A Lion cub and Mrs.Turtle Free Crochet Pattern

They are my first crocheted toys: the Lion cub and Mrs. Turtle. Their prototypes are characters of a russian cartoon.

The Turtle was the first toy I made. But it’s not my creation, i took the pattern here ( available only in Russian, sorry. )

This cute photo is taken from the original pattern

By the way the pattern is the great work. It include a lot of photos. It's difficult to understand, of course,  however who will be very interested in, please contact me - I will try to help you translate in English.

But the lion is my creation. And I'm glad to share this pattern.

The toy is made of cotton yarn, but acrylic is good too. I used a curly blend yarn for the Lion hair.

A Lion Crochet Pattern

Body

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. sc around (24)
6. [inc, 3 sc] around (30)

7-8 (2 round altogether): sc around (30)

9. [inc, 4 sc] around (36)

10-11 : sc around (36)

12: [inc, 5 sc] around (42)

13-16 (4 round altogether): sc around (42)

17: [dec, sc] around (36)

18. sc around (36)

19. [dec, 4 sc] around (30)

20-22 (3 round altogether): sc around (30)

23. [dec, 3 sc] around (24)

24-26 (3 round altogether): sc around (24)

27. [dec, 2 sc] around (18)

28-29 (2 round altogether): sc around (18)

stuff the body

30. [dec, sc] around (12)

Head

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. [inc, 3 sc] around (30)
6. sc around (30)
7. [inc, 4 sc] around (36)
8. [inc, 5 sc] around (42)
9. [inc, 6 sc] around (48)

10-13 (4 round altogether): sc around (48)

14. [dec, 6 sc] around (42)

15. sc around (42)

16. [dec, 5 sc] around (36)

17. sc around (36)

18. [dec, 4 sc] around (30)

19. [dec, 3 sc] around (24)

stuff the head

20. [dec, 2 sc] around (18)

21. [dec, sc] around (12)

White snout

base 5 ch st.

1. begin in the 2nd st. from the hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in the last st., 2 sc, inc (10)

2. inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)

3. [inc,sc], 2 sc, [inc, sc]*3, 2 sc, [inc, sc]*2 (22)

4 - 5 : sc around (22)

6. dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc (18)

leave a long tail for sewing

Arm and Leg, 4 pieces

for arms begin with white yarn

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. (in back loop only) sc around (24)
6. [dec, 2 sc] around (18)
7. sc around (18)
8. [dec, sc] around (12)

9-10: sc around (12)

stuff

11. 4 sc, dec, 6 sc (11)

12 - 15 (4 round altogether): sc around (11)

16. dec, 9 sc (10)

17 - 18: sc around (10)

19. dec, 8 sc (9)

20-21: sc around (9)

22: 5 dec

Hair: Make a round detail for the hair, sew it onto the head. Make the hair more puffy with yarn and needle (but first sew ears). Use this detail as base.

Ears, 2 pieces

2 ch st.

1. in the 2nd from the hook: 2 sc, ch, turn
2. 2 inc, ch, turn
3. inc, 2 sc, inc, ch, turn
4. inc, 4 sc, inc, ch, turn
5. 8 sc, ch, turn
6. dec, 4 sc, dec

crochet sc along the edges of the ear, in corners make 3 sc

make color row along the top sides of the ear

Tail

1. 5 sc in magic ring

continue [sc around] to the desired length

After 3-4 rounds add some curly yarn (alike hair) into magic ring stitches using a needle.