#162 Furret

Hi all!

Finding time to crochet is hard when you have a small baby crawling around the house! My little human is now 6 months old and now I'm finally finding a little time to get back into crochet again!

So here I am with a furret pattern! But shiny version!

I did completely forget to take measurements for this plush but it was of a decent length...almost the length of my keyboard and does stand upright on its own.

Head

In cream

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: 2SCx6 (12)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18)

Round 4: [2SC, SCx2]x6 (24)

Round 5: [2SC, SCx3]x6 (30)

Round 6: [2SC, SCx4]x6 (36)

Round 7: [2SC, SCx5]x6 (42)

Round 8: [2SC, SCx6]x6 (48)

Round 9 - 14: SCx48 (48, 6 rounds)

Round 15: [SC2tog, SCx6]x6 (42)

Round 16: [SC2tog, SCx5]x6 (36)

Round 17: [SC2tog, SCx4]x6 (30)

Round 18: [SC2tog, SCx3]x6 (24)

Stuff firmly.

Round 19: [SC2tog, SCx2]x6 (18)

Round 20: [SC2tog, SC]x6 (12)

Round 21: SC2togx6 (6)

Sew closed and finish off.

Body

Starting from the tail end - start in cream

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: 2SCx6 (12)

Round 3 - 4: SCx12 (12, 2 rounds)

Round 5: [2SC, SC]x6 (18)

Round 6 - 7: LSx18 (18, 2 rounds)

Round 8: [2SC, SCx2]x6 (24)

Round 9: SCx 24 (24)

Round 10: [2SC, SCx3]x6 (30)

Round 11 - 12:SCx30 (30, 2 rounds)

Round 13: [2SC, SCx4]x6 (36)

Round 14 - 15: SCx36 (36, 2 rounds)

Round 16: [2SC, SCx5]x6 (42)

Round 17 - 18:SCx42 (42, 2 rounds)

Pull the loops from the wrong side out to the right side. They’ll be brushed out later.

Round 19: [2SC, SCx6]x6 (48)

Round 20 - 29: SCx 48 (48. 10 rounds) change to pink.

From this round, change from continous round crochet to joined rounds crochet to make the colours line up better. If you don’t mind the slight jag in colour, you can continue in continuous rounds. To make this easier, I always mark the first and last stitch, the chain 1 at the end does not count as a stitch. 

To change to joined rounds at the end of round 18, mark the last stitch, slip stitch into the first stitch with the new colour, then chain one and then start round 19 by SC into the same stitch and mark this stitch. Then continue with joined rounds at the end of each round. 

Stuff with each colour change as you go.

Round 30 - 39: SCx48 (48, 10 rounds) change to cream

Round 40 - 49: SCx48 (48, 10 rounds) change to pink

Round 50 - 59: SCx48 (48, 10 rounds) change to cream

Round 60 - 69: SCx48 (48, 10 rounds) change to pink

Round 70 - 79: SCx48 (48, 10 rounds) change to cream

Round 80: [DC2tog, DCx6]x3, SCx24 (45)

Round 81: [DC2tog, DCx6]x3, SCx21 (42)

Round 82: [DC2tog, DCx5]x3, SCx21 (39)

Round 83: [DC2tog, DCx5]x3, SCx18 (36)

Round 84: DCx18, SCx18 (36) change to pink

Round 85 - 89: SCx36 (36, 5 rounds) change to cream

From here on, I went back to continous rounds because that’s easier for me.

Round 90 - 99: SCx36 (36, 10 rounds)

To sew the body to the head,I folded down slightly the back of the neck area so that the head sits at a slightly nicer angle. 

Head Cap

Pink

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: 2SCx6 (12)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18)

Round 4: [2SC, SCx2]x6 (24)

Round 5: [2SC, SCx3]x6 (30)

Round 6: [2SC, SCx4]x6 (36)

Round 7: [2SC, SCx5]x6 (42)

Round 8: [2SC, SCx6]x6 (48)

Round 9 - 11: Scx48 (48, 3 rounds)

Chain and turn.

Row 12: 2SC, SCx30, 2SC chain and turn (34)

Row 13: 2SC, SCx32, 2SC chain and turn (36)

Row 14: 2SC, SCx34, 2SC chain and turn (38)

Row 15: SC2togx2, SCx30, SC2togx2 chain and turn (34)

Row 16: SC2togx2, SCx26, SC2togx2 chain and turn (30)

Row 17: SC2togx2, SCx22, SC2togx2 chain and turn (26)

Row 18: SC2togx2, SCx18, SC2togx2 chain and turn (22)

Row 19: SC2togx2, SCx14, SC2togx2 chain and turn (18)

Row 20: SCx18, chain and turn

Keep repeating row 20 until you have enough rows for this cap to meet the first pink round on the body. Mine was 6 rows. Sew on.

Head Cap

Pink

Chainx15

Row 1: From the 2nd chain from the hook, SCx14 chain and turn (14)

Row 2: SC2togx2, SCx6, SC2togx2 chain and turn (10)

Row 3: SC2tog, SCx6, SC2tog, chain and turn (8)

Row 2: SC2tog, SCx4, SC2tog, chain and turn (6)

Row 3: SC2tog, SCx2, SC2tog, chain and turn (4)

Row 4: SC2togx2, chain and turn (2)

Row 5: SC2tog

Sew into the face attached to the other cap to complete the front. Felt on the facial features.

Ears

Pink

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: SCx6 (6)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x3 (9)

Round 4 - 5: SCx9 (9, 2 rounds)

Round 6: [2SC, SCx2]x3 (12)

Round 7 - 8:SCx18 (12, 2 rounds)

Round 9: [2SC, SCx3]x3 (15)

Round 10 - 12: SCx15 (15, 3 rounds)

Stuff the ears and sew them onto the head.

Peach

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: SCx6 (6)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x3 (9)

Round 4 - 5: SC, HDC, DC, HDC, SC, HDC, DC, HDC, SC (9, 2 rounds)

Sew the peach tips onto the ears.

Front Legs

Pink

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: 2SCx6 (12)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18)

Round 4 - 5: SCx18 (18, 2 rounds) change to peach

Round 6 - 8: SCx18 (18, 3 rounds)

Round 9: [SC2tog, SC]x6 (12)

Round 10: SCx12 (12)

Stuff and sew onto the body just above the top pink stripe.

Back Legs

Peach - the foot is worked bottom upwards.

Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6)

Round 2: 2SCx6 (12)

Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18)

Round 4: [2SC, SCx2]x6 (24)

Round 5 - 8: SCx24 (24, 3 rounds)

Round 9: [SC2tog, SCx2]x6 (18)

Round 10: [SC2tog, SC]x6 (12)

Leave a long tail. Stuff lightly and flatten, then sew onto the body just after the second pink stripe from the face.

Cut the loop stitches for the tail and brush out.