Crochet toys.Mouse-free crochet pattern

crochet toys mouse

FINISHED MEASUREMENT of crochet toy mouse
2 inches tall, excluding Ears
MATERIALS
• Aunt Lydia’s Classic Crochet size 10 crochet cotton (white: 400 yds per ball; solids: 350 yds per ball):75 yds #435 silver
30 yds #1 white20 yds #422 golden yellow
• Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• 10mm glue-on wiggle eyes: 2
• 23mm plastic foam balls: 2
• 4-inch gray chenille stem
• 6mm red jingle bell
• Craft glue
• Stitch marker

GAUGE
9 sc = 1 inch

PATTERN NOTES
Mouse is not intended as a toy and is not recommended for children 3 and under.Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Use stitch marker to mark rounds unless otherwise stated.Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

MOUSE
BODY
Rnd 1 (RS): With silver, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, place marker (see Pattern Notes). (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (12 sc) Rnd 3: [Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (18 sc)
Rnd 4: [Sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (24 sc) Rnd 5: Sc in each sc around. Rnds 6–8: Rep rnd 5. At end of
rnd 8, insert plastic foam ball.Rnd 9: [Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in next 2 sc] 6 times. (18 sc)
Rnd 10: [Sc in next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc] 6 times. (12 sc) Rnd 11: [Sc dec in next 2 sc] 6 times, join (see Pattern Notes) in
next sc, leaving a 15-inch length, fasten off. (6 sc)

HEAD
Rnds 1–10: Rep rnds 1–10 of Body. Rnd 11: [Sc dec in next 2 sc] 6 times, join in next sc. Fasten off. (6 sc)
Using 15-inch length, sew rnd 11 of Body to rnd 11 of Head.Glue eyes to center front of Head between rnds 4–6, leaving
2 sc free between eyes.

EAR
Make 2.
Back
Rnd 1 (RS): With silver, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, place marker. (6 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (12 sc) Rnd 3: [Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (18 sc)Rnd 4: [Sc in each of next 2 sc,
2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (24 sc) Rnd 5: [Sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (30 sc) Rnd 6: Sl st in each of next 5
sts, sc in each of next 25 sts, join in next st. Fasten off.

Front
Rnd 1 (RS): With white, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, place marker.Rnds 2–4: Rep rnds 2–4 of Ear Back. At the end of rnd 4,
change color (see Stitch Guide) to silver. Fasten off white. (24 sc) Rnd 5: [Sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc] 6 times. (30 sc)

Rnd 6: Sl st in each of next 5 sts, sc in each of next 25 sts. Rnd 7: Holding WS of Front and Back tog, with Front fac-
ing, matching sts and working through both thicknesses, sl st in each st around, leaving a 6-inch length, fasten off.
Using 6-inch length, sew Ears to each side of Head with the area of the 5 sl sts of rnd 6 of each Ear between rnds 3–7 of Head

FEET
Make 4.
Rnd 1 (RS): With silver, ch 6, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, dc in next ch, 8 dc in last ch, working
on opposite side of foundation ch, sk first ch, dc in next ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, join in beg sc. (19 sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each of first 5 sts (heel), sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in each of next 8 dc (toes), sc in each of next 3 sts,
join in beg sc. Joining Rnd 3: Holding 2 sections tog, with WS facing and working through both thicknesses, sl st in each st around. Fasten off.

Design by Agnes Russell

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