the duplicate stitch technique.

SKILL LEVEL: Advanced beginner.

USED TECHNIQUES
Pinhole cast-on
Longtail cast-on
Backwards loop cast-on
Knitting flat and in the round
Slipping and purling stitches
Increases
Decreases
Picking up stitches
Duplicate stitching
Binding off

GAUGE is irrelevant as long as you get a dense enough fabric.

MATERIALS REQUIRED
Fingering weight yarn (45-50g).
2 mm circular knitting needles
2 mm two double-pointed needles
2-3 mm crochet hook
Darning needle
Stuffing
Stitch markers
Scrap yarn to keep stitches on hold
Two 9 mm buttons

Yarn used: Drops Nord 50 g / 170m A: yellow #18 (≈30 g); B: orange #11 (≈5 g), C: ocean #9 (≈10 g)

SIZE
Approximately 27 cm.

You may sell the finished toy, provided you give the credit to Svitlana Kondratova as the designer.

You may not sell or share the pattern.

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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.