Little baby mice with big pink-lined ears, shiny bead eyes and pink noses: the girl in a white top with an embroidered flower and a full skirt, the boy in dungarees with buttons. Knit them in grey or brown with skirts and dungarees in bright or striped colours – a cuddly gift for children and for the Year of the Rat.

A knitting pattern by Svetlana Zabelina with step-by-step instructions, tips and process photos.

This listing is for an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF PATTERN, not a finished project.

LANGUAGE:

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The pattern is in English.

SKILL LEVEL:

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Intermediate

FINISHED SIZE:

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About 15 cm (6 inches) tall (12 cm / 5 inches sitting).

SKILLS REQUIRED:

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Basic knitting stitches

Knitting flat on two needles or in rounds on double-pointed needles (both versions are in the pattern)

Basic sewing of knitted pieces

Simple embroidery

MATERIALS AND TOOLS:

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•    Any DK yarn (the toys shown are Nako Bambino, 130 m / 50 g; Kartopu Flora, Kartopu Gonca or YarnArt Baby work too): green 6 g, pink 6 g, yellow 6 g, grey-brown 30 g and leftovers of white.

•    4 black beads, 8 mm.

•    Buttons: 5 yellow (8 mm), 8 pink (11–12 mm) and a flower button (12–14 mm).

•    Polyester stuffing.

•    Knitting needles or dpns 2 mm and 2.5 mm.

ABOUT THIS PATTERN:

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All abbreviations are explained in the pattern.

28 pages of step-by-step instructions with tips and photos illustrating the process.