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Materials:
The yarn colour is at your discretion. Choose 2 matching colours. I used green and blue colour cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g 
- Main colour yarn – approx. 15-20 g – additional colour yarn – approx. 3-5 g
- A small amount of white yarn
- A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook
- A piece of wire approx.  40cm long
- Hollow fibre for stuffing
- Adhesive fabric plaster
- A sewing needle
- A long needle for sculpting, strong thread for sculpting
- Black or brown colour embroidery yarn/thread
- Transparent glue
- 2 half-beads for the eyes, I used 6mm diam half-beads 
- White piece of felt
- Dry soft pastels or any other suitable means for tinting
- Dressmaking pins

Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc –double crochet
tr - treble crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times

Work with the main colour yarn.
Leg (make 2)
5 ch
1) Starting from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc into the last loop, continue along the other side of the chain: 2 sc, inc = 10
2) (4 sc, inc) х 2 times = 12
3-4) 12 sc
5) (dec, 2 sc) х 3 times = 9
6) 9 sc
7) 4 hdc, 1 sc, 3 sl st, 1 sc = 9
8) (2 hdc together) х 2 times, 5 sc = 7 
This is a heel. Prepare the wire, bend it in half, and insert it into the leg.

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Add some hollow fiber. 
9-11) 7 sc
Fasten off, cut off. Mark the 7th loop.

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Arm (make 2)
12 ch
1) Starting from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sl st, (4 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sl st) х 2 times, (these are fingers), continue along the main stitches: 8 sc
Fasten off, cut off. If you want, you can put a wire inside. Fasten it to one of the loops and join it in whilst crocheting. 

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Mouth
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) (inc) х 6 times = 12
3) (2 sc, inc) х 4 times = 16
4) (3 sc, inc) х 4 times = 20
5) (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) х 4 times = 24
6) (5 sc, inc) х 4 times = 28

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7) fold the part in two, work 14 sc by hooking through both edges of the part. 
Work 1st loop together with 28th loop, work 2nd loop together with 27th loop etc. 

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Head-Body
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) (inc) х 6 times = 12
3) (1 sc, inc) х 6 times = 18
4) (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) х 6 times = 24
5) (3 sc, inc) х 6 times = 30
6) (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) х 6 times = 36

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7) (inc, 3 sc) х 2 times, inc, 1 sc, attach the mouth, work the loops of the head and mouth together: 14 sc; work along the head: 1 sc, inc, (3 sc, inc) х 2 times, 1 sc, leave the last stitch unworked, transfer the marker = 42

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8) (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) х 6 times = 48
9) 12 sc, attach the first arm, work the loops of the body and arm together: 2 sc; 20 sc along the body, attach the second arm, work the loops of the body and arm together: 2 sc; 12 sc along the body = 48

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10) (7 sc, inc) х 6 times = 54
11) 54 sc
12) (4 sc, inc, 4 sc) х 6 times = 60
13) 23 sc, attach the 1st leg with the heal face up (see the photo for guidance), work the loops of the leg and body together, start from the loop with a marker on: 3 sc; 8 sc along the body; attach the 2nd leg with the heal face up, work the loops of the leg and body together, start from the loop with a marker on: 3 sc; 23 sc along the body = 60

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14) 23 sc along the body, 4 sc along the leg, 8 sc along the body, 4 sc along the leg, 23 sc along the body = 62

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15) 8 sc, dec, 42 sc, dec, 8 sc = 60 
16) (4 sc, dec, 4 sc) х 6 times = 54
17) 54 sc

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18) (dec, 7 sc) х 6 times= 48
19) 48 sc
20) (3 sc, dec, 3 sc) х 6 times = 42
21) 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 22 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc = 38
22) 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 18 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc = 34
23) 34 sc
24) 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc = 30
25) (dec, 3 sc) х 6 times = 24
Add hollow fiber.

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26) 24 sc
27) 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc = 20
28) (1 sc, dec) х 2 times, 8 sc, (dec, 1 sc) х 2 times = 16
29) 14 sc, 2 sl st = 16
30) 2 sl st, 14 sc = 16
31) 16 sc
32) (dec, 2 sc) х 4 times = 12
33) 10 sc, 2 sl st = 12
34) 2 sl st, 10 sc = 12
35) 12 sc
36) (dec, 1 sc) х 4 times = 8
37) 6 sc, 2 sl st = 8
38) 2 sl st, 6 sc = 8
39) 8 sc
40) (dec) х 4 times = 4
Add hollow fiber. Cut off, bind off. Hide the end of the yarn inside.

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Crest 
Crochet with additional colour yarn.
Ch 25 
1) Starting from second ch from hook: (1 sc; 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc into one loop; continue: 1 sc, 1sl st) х 4 times, 2 sl st, (1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc into one loop; continue: 1sl st)х 3 times
Fasten off, cut off. 

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Side crest (make 2)
Crochet with additional colour yarn.
17 ch
1) Starting from second ch from hook: (1 sc; 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc into one loop; continue: 1 sc, 1sl st)х 4 times
Fasten off, cut off. 

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Tooth (make 2)
Crochet with white colour yarn.
4 ch, starting from second ch from hook: 1 sc, 2 hdc = 3
Fasten off, cut off. 

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Attach the long crest to the head with some dressmaking pins. Sew it on. See the photo for guidance.

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Attach the side crests as shown on the photo. Sew them on.

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Find the spots for sculpting as follows:
Spot 0 is at the back where the two crests join in (see the photo). 

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Spots 1, 2, 3, 4 are at the same level as the arms. There are 4 stitches between Spot 2 & Spot 3 (see the photo). 

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To sculpt the eyes: take some strong sewing thread and fasten it in Spot 0, take the needle out in Spot 1. Insert the needle in Spot 2 and take it out in Spot 0. Make a tightening for the second eye. Spots 0 - 3 - 4 - 0.
Fasten the thread.

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Take a pair of half – beads or ready - made eyes. Take a piece of white felt and cut out 2 circles to make the whites of the eyes. They should be slightly larger in diam than the beads. Glue the eyes on. Make sure the side of the white felt is showing. 

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Glue on the teeth. Embroider the eyebrows. 

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Tint the mouth area with brown colour tinting means. I used eye shadows. 

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The little monster is completed!

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