Stacking toy FREE pattern!

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Hi!

Thought i would share a pattern with all of you, for free!

The pattern is available as an ad free, printable pdf with photo tutorials. and can be found here

It is the Stella stacking toy, experiment with colors, or make a different animal head and make it your own!

This pattern is for personal use only, if you like it please share the direkt link to it and do not copy or reproduce the pattern.

And dont miss checking out my other patterns! 

you would like a frog stacking toy instead, you can find my free frog stacking toy pattern here! And with a helpful video!

Materials needed:

Yarn: worsted weight in 6 colors Base: approx. 100m Rings: approx. 50m per ring Head: approx. 50m

Hook: 3,5 mm

Safety eyes

Wadding

Stitch marker or safety pin

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Crochet terms used:

Sc = single crochet
Hdc = half double crochet
Dc = double crochet
Sc2tog = make 2 single crochet into one
Sl st = slip stitch
St = stitch
Sts = stitches

Crochet info:

This project is worked in the round, if you don’t have any markers use a safety pin to mark beginning of each round.

This toy is preferably made in a cotton yarn, using a smaller hook than requested on the yarn, to make sure there aren’t any big holes for the baby to pull the wadding trough.

When a series of stitches is repeated it is placed within * – * behind is the number of times it will be repeated. The sts are separated with a comma, so: 1 sc,2 sc, means that you make 1 sc in the first st and 2 sc in the next st.

Head:

R 1: Start with a magic ring, make 6 sc in the ring, pull ring tight

R 2: make 2 sc in each st = 12sc, place marker in last st and move up each round

R 3: *1sc in next st, 2sc in next*, repeat 6 times=18sc

R 4-7: 1 sc in each st R 8: sc in back loop only, *2 sc in next st, 1sc in next st* 9 times = 27sc

R 9: 1 sc in each st

R 10: *1sc in next two sts, 2sc in next st*, 9 times = 36 sc

R 11-14: 1sc in each st

R 15: 1 sc in next 15 st, sc2tog 3 times, 1 sc in each of the remaining 15 sts

R 16: 1 sc in next 16 sts, sc2tog, 1 sc in each remaining sts

R 17: now we decrease. *1 sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog* 6 times, 1 sc in each of the two remaining sts

R 18 *1 sc in the next two sts, * sc2tog 6 times, 1 sc in each of the last two stitches press the bottom of the head in, creating a hole in the bottom of the head. Sew on the eyes, Fill the head.

(To be clear, the pictures below are just to show you how to push it in, your head is further along in the process.)

R 19: *sc2tog, 1sc*, 6 times, finish with sc2tog

If needed stuff the head a bit more, sew trough every loop and pull the ring close, weave in ends and cut away loose treads

Optional:
Collar:
in the front loops at the end of the head, find the middle and fasten the yarn,
R 1: Chain 4, sc in third st, ch 4, skip two st, sc in next st, repeat, in the end there will only be a skip of 1 st

R 2: 5 dc in chain, 1 sc in sc from prev round, repeat, sl st into last st. Fasten and weave in ends.

Ears:

Make 2 white and 2 in pink Chain 6 In third chain from hook, make a dc, in the following st make a hdc and in the last st make 3 sc, on the other side of the chain make 1 hdc and two dc

Place the white and the pink ear with wrong sides tog, make 1 sc in each st around. Sew the ears on to the head

Tip: Want to customize your toy, make round ears and skip the horn and you have a mouse!

Horn: Make a magic ring, make 7 sc and pull ring tightly, make 1 sc in each st all way round in a spiral, until you like the size of the horn, pull yarn trough and fasten off
Sew securely on to the head

Cone:

R 1: Start with a magic ring. Make 5 sc

R 2: make 1 sc, place marker in stitch, this will be the beginning of each round, move the marker in the first stitch on each round as you go. Make one more sc in same st, 2 sc in each remaining st. = 10sc

R 3: *1sc, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 15sc

R 4-6: 1 sc in each st

R 7: *1 sc in 2 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 20sc

R 8-10: 1 sc in each st R 11: *1 sc in 3 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 25sc

R 12-17: 1 sc in each st

R 18: *1 sc in 4 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 30sc

R 19-24: 1 sc in each st

R 25: *1 sc in next 5 sts, 2sc in next st*, five times = 35sc

R 26-32: 1 sc in each st

R 33: *1 sc in 6 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 40sc

R 34-35: 1 sc in each st

Bottom: Same color as cone

R 1: make a magic ring, 5 sc

R 2: make 1 sc, place marker in stitch, this will be the beginning of each round, move the marker in the first stitch on each round as you go. Make one more sc in same st, 2 sc in each remaining st.

R 3: *1 sc, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 15

R 4: *1 sc in 2 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 20sc

R 5: *1 sc in 3 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 25sc

R 6: *1 sc in 4 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 30sc

R 7: *1 sc in 5 sts, 2sc in next st*, five times = 35sc

R 8: *1 sc in 6 sts, 2 sc in next st*, five times = 40sc

Fill the cone with wadding, match the bottom to the cone and sl st them together fasten of and weave in ends

Base ring:

Ch 40, sl st together

R 1: 1 sc in each st

R 2: *1 sc, 2 sc in next st*, 20 times = 60sc

R 3-16: 1 sc in each st

R 17: *1 sc, sc2tog*, 20 times = 40 sts

R 18: 1 sc in each st

Fold the beginning and the end of the ring towards each other, place over bottom of the cone with the bottom of the cone upwards. match the bottom of the cone with the openings of the ring, sew all around and fill the ring as you go. When you have sewn all around fold the ring over, the seam will be in the middle of the ring.
If you want to make the cone look like a unicorn horn, you can pull the yarn trough to the right side of the base and twist it round the cone, to make it safe for the baby to play with, pull the yarn trough a few sts along the way, and fasten the yarn securely at the top.

Rings:
All the rings are made the same, the only thing that is different is the number of chains you start with.

Ring 1:

Ch 46, sl st tog to make a circle

R 1: 1 sc in each st= 46 sc

R 2: * 1 sc, 2 sc in next st* 23 times

R 3-11: 1 sc in each st

R 12: *1 sc, sc2tog* 23 times

R 13: 1 sc in each st

Fold the ends together, sl st trough both sides and fill the ring as you go, fasten of and weave in the ends

Ring 2:

Ch 40, sl st tog to make a circle

R 1: 1 sc in each st= 40 sc

R 2: * 1 sc, 2 sc in next st* 20 times

R 3-11: 1 sc in each st R 12: *1 sc, sc2tog* 20 times

R 13: 1 sc in each st

Fold the ends together, sl st trough both sides and fill the ring as you go, fasten of and weave in the ends

Ring 3:

Ch 36, sl st tog to make a circle

R 1: 1 sc in each st= 36 sc

R 2: * 1 sc, 2 sc in next st* 18 times

R 3-11: 1 sc in each st

R 12: *1 sc, sc2tog* 18 times

R 13: 1 sc in each st

Fold the ends together, sl st trough both sides and fill the ring as you go, fasten of and weave in the ends

Ring 4:

Ch 30, sl st tog to make a circle

R 1: 1 sc in each st= 30 sc

R 2: * 1 sc, 2 sc in next st* 15 times

R 3-11: 1 sc in each st R 12: *1 sc, sc2tog* 15 times

R 13: 1 sc in each st

Fold the ends together, sl st trough both sides and fill the ring as you go, fasten of and weave in the ends.