This pattern is designed with chenille yarn with black and white shades, a 3.5 mm crochet hook, a yarn needle, and stuffing.

Before starting, you should be comfortable using basic stitches like single crochet stitches, half double crochet stitches, and bobble stitches, as well as some crochet techniques like sewing on parts, decrease, and increase.

It can be used as a cuddly toy, a decorative piece, a keychain, a gift for panda lovers, or as a part of a themed collection.

Let’s get started!

Designer: Happy Lil Bina

Materials & Tools

• Chenille yarn (white and black in size Worsted)
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• Stuffing
• Yarn needle

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
BBL – bobble stitch with 4 dc
hdc – half double crochet
st – stitch
FO – fasten off
CC – colour change

Body

Start with white.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in Mr (8)
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 30 sc (30)
Rnd 7: 9 sc, 3 inc, 1 inc (in the 2nd st of this inc put a marker), 4 sc, 1 inc (in the 1st of this inc put a marker), 3 inc, 9 sc (38)

The eyes go between R6 and R7, 4 st apart.

Rnd 8-9: 38 sc (38)
Rnd 10: 9 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc, 4 dec, 9 sc (30)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

CC to black.

Rnd 12: sc (24)
Rnd 13: 9 sc, BBL, 6 sc, BBL, 7 sc (24)

CC to white.

Ears

Make the ears and attach them. Sew them on top of R3 and R4.

Rnd 1: sc, 2 hdc, sc in Mr (4)

Continue the Body

Start stuffing.

Rnd 14: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 15: 9 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 7 sc (26)
Rnd 16: 9 sc, cc to black, BBL, cc to white, 9 sc. cc to black, BBL, cc to white, 6 sc (26)

Adjust your legs and tail BBLs depending on your tension.

Rnd 17: sc, BBL, sc, dec, (3 sc, dec) x 4, sc (21)
Rnd 18: 10 dec, sc (11)

Finish stuffing.

Rnd 19: just 2 dec and FO (9)

Close the little bum. Sew on the cute T nose.

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