Crochet pattern wood stump Stumpy

Materials:           Crochet hook thickness 3mm

                            Cotton yarn (LL 50g/115m) in light brown, as well as in beige and a rest of dark

                             brown and green (alternatively other yarn with suitable crochet hook)

                              stitch marker or a different colored thread

                              rice and cotton wool

                              safety eyes 8mm

                              Embroidery thread for embroidering in different shades of green for the grass

Notes:

Unless explicitly stated, all pieces are crocheted in spiral rounds, even if the crochet script says of e.g. "3 rounds of sc".

The numbers before each step indicate the number of rows/rounds.

The number in parentheses at the end of each step indicates the number of stitches at the end of the step.

Body:

                     Start with beige:

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                                       (6)

R2                each sc inc                                          (12)

R3                each 2. sc inc                                      (18)

R4                each 3. sc inc                                      (24)

R5                each 4. sc inc                                      (30)

R6                each 5. sc inc                                      (36)

R7                each 6. sc inc                                      (42)

R8                each 7. Me inc                                   (48)

R9                each 8. sc inc                                      (54)

                     Color change to brown

R10              1 round sc only in the back loop   (54)

R11-R26     16 rounds sc                                       (54)

R27              Color change to beige

                     1 round sc only in the back loop   (54)

R28              each 8. + 9. dec                                 (48)

R29              each 7. + 8. dec                                 (42)

R30              each 6. + 7. dec                                 (36)

R31              each 5. + 6 dec                                  (30)

R32              each 4. + 5. dec                                 (24)

Set the eyes 6 rounds below the color transition from brown to beige with a distance of 8 stitches from each other. Fill the body about a third with rice, so that it gets a good stand, then continue stuffing with filling cotton.

R33              each 3. + 4. dec                                 (18)

R34              each 2. + 3. dec                                 (12)

R35              each 1. + 2. dec                                 (6)

Sl st into the next stitch, cut the thread and use it to sew up the small hole created.

Arms (2x crochet):

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                                       (6)

R2                each sc inc                                          (12)

R3-R6          4 rounds sc                                         (12)

                     Sl st into the next stitch, cut thread long and finish.

Branch (in dark brown):

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                                       (6)

R2-R6          5 rounds sc                                         (6)

                     Sl st into the next stitch, cut the thread and finish.

Leaves (4x crochet in green):

Crochet 7 ch, working from the needle starting with the second stitch as follows:

sc, hdc, dc, tc, dc, 3 hdc in the last stitch and continue working on the other side of the chain: dc, tc, dc, hdc, sc. End with sl st and cut the thread.

For the other two leaves, crochet a ch after the sl st, place two leaves on top of each other and crochet all around with single crochet, always poking through the two stitches on top of each other - this is how the leaves are joined together. After you are all around, end with a sl st and cut the thread.

Finish:

Start by sewing the leaves to the branch. The height at which you sew them on is up to you - I like it when one sits a little lower and the other higher up.

Next, sew the arms to the body. Make sure that the arms are viewed from above, set a little forward and positioned slightly below the eyes.

Basically, you are now ready, but with a few decorations Stumpy looks much nicer. To do this, first embroider a few growth rings on the top of the stump with dark brown embroidery thread. With black embroidery thread the mouth is embroidered over two stitches. Finally, some grass is indicated at the bottom edge. Here you can let your imagination run wild and also add eg. small flowers. I have embroidered only with a few stitches and a total of three different shades of green the grass and a few longer stalks.

Ready is your little sweet Stumpy! Have fun crocheting!