Stacking toy turotial - Little Chubby Boy edition

I recently had a nephew and like every crocheter Auntie out there, I immediately went crazy crocheting stuff for him. Since we live in a tropical country, clothes and other stuff like beanie or socks aren't really appropriate. It's just too hot and humid. So I opted to make him toys instead!

I made him several Cuddle dolls and cube sensory pillow that I will be posting a pattern off soon as well.

In this post though I made him this Stacking toy in an image that reminds me of him. He's such a chubby little thing and so this stacking toy is inspired by him. I hope you like making this as much as I love creating the pattern

This is beginner friendly, You will just be making 3 rings in different sizes. When you learn one you will know the rest.

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Materials:

Yarn: Fine weight yarn (you ay use any yarn but I usually use this local yarn we have that is fine weight and made of acrylic, to my fellow filipinos this is called Indophil yarn.

Color: Red, skin color a little bit of white for the eyes, little brown for hair

Hook: 2.75mm hook

Safety Eyes: 10-12mm hook

darning needle

stuffing

Finished Size: Approximately 8.5 inches tall (varies depending on yarn weight and hook size)

Terms and Abbreviations

Chain stitch (ch):

• Abbreviation: ch
• Instructions: Yarn over, pull through the loop on the hook.

Slip stitch (sl st):

• Abbreviation: sl st
• Instructions: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, and pull through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.

Single crochet (sc):

• Abbreviation: sc
• Instructions: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over, and pull through both loops on the hook.

Half double crochet (hdc):

• Abbreviation: hdc
• Instructions: Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over, and pull through all three loops on the hook.

Double crochet (dc):

• Abbreviation: dc
• Instructions: Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over, pull through the first two loops on the hook, yarn over, and pull through the remaining two loops.

Treble crochet (tr):

• Abbreviation: tr
• Instructions: Yarn over twice, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over, pull through the first two loops on the hook, yarn over, pull through the next two loops, yarn over, and pull through the last two loops on the hook.

Inc - Increase ( 2 crochet in 1) if single crochet, make 2 single crochet in one stitch

dec- decrease ( picking up 2 stitches in one), if single crochet, insert hook, yo pull thru, insert on next, yo pull through, yo pull through all 3 loops.

* for intermediate crocheter, you might like to try invisible crochet instead. You do this by inserting hook on front loop of the next 2 sc, yo pull through, yo, pull through 2 loops

Front Loop Only (flo):

Abbreviation: flo

Description: When working in the front loop only, you insert your hook into the front loop of the stitch, leaving the back loop untouched. This creates a ridge or texture on the front side of the fabric, as the back loop remains unworked.

Back Loop Only (blo):

Abbreviation: blo

Description: When working in the back loop only, you insert your hook into the back loop of the stitch, leaving the front loop untouched. This creates a ridge or texture on the back side of the fabric, as the front loop remains unworked.

Let's start!

Base

R1: 6sc in magic circle

R2: inc in each (12)

R3: 12sc

R4: 1sc, inc (18)

R5-6: 18 sc

R7: 1sc,inc,1sc (24)

R8 - 10: 24sc

R11: 3sc, inc (30)

R12 - 15: 30sc

R16: 2sc,inc, 2sc (36)

R17 - 21: sc 36

R22: 5sc, inc (42)

R23 - 28: sc 42

R29: 3sc, inc, 3sc (48)

R30 - 36: sc 48

R37: 7sc, inc (54)

R38 - 45: sc 54

R46: 4sc,inc,4sc (60)

R47: Flo sc 9, inc (66)

R48: sc 66

R49: 5sc, inc, 5sc (72)

R50: sc 72 Stuff and fasten off

Base cover

R1: 6sc in magic circle

R2: sc inc (12)

R3: 1sc, inc

R4: 2sc, inc

R5: 3sc, inc

R6: 4sc, inc

R7: 5sc, inc

R8: 6sc,inc

R9: 7sc, inc

Fasten off and attach to the

bottom to cover hole after stuffing

Large ring/tube

R1: chain 60, sl st to close (60)

R2: (9sc, inc)x6 (66)

R3: (5sc, inc, 5sc)x6 (72)

R4: (11 sc, inc)x6 (78)

R5: (6sc, inc,6sc)x6 (84)

R6: (13sc, inc)x6 (90)

R7: (7sc, inc,7sc)x6 (96)

R8: (15sc, inc)x6 (102)

R9-15: sc 102

R16: (15sc, dec)x6 (96)

R17: (7sc,dec,7sc)x6 (90)

R18: (13sc,dec)x6 (84)

R19: (6sc,dec,6sc)x6 (78)

R20: (11sc,dec)x6 (72)

R21: (5sc,dec,5sc)x6 (66)

R22 (9sc,dec)x6 (60) sew back to round 1 to close the ring, stuffing as you go

Polka dot pattern

with white yarn, make cross stitch pattern on the tube with a distance of 5 sc make the next layer of x stitch alternating with the first layer. *as shown on the next page

Medium ring/tube

Make 2 medium tube

R1: chain 48, sl st to close

R2: (7sc,inc)x6 (54)

R3: (4sc,in,4sc)x6 (60)

R4: (9sc,inc)x6 (66)

R5: (5sc,inc,5sc) x6 (72)

R6: (11sc,inc)x6 (78)

R7: (6sc,inc,6sc)x6 (84)

R8: (13sc,inc)x6 (90)

R9-15: sc 90

R16: (13sc,dec)x6 (84)

R17: (6sc,dec,6sc)x6 (78)

R18: (11sc,dec)x6 (72)

R19: (5sc,dec,5sc)x6 (66)

R20: (9sc,dec)x6 (60)

R21: (4sc,dec,4sc)x6 (54)

R22: (7sc,dec)x6 (48) sew back to round 1 to close the ring, stuffing as you go

*using one tube, sew a cross stitch in the middle to create belly button

only do this on one medium tube

Small ring/tube

R1: chain 36, sl st to close

R2: (5sc, inc)x6 (42)

R3: (3sc,inc,3sc)x6 (48)

R4: (7sc,inc)x6 (54)

R5: (4sc,inc,4sc)x6 (60)

R6: (9sc,inc)x6 (66)

R7: (5sc,inc,5sc)x6 (72)

R8: (11sc,inc)x6 (78)

R9-15: sc 78

R16: (11 sc,dec)x6 (72)

R17: (5sc, dec,5sc)x6 (66)

R18: (9sc,dec)x6 (60)

R19: (4sc,dec,4sc)x6 (54)

R20:(7sc,dec)x6 (48)

R21: (3sc,dec,3sc)x6 (42)

R22: (5sc,dec)x6 (36) sew back to round 1 to close the ring, stuffing as you go

Arms

R1: 6sc in magic circle

R2: Inc in each (12)

R3: 1sc, inc (18)

R4-7: sc 18

R8: 2 dec, sc14 (16)

R9: 2 dec, sc12 (14)

R10-30: sc 14 sew on sides of the small ring

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Legs

R1: chain 7, starting from 2nd chain from hook, 1 hdc inc, hdc 4, 6hdc on the next. Rotate, hdc 4, 1 hdc inc on last (18)

R2: (hdc inc)x2, hdc 4, hdc inc on the next 6 hdc, hdc4, hdc inc on the last 2 (28)

R3: ( 1 hdc, inc) x2, hnd 4, (1hdc, inc)x6, hdc 4, (1hdc,inc)x2 (38)

R4: BLO sc38

R5: sc38

R6: 9sc, (dec, 1sc)x3, (1hdc,dec)x3, (dec, sc) x3, sc2 (29)

R7: sc 10, 2 scdec, 3hdc dec, 2 scdec, sc5 (22)

R8: sc8, 2 scdec, 2hdcdec, 2scdec, sc2 (16)

R9-17: sc16

attach to the base, with the feet facing up as if sitting down

Head

R1: 6sc in magic circle

R2: inc in each (12)

R3: 1sc, inc (18)

R4: (1sc, inc, 1sc) (24)

R5: 3sc, inc (30)

R6: (2sc, inc, 2sc) (36)

R7: 5sc, inc (42)

R8: (3sc, inc, 3sc) (48)

R9: 7sc, inc (54)

R10: (4sc, inc, 4sc) (60)

R11: 9sc, inc (66)

R12- 22: sc 66

Attach eyes around R12

R23: 9sc, dec (60)

R24: (4sc, dec, 4sc) (54)

R25: 7sc, dec (48)

R26: 2sc, dec

R27: 1sc, dec (24)

R28: BLO sc 24

R29-36: sc24

R37: sc 2, dec

R38: sc 1, dec

R39: 5dec Fasten off close gap

push the tube inside the head

Using white yarn, insert needle on top of safety eye and insert again below the safety eye like in the photo, pull to put a little dent and make the eye sink a little

If you want eyebrows, insert hook 1 row above safety eye, make eyebrow in a slanting manner with 3 sc, as shown

Ears

Chain 2, 3 sc in the first chain. 

Chain 1, turn. 2s in each sc (6sc) 

fasten off See 6 sc from the eye

Hair

-Insert hook on top of the head pick up yarn and chain 12, sc 11 from 2nd chain of hook, sl st to top of head -repeat by inserting hook on the top of the head again. Repeat 2 more to create 3 strands