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Skill Level: Intermediate Abbreviations

Yarn: RED HEART Super Saver ch chain
Petal Pink (Tail and Mane) sc single crochet
Knit Picks dec single crochet 2 stitches
Blush (Tail and Mane) in front loops together
Rouge (Body) inc single crochet 2 stitches
Crochet Hook: US 7 (4.5mm) in same sc
Additional Materials Yarn Needle, sl st slip stitch
Black, White, Light Green, Pink and st(s) stitch(es)
Yellow Felt, Polyfil, Thread and tog together
needle

Finished Size 12inches

Gauge: Not essential for Project

Notes:
The actual size of your hook doesn't really matter, as long as your hook and yarn choices result
in tight even stitches. Crocheting too loosely, or using too large of a hook for the yarn
weight, will result in the stuffing showing through.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Each round is written in the following format

Sc, inc (18) --- as an example

This means when working through project the instructions will repeat unless otherwise
indicated. The numbers in ( ) at the end of each round or row, indicates the total number of
stitches that should be in that round or row. Each round is worked in a continuous spiral you
will not need to join rounds. For further tips there is a General Instructions page at the end of
the pattern

It's highly recommended that you read through the pattern completely before beginning to
familiarize yourself with the entire process

Pictures are from various ponies. This pattern does not include hair styles.

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Head Rnd 22 8sc, dec, 8sc, dec,

9sc, dec (28)
Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 23 7sc, dec, 7sc, dec, 8sc,
Rnd 2 6inc (12) dec (25)
Start stuffing
Rnd 3 Sc, inc (18)
Rnd 24 3sc, dec (20)
Rnd 4 9sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 3sc (20)
Rnd 25 2sc, dec (15)
Rnd 5 10sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc (22)
Rnd 26 Sc, dec (10)
Rnd 6 14sc, inc, 7sc (23)
Rnd 27 5dec (5)
Rnd 7 14sc, inc, 8sc (24)
Sl st 1 and fasten off, leaving long tail to
Rnd 8 (sc, inc) x4; 16sc (28) close up 5-st hole

Rnd 9 (2sc, inc) x4; 16sc (32)

Rnd 10 (3sc, inc) x4, 16sc (36)

Rnd 11 8 sc, inc (40)

Rnd 12 9sc, inc (44)

Rnd 13 10sc, inc (48)

Rnd 14 15 sc, inc, 22 sc,

inc, 9sc (50)

Rnd 15 12 sc, inc, 25sc,

inc, 11sc (52)

Rnd 16-17 Sc around (52)

Rnd 18 (6 sc, dec) x6; 4sc (46)

Rnd 19 (5sc, dec) x6; 4sc (40)

Rnd 20 4sc, (4 sc, dec) x6 (34)

Rnd 21 3sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 8sc,

dec, 9sc (31)

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Neck Body
Pick up 24 stitches Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)
around the head.
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
To start just insert
your hook into the head Rnd 3 Sc, inc (18)
and pull up like any other
round. Rnd 4 2sc, inc (24)

Rnd 5 3sc, inc (30)

Rnd 6 4sc, inc (36)

Rnd 7 5sc, inc (42)

Rnd 8-11 Sc around (42)

Work stitches around and connect the circle. Rnd 12 12sc, dec (39)

Rnd 13-16 Sc around (39)

Rnd 17 11sc, dec (36)

Rnd 18-21 Sc around (36)

Rnd 22 10sc, dec (33)

Rnd 23-26 Sc around (33)

Rnd 1-2 Sc around (24)
Rnd 27 9sc, dec (30)
Rnd 3 11sc, 2inc, 11sc (26)

Rnd 4 12sc, 2inc, 12sc (28)

Start stuffing
Rnd 5 Sc around (28)

Rnd 6 13sc, 2inc, 13sc (30)

Rnd 28-31 Sc around (30)
Rnd 7 Sc around (30)
Rnd 32 3sc, dec (24)
Rnd 8 14sc, 2inc, 14sc (32)
Rnd 33 2sc, dec (18)
Rnd 9 Sc around (32)
Rnd 34 Sc, dec (12)
Sl st and fasten off, leaving long tail for
sewing. Stuff the neck firmly and sew to the Rnd 35 6dec (6)
body. The larger part of the body is the back Sl st 1 and fasten off, leaving long tail to
end. close up 6-st hole

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Front Feet (Make 2) Back Feet (Make 2)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Do same as front feet up until rnd 21 (17)

Rnd 2 6inc (12) Rnd 22-23 Sc, dec, 2sc, (Sc, inc)x3,

Rnd 3 Sc, inc (18) 2sc, 2dec (17)

Rnd 4 2sc, inc (24) Rnd 24 3sc, inc, 12sc, inc (19)

Rnd 5 10sc, 2inc; Sc around (26) Rnd 25 4sc, inc, 13sc, inc (21)

Rnd 6 11sc, dec; Sc around (25) Rnd 26 5sc, inc, 14sc, inc (23)

Rnd 7 10sc, dec; Sc around (24) Rnd 27 6sc, inc, 15sc, inc (25)

Rnd 8 9sc, dec; Sc around (23) Now you will work in flat rows. At the end
of each row you will ch1 & turn.
Rnd 9 8sc, dec; Sc around (22)

Rnd 10 7sc, dec; Sc around (21)

Rnd 11 6sc, dec; Sc around (20)

Rnd 12-13 Sc around (20)

Rnd 14 5sc, dec; Sc around (19)

Rnd 15-16 Sc around (19)

Rnd 17 4sc, dec; Sc around (18)

Rnd 18-19 Sc around (18) Rnd 28 7sc, inc, 5sc (14)

Rnd 20 3sc, dec; Sc around (17) Ch 1 turn Sc in 1st sc from the start

Rnd 21-22 Sc around (17) Row 29 6sc, inc, 7sc (15)

Rnd 23 2sc, dec; Sc around (16) Ch 1 turn Sc in 1st sc from the start

Rnd 24-25 Sc around (16) Row 30 9sc, inc, 5sc (16)

Sl st and fasten off, leaving long tail for
Rnd 26 Sc, dec; Sc around (15) sewing.
Row 27 6sc, ch1 turn (5) Opposite Leg
Row 28 Sc across (5)
Turn your leg at the start of row 29 and
Sl st and fasten off, leaving long tail for follow the same directions. Stuff before
sewing. Stuff before sewing to body sewing to body

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Ears (Make 2)
Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 2 2sc, inc (8)

Rnd 3 3sc, inc (10)

Rnd 4 3sc, 2inc (14)

Rnd 5 5sc, 2inc (18)

Rnd 6 2sc, dec, 3sc, 2inc,

8sc, inc (20)

Rnd 7 2sc, dec, 15sc, inc (20)

Rnd 8 Dec, 2sc, dec, sc, inc,

11sc, inc (20)

Rnd 9 3sc, dec, 14sc, inc (20)

Sl st and fasten off, leaving long tail for

sewing. Sew open end tog. Attach the ears
to either side of the head

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Mane Rnd 2 2sc, inc (8)

Stripe 1~Use Petal Pink Rnd 3 Sc around (8)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Rnd 4 4sc, 2dec (6)

Rnd 2 Sc, inc (9) Rnd 5 Sc around (6)

Rnd 3-6 Sc around (9) Rnd 6 2sc, inc (8)

Rnd 7 7sc, dec (8) Rnd 7 3sc, inc (10)

Rnd 8 Sc around (8) Rnd 8 4sc, inc (12)

Rnd 9 6sc, dec (7) Rnd 9 4sc, 2inc, 4sc, dec (13)

Rnd 10 Sc around (7) Rnd 10 5sc, 2inc, 6sc (15)

Rnd 11 5sc, dec (6) Rnd 11 6sc, 2inc, 5sc, dec (16)

Rnd 12 Sc around (6) Rnd 12 7sc, 2inc, 7sc (18)

Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a
tail for sewing. tail for sewing

Stripe 2~ Use Blush

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 2 Sc, inc (9)

Rnd 3-6 Sc around (9)

Rnd 7 7sc, dec (8)

Rnd 8 Sc around (8)

Rnd 9 6sc, dec (7)

Rnd 10 Sc around (7)

Rnd 11 5sc, dec (6)

Rnd 12 Sc around (6)

Flatten and Sc through both layers

Stripe 2~ Use Petal Pink

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)

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Bangs Rnd 9 Sc around (13)

Stripe 1~ Petal Pink Rnd 10 11sc, dec (12)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Rnd 11 Sc around (12)

Rnd 2 6inc (12) Rnd 12 10sc, dec (11)

Rnd 3-4 Sc around (12) Rnd 13 Sc around (11)

Rnd 5 10sc, dec (11) Rnd 14 9sc, dec (10)

Rnd 6 Sc around (11) Rnd 15 8sc, dec (9)

Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a
Rnd 7 9sc, dec (10) tail for sewing

Rnd 8 Sc around (10) Stripe 3~ Petal Pink

Rnd 9 8sc, dec (9) Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 10 Sc around (9) Rnd 2 6inc (12)

Rnd 11 7sc, dec (8) Rnd 3 3sc, 3inc (18)

Rnd 12 Sc around (8) Rnd 4-6 Sc around (18)

Rnd 13 6sc, dec (7) Rnd 7 16sc, dec (17)

Rnd 14 Sc around (7) Rnd 8 Sc around (17)

Rnd 15 5sc, dec (6) Rnd 9 15sc, dec (16)

Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a
tail for sewing. Rnd 10 Sc around (16)

Stripe 2~ Use Blush Rnd 11 14sc, dec (15)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Rnd 12 13sc, dec (14)

Rnd 2 6inc (12) Rnd 13 12sc, dec (13)

Rnd 3 3sc, inc (15) Rnd 14 11sc, dec (12)

Rnd 4-5 Sc around (15) Rnd 15 10sc, dec (11)

Rnd 6 13sc, dec (14) Rnd 16 9sc, dec (10)

Rnd 7 Sc around (14) Rnd 17 8sc, dec (9)

Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a
Rnd 8 12sc, dec (13) long tail for sewing

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Tail Rnd 34-37 Sc around (8)

Flatten and Sc through both layers. Leave a
Stripe 1~ Petal Pink tail for sewing

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Stripe 2~ Blush

Rnd 2 2sc, 2inc, 2sc (8) Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 3 Sc around (8) Rnd 2 6inc (12)

Rnd 4 3sc, 2inc, 3sc (10) Rnd 3 Sc, inc (18)

Rnd 5 Sc around (10) Rnd 4 2sc, inc (24)

Rnd 6 4sc, 2inc, 4sc (12) Rnd 5 3sc, inc (30)

Rnd 7 Sc around (12) Rnd 6 4sc, inc (36)

Rnd 8 5sc, 2inc, 5sc (14) Rnd 7 5sc, inc (42)

Rnd 9 Sc around (14) Rnd 8 6sc, inc (48)

Rnd 10 6sc, 2inc, 6sc (16) Rnd 9-10 Sc around (48)

Now you will add another strand of Pink
Rnd 11 Sc around (16)
yarn like you would for a color change. You
Rnd 12 7sc, 2inc, 7sc (18) will be splitting the tail up into 2 rounds as
shown in the picture. I am using 2 colors to
Rnd 13-20 Sc around (18) show the contrast as an example.

Start lightly stuffing at this point

Flatten your work. (The Blue Portion)

Rnd 21 7sc, dec (16)

Rnd 22-23 Sc around (16)

Rnd 24 6sc, dec (14) Rnd 11 9sc, Sc through both layers

and then 9sc (18)
Rnd 25-26 Sc around (14)

Rnd 27 5sc, dec (12)

Rnd 28-29 Sc around (12)

Rnd 30 4sc, dec (10)

Rnd 12 4sc, dec (15)
Rnd 31-32 Sc around (10)
Rnd 13-14 Sc around (15)
Rnd 33 3sc, dec (8)
Rnd 15 3sc, dec (12)

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Rnd 16-17 Sc around (12) Rnd 21 5sc (2sc, inc)x2, 5sc, dec (19)

Rnd 18 2sc, dec (9) Rnd 22 Sc around (19)

Rnd 19 Sc around (9) Rnd 23 5sc (3sc, inc)x2, 4sc, dec (20)
Sl st and fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Rnd 24 Sc around (20)

Rnd 25 5sc (4sc, inc)x2, 3sc, dec (21)

Rnd 26 Sc around (21)

Rnd 27 9sc, inc, 9sc, dec (21)

Rnd 28 Sc around (21)

Now the 2nd part of the tail. (Pink Portion)
Rnd 29 9sc, inc, 9sc, dec (21)
Rnd 11 Sc around (30)
Keep stuffing
Rnd 12 Sc, dec, 25sc, dec (28)
Rnd 30 Sc around (21)
Rnd 13 Sc, dec, 23sc, dec (26)
Rnd 31 19sc, dec (20)
Rnd 14 Sc, dec, 21sc, dec (24)
Rnd 32-33 Sc around (20)
Rnd 15 Sc around (24)
Rnd 34 18sc, dec (19)
Left Side of Rnd 16
Rnd 35-36 Sc around (19)
Rnd 16 9sc, Connect this ring by sc to
the other side (9) Rnd 37 17sc, dec (18)

Rnd 17-20 Sc around (9) Rnd 38-39 Sc around (18)

Rnd 21 Sc, dec (6) Rnd 37 4sc, dec (15)

Sl st and fasten off.
Rnd 39 3sc, dec (12)

Rnd 41 6dec (6)

Sl st and fasten off. Sew Stripe 1 onto Stripe
2 as shown in the picture.

Right Side of Rnd 16

Rnd 16 Sc around (15)

Rnd 17 4sc, inc (18)

Rnd 18-20 Sc around (18)

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Stripe 3 Rnd 16 13sc, inc (15)

Piece 1 Rnd 17 Sc around (15)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Connect Pieces 1 +2 making Rnd 18

Rnd 2 Sc, inc (9)

Rnd 3 Sc around (9)

Rnd 4-7 3sc, inc, 3sc, dec (9)

Sl st and fasten off

Piece 2 Rnd 18 Sc around (24)

Rnd 1 6sc in magic ring (6) Rnd 19 6sc, dec (21)
Rnd 2 5sc, inc (7) Rnd 20 5sc, dec (18)
Rnd 3 6sc, inc (8) Rnd 21 4sc, dec (15)
Rnd 4 7sc, inc (9) Rnd 22 3sc, dec (12)
Rnd 5 Sc around (9) Flatten and Sc through both layers.

Rnd 6 8sc, inc (10)

Rnd 7 Sc around (10)

Rnd 8 9sc, inc (11)

Rnd 9 Sc around (11)

Rnd 10 10sc, inc (12)

Rnd 11 Sc around (12)

Rnd 12 11sc, inc (13)

Rnd 13 Sc around (13)

Rnd 14 12sc, inc (14)

Rnd 15 Sc around (14)

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Print this page out and use as a template for the eyes. I have a tutorial on my website on how to
assemble felt eyes. http://nerdyknitterdesigns.blogspot.com/

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General Instructions
Stuffing
Stuff your toys firmly so they retain their shape and don’t look droopy. Be
careful not to overstuff them, though, because the stuffing will stretch the fabric and
may show through the stitches. I always use polyester fiberfill stuffing because it’s
nonallergenic, wont bunch up, and it’s washable, which is always good when making
toys, make sure you follow the yarn care instructions on the label
How to change yarn colors
Some projects require alternating two colors in the body. To do this, work the last
stitch of a round until one step remains in the stitch; then work the last step with the
new color and continue the round in the new color.
Adding the extremities
I always use a tapestry needle and the same color of yarn as the pieces (or at least
one of the pieces) That I want to sew together. When sewing pieces to the body, make
sure they are securely attached so that little fingers can’t pull them off.
On some animals, the opening of the extremities will remain open for sewing
onto the body; the instructions will tell you when to leave them open. Position the limb
on the body and sew all around it, going through the front stitches of both the limb and
the body.
On other animals, the opening of the extremities will be sewn closed before being
attached to the body. To do this, pinch the opening closed, line up the stitches of one
side with the other side, and sew through the front loop of one side and the back loop of
the other side. Position the piece where you want it on the body and sew.
Weaving in ends
Weaving in ends is easy on little ami pieces. Because the pieces are stuffed,
simply pull the tails to the inside of the piece and leave them. The tails will be secure
inside the pieces. If there are any tails left after sewing into the body, pull it out 1-2
inches away, and snip close to the piece, being careful not to cut the crochet stitches.

If you have any questions or see a mistake in the pattern please contact me at
nerdyknitterinc@gmail.com or our group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/nerdy-knitters-
test-subjects You should get a response within 24 hours. I offer total pattern support so feel free
to ask.

This pattern is an original pattern by Ashley Andrews (October 2013). Please do not claim this
pattern as your own. If you are interested in becoming a Nerdy Knitter Seller please join our
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