Otter crochet pattern

This measures about 7cm tall and 26cm in length, when made with double knit yarn or about 10cm tall and 34cm in length, when made with aran yarn.
When I make this Otter I use the dark Brown and Parchment shades of Stylecraft yarn, but any two that go well together would work (Walnut and Cream also work well).

Materials:

For the smaller size animal:
3.5 mm hook (US E hook)
Approx 25g dark double knit weight yarn
Approx 5g light double knit weight yarn
Small amount of black yarn for details
Stuffing

For the larger size animal:
5 mm hook (US H hook)
Approx 35g dark aran weight yarn
Approx 5g light aran weight yarn
Small amount of black yarn for details
Stuffing

Pattern available in both UK and US terms (two PDFs supplied)

Stitches needed:

• chain
• slip stitch
• double crochet / treble crochet
• decrease
• increase
• half double crochet / half treble crochet
• half double crochet increase / half treble crochet increase
• working in the back loop only