Materials needed are Himalaya dolphin baby (#4 weight yarn), a 4mm crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, a tapestry needle, and scissors.

This tutorial includes a photo tutorial and starts by making the head, nose, hat, berries, leaf, tree branch, main branch, body, potlid, and scarf tail.

It’s perfect for cute holiday décor with a fun surprise inside, perfect for spreading smiles during the festive season.

Designer: Hooktasy

Materials

• 4 mm crochet hook
• Himalaya Dolphin Baby – medium weight (4)
• Sewing needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Buttons

Size: 15 cm

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
dc-inc – double crochet 2 times in 1 stitch
puff st – puff stitch
BLO – back loops only
FLO – front loops only
M – 3 sc decrease

Head

Start with white yarn.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, inc, sc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8-15: 42 sc (42)
Rnd 16: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 17: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 18:(3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 19: (1 sc, dec, sc) x 6 (18)

Stuffing.

Rnd 20: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 21: 6 dec (6)

Fasten off and cut yarn.

Eyes are attached between R11-12.

Use pink yarn to sew blush at R14.

Nose

Start with orange yarn.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in a Mr (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc, sc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 4-5: 8 sc (8)

Stuffing.

Fasten off and leave a tail to sew.

Sew into head R11-13.

Hat

Start with black yarn.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, inc, sc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: BLO: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 6-9: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 10: FLO, (1 sc, inc) x 12 (36)
Rnd 11: (1 sc, inc, sc) x 12 (48)
Rnd 12: 48 sl st (48)

Fasten off and cut yarn. Attach on top of head.

Berries on Hat

Start with red yarn.

Rnd 1: (2 ch, puff st on 1 st ch, sl st) x 3

Fasten off and cut yarn. Attach on the right side of the leaf.

Leaf on Hat

Start with green yarn.

Rnd 1: 8 ch, sl st, (hdc, (3 ch, sl st on 2nd ch), hdc, sl st) x 2, (3 ch, sl st on 2nd ch), sl st, (hdc, (3 ch, sl st on 2nd ch), hdc, sl st) x2

Fasten off and cut yarn. Attach on top of the hat.

Tree Branch x2

Start with dark brown.

Small Branch x2

Rnd 1: 4 sc in a Mr (4)
Rnd 2-4: 4 sc (4)

Main Branch x 2

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2-4: 6 sc (6)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 6-7: 9 sc (9)

Fasten off and leave a tail to sew.

Sew to the body (R10-12)

Body

Start with white yarn.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr, sl st (8)
Rnd 2: 1 ch, (sc, w) x 4, sl st (16)
Rnd 3: 1 ch, (2 sc, w, sc) x 4, sl st (24)
Rnd 4: 1 ch, (3 sc, w, 2 sc) x 4, sl st (32)
Rnd 5: 1 ch, (4 sc, w, 3 sc) x 4, sl st (40)
Rnd 6: 1 ch, (5 sc, w, 4 sc) x 4, sl st (48)
Rnd 7: 1 ch, (6 sc, w, 5 sc) x 4, sl st (56)
Rnd 8: BLO: 1 ch, 56 sc, sl st (56)
Rnd 9-14: 1 ch, 56 sc, sl st (56)

Change to light blue yarn.

Rnd 12-19: 1 ch, 56 sc, sl st (56)
Rnd 20: BLO: 1 ch, (6 sc, M, 5 sc)x 4, sl st (48)
Rnd 21: 1 ch, (5 sc, M, 4 sc) x 4, sl st (40)
Rnd 22: 40 sl st (40)

Fasten off and cut yarn.

Box Lid

Start with light blue yarn.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr, sl st (8)
Rnd 2: 1 ch, (sc, w) x 4, sl st (16)
Rnd 3: 1 ch, (2 sc, w, sc) x 4, sl st (24)
Rnd 4: 1 ch, (3 sc, w, 2 sc) x 4, sl st (32)
Rnd 5: 1 ch, (4 sc, w, 3 sc) x 4, sl st (40)
Rnd 6: 1 ch, (5 sc, w, 4 sc) x 4, sl st (48)
Rnd 7: 1 ch, (6 sc, w, 5 sc) x 4, sl st (56)
Rnd 8: 1 ch, (7 sc, w, 6 sc) x 4, sl st (64)
Rnd 9: BLO: 1 ch, 64 sc, sl st (64)
Rnd 10-12: 1 ch, 65 sc, sl st (64)
Rnd 13: 64 sl st (64)

Fasten off and cut yarn.

Attach the button in the right corner of the lid.

Scarf Tail

Start with light blue yarn.

Rnd 1: 7 ch, starting in 2nd ch from hook, 6 sc (6)
Rnd 2-8: 6 sc, 1 ch and turn
sc around the entire tail

Add fringe at the bottom of tail: cut yarn 3-4 cm, fold, pull through and secure as fringe.

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