Materials:
Acrylic, wool or cotton yarn. Colours: main-brown, complimentary - light brown. I used acrylic yarn, 220 m/100 g.
- A small amount of white, green, yellow yarn
- A crochet hook, I used 1,5 mm crochet hook
- A sewing needle, matching sewing threads
- Ready - made eyes, I used 10 mm
- Magnet
- Small bell
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times
Head
Main color yarn
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) 6 inc (12)
3) (1 sc, inc)× 6 times (18)
4) (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)× 6 times (24)
5-6) 24 sc
7) (11 sc, inc)× 2 times (26)
8) 26 sc
9) (12 sc, inc)× 2 times (28)
Work 1 shift stitch (1sc), transfer your place marker here.
10) (11 sc, inc, 3 sc in 1 loop, inc)× 2 times (36)
11) 14 sc, 3 sc in 1 loop, 17 sc, 3 sc in 1 loop, 3 sc (40)
12-13) 40 sc
14) 13 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc (36)
15) 12 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc (32)
16) 12 sc, 3 sc together, 13 sc, 3 sc together, 1 sc (28)
17) (11 sc, 3 sc together)× 2 times (24)
Work 2 shift stitches (2sc), transfer your place marker here.
18) 8 sc, 3 sc together, 9 sc, 3 sc together, 1 sc (20)
19) (7 sc, 3 sc together)× 2 times (16)
20) 8 dec (8)
Fasten off, cut off.
Muzzle
Complimentary colour yarn
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) 6 inc (12)
3) 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc (15)
4) inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc (18)
5) 8 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc (20)
6) 9 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 8 sc (22)
7) dec, 9 sc, inc, 10 sc (22)
8) 11 sc, inc, 10 sc (23)
9) dec, 9 sc, inc, 9 sc, dec (22)
10-11) 22 sc
12) inc, 10 sc, dec, 9 sc (22)
13) 11 sc, dec, 8 sc, inc (22)
14) 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, dec, 10 sc (22)
15) 11 sc, dec, 9 sc (21)
16) 9 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 7 sc (19)
17) 1 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 6 sc (16)
18) 6 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec (13)
19) 3 sc, 5 dec (8)
Fasten off, cut off.
Attach the muzzle to the head. Sew it on with hidden stitches.
Ear (make 2)
Main color yarn
7 ch
1) starting from 2nd ch from hook: 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 3 sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of chain: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc (11)
Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.
Horns (make 2)
Complimentary colour yarn
1) 2 ch, in 2nd ch from hook: 2 sc, ch, turn (2)
2) 1 sc, inc, ch, turn (3)
3) 2 sc, inc, ch, turn (4)
4) 3 sc, inc, ch, turn (5)
5) 4 sc, inc, ch, turn (6)
6) 6 sc (6)
Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.
Sew sides A and B. Pull the seam slightly to bend the horn (see photo for guidance).
Attach the ears and horns to the head. Sew them on.
Glue on the eyes.
Embroider the nostrils with stitches (see the picture for guidance), use same yarn and make tight wraps around those stitches with yarn.
Mouth
Main color yarn
10 ch
1) starting from 2nd ch from hook: 9 sl st
Fasten off, cut off.
Sew the mouth on in the centre or on the side (at your own discretion)
Flower
Work with white colour yarn.
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) (1 sl st, 4 ch, from 2nd ch from hook: 2 hdc, 1 sl st)× 6 times
Fasten off, cut off.
Centre of the flower
Work with yellow colour yarn.
1) 6 hdc in a Magic Ring
Fasten off, cut off.
Sew the yellow centre to flower.
Stem
Work with green yarn
1) 9 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 1 hdc, 1 sl st, 1 hdc, 1 sl st, ch 16.
Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.
Take a crochet hook and attach the stem to the mouth. Sew the flower to the stem. Adjust the flower as you see fit.
Attach a few short threads to make a fringe (see photo).
Attach the bell. Glue the magnet to the back.
The fridge magnet is completed!