Capybara in a tub

-English crochet pattern-

Materials You'll Need:

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Brown, orange, beige, blue and black yarn. This toy was

crocheted with YarnArt Begonia yarn (169 m/50 gr).

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Some green yarn for orange leaf

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Hook 1,5 mm.

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Stuffing material.

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Needle.

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Piece of cardboard

The size of the toy is about 9 cm (~3 1/2 inches), if the specified

materials are used. The thinner yarn you use, the smaller toy you will

have as a result.

Abbreviations

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MR – magic ring

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ch st – chain stitch

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sc – single crochet

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inc – increase

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inc3 – double increase (make 3 sc in one stitch)

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invdec – invisible decrease

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sc3tog – single crochet 3 together

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hdc – half double crochet

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sl st – slip stitch

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ex st – extra stitch (extra sc for shifting the beginning of the

row)

Some tips for happy crocheting:

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Need to crochet with tight stitches to be sure that there

won’t be any holes. If there are some tiny holes, use a

smaller size hook.

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Most of all details are crocheted in a spiral without slip

stitch and lifting loops to avoid seams. Use a marker to

avoid losing the begin of the row. It can be a colored pin or

thread of contrasting color.

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All details must be finished with slip stitch to avoid uneven

edges.

2row: (incх2, 5sc, incх2)х2

(26)

3row: (1sc, incх2, 7sc, incх2, 1sc)х2

(34)

4row: 34sc

(34)

5row: 2sc, inc, 28sc, inc, 2sc (36)

6-8rows: 36sc (36)

9row: 2sc, incх2, 28sc, incх2, 2sc (40)

10row: 40sc

(40)

11row: 16sc, invdecх4, 16sc (36)

12row: 1sc, inc, 14sc, invdecх2, 14sc, inc, 1sc

(36)

13row: 3sc, inc, 12sc, invdecх2, 12sc, inc, 3sc

(36)

1ex st

14row: 4ch st, inc in the second stitch from the hook in the back loop, in

the back loops of the chain: 2sc, keep crocheting on the body: 2sc, inc,

30sc, inc, 2sc, on the other side of the chain: 2sc, inc (46)

Back

loops

Head:

Brown color, hook 1,5 mm.

1row: 8 ch st, inc in the second stitch from the hook in the back loop

(photo 1, 2), in the back loops of the chain: 5sc, 4sc in the last loop of

the chain, keep crocheting on the other side of the chain (photo 3): 5sc,

inc (photo 4)

(18)

Move the marker thread in the next stitch from the hook.

15row: inc, 3sc, invdec, 34sc, invdec, 3sc, inc

(46)

16row: incх2, 2sc, invdecх2, 30sc, invdecх2, 2sc, incх2

(46)

17row: (1sc, inc)х2, 2sc, invdec, 30sc, invdec, 2sc, (inc, 1sc)х2

(48)

18row: 2sc, inc, 42sc, inc, 2sc

1sl st

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Muzzle

Black color, hook 1,5 mm.

1row: 6ch st, inc in the second stitch from the hook in the back loop, in

the back loops of the chain: 3sc, in the last loop of the chain: incх2, on

the other side of the chain: (3sc, inc)

(14)

2row: (1sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 1sc)х2

(18)

3row: 1sl st, inc, 5hdc, inc, 2sc, inc, 5hdc, inc, 1sl st

(22)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Water:

Blue yarn, hook 1,5 mm.

1row: 6sc in MR

(6)

2row: incх6

(12)

3row: (1sc, inc)х6

(18)

4row: (1sc, inc, 1sc)х6

(24)

5row: (3sc, inc)х6

(30)

6row: (2sc, inc, 2sc)х6

(36)

7row: (5sc, inc)х6

(42)

8row: (3sc, inc, 3sc)х6

(48)

9row: (7sc, inc)х6

(54)

10row: (4sc, inc, 4sc)х6

(60)

Ears

Attach the thread between 4th and 5th rows as shown in the photo.

Then in one stitch make:

1ch st, 1hdc, 1ch st, 1sl st

Fasten off and cut the yarn, hide the end of the yarn.

The second ear make in the same way.

11row: (9sc, inc)х6 (66)

12row: (5sc, inc, 5sc)х6

(72)

13row: (11sc, inc)х6

(78)

14row: (6sc, inc, 6sc)х6

(84)

15row: (13sc, inc)х6

(90)

16row: (7sc, inc, 7sc)х6

(96)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Wooden tub

Beige yarn, hook 1,5 mm.

1row: 15ch st, 1sc in the second stitch from the hook, 13sc (4)

2-90rows: (in back loops only)

1ch st, turn, 14sc

(14)

91row: (work on the long side of the detail)

1ch st, (4sc, invdec, 4sc)х9, 1sl st in the beginning of the row

Keep crocheting in round to create the bottom part of the tub

92row: (in back loops only)

(7sc, invdec)х9

(72)

93row: (3sc, invdec, 3sc)х9

(63)

94row: (5sc, invdec)х9

(54)

95row: (7sc, invdec)х6

(48)

96row: (3sc, invdec, 3sc)х6

(42)

97row: (5sc, invdec)х6

(36)

98row: (2sc, invdec, 2sc)х6

(30)

99row: (4sc, invdec, 4sc)х3

(27)

100row: (7sc, invdec)х3

(24)

101row: (1sc, invdec, 1sc)х6 (18)

102row: invdecх9 (9)

Pull the hole closed. Fasten off and cut the yarn, hide end of the

yarn. Sew the open sides of the tub.

Cut a circle out of the cardboard. Diameter of the circle should be a

bit smaller than bottom part. Glue it to the wrong side of the detail.

2-103rows: 1sc in the bottom part of the sc of the previous row: insert

hook into the bottom part of the previous sc (photo 1), yarn over and pull

up a loop (two loops on the hook) (photo 2). Yarn over and pull through

two loops to finish off the single crochet (photo 3).

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Tub hoops

Brown yarn, hook 1,5 mm.

Upper hoop

1row: 2ch st, 1sc in the second stitch from the hook

Bottom hoop.

1row: 2ch st, 1sc in the second stitch from the hook.

2-92rows: 1sc in the bottom part of the sc of the previous row.

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Orange

Orange color, hook 1,5 mm.

1row: 6sc in MR

(6)

2row: incх6

(12)

3-6rows: 12sc (12)

Stuff the orange with stuffing material.

7row: invdecх6

(6)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long end for sewing.

Embroider leaf on the orange with green yarn.

Orange halves

Orange yarn, hook 1,5 mm.

Bigger half (2 pcs).

1row: 6sc in MR

(6)

2row: incх6

(12)

3row: 12sc

(12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long

end for sewing. Embroider leaf on one of the

orange halves with green yarn.

Smaller half (1 pc).

1row: 6sc in MR

(6)

2row: (1sc, inc)х3

(9)

3row: 9sc(9)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leave a long

end for sewing.

Assembly

With black yarn make eyes a French knot stitch between 5th and

6th rows. The distance from the ear is 3 sc. With brown yarn make

eyelids above eyes. Stuff the capybara with stuffing material. Sew the

muzzle to the head.

Cut a circle out of the cardboard. Diameter of the circle should be a

bit smaller than detail. Glue it to the wrong side of the detail.

Sew the capybara to the water detail as shown in the photo. Add

stuffing material if needed.

Sew the orange to the head. Stuff orange halves with stuffing

material and sew them near the capybara as shown in the photo.

Stuff the tub with stuffing material and sew the water detail to the

tub. Edge of the water is below the edge of the tub.

Sew hoops to the tub.

Congratulations! Your capybara is ready!