Australian Homespun — May 2017

Work a further 36 rows in patt.
Cast off.

Legs (make four)
Using 4.00mm needles and
White, cast on 28 sts. Work
10 rows stocking st.
Change to Fawn. Work 16
rows stocking st. Cast off.

Finishing
Do not press. Fold the
body in half and join one

side, sewing in the tail

at the fold. (The stocking

stitch will naturally curl,

giving the striped tail a

rounded look.)

Fold each leg in half and

join the cast-on and side

edges. Stuff them with

fi bre fi ll and then join the

cast-off edges. Using

Peat and straight stitches,

embroider the claws as

pictured.

Join the underbody seam,

joining in the legs as

pictured. Stuff the body

before joining the front edge.

Referring to the graph for

the softie’s face, using

Brick yarn and knitting/

duplicate stitch, embroider

the nose. (The top of the

nose is centred halfway

down the face.) Use white

yarn to embroider over the

four stitches that form the

highlight (so they’re level

with the rest of the nose)

then using Peat, embroider

the eyes in knitting/

duplicate stitch and stem

stitch the mouth.

Fold the head in half across

the top and join the sides

and lower edges, adding

fi bre fi ll before closing the

fi nal seam. Sew on the ears

as pictured, then sew the

head to the body.

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