Materials:

Sitting lion height: 18 cm

– Acrylic thread (300m / 100g): yellow 100g, light yellow 30g, beige 20gr, a little pink and black

– “IRIS” type wire (125m / 20g): beige, yellow, black, brown and white. [thinner thread for the eyes]

– Crochet No. 1’25 and No. 1

– Upholstery needle (with a large eye, for embroidery)

– Filling

– Ribbon to make the bow

Abbrevations

– Chain (ch)

– slip stitch (sl-st)

– single crochet (sc)

– Half double crochet (hdc)

– increase (inc) -> knit two single crochet in the next stitch

– decrease (dec) -> knit two stitches together

– () * N repeat N times

The number in parentheses at the end of each line indicates how many points the round should have or row.

HEAD:

(Yellow thread, crochet nº1’25)

Round 1: 2 ch and knit 6sc in the second loop from the hook or 6sc in a magic ring (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 6 (12)

Round 3: (1sc, inc) * 6 (18)

Round 4: (2sc, inc) * 6 (24)

Round 5: (3sc, inc) * 6 (30)

Round 6: (4sc, inc) * 6 (36)

Row 7: (5sc, inc) * 6 (42)

Round 8: (6sc, inc) * 6 (48)

Round 9: (7sc, inc) * 6 (54)

Row 10: (8sc, inc) * 6 (60)

Row 11: (9sc, inc) * 6 (66)

Row 12: (10sc, inc) * 6 (72)

Row 13: (11sc, inc) * 6 (78)

Row 14: (12sc, inc) * 6 (84)

Lap 15: 84sc all around.

Row 16: (13sc, inc) * 6 (90)

Rows 17-28: 90sc all around.

Lap 29: (12sc, dec) * 6 (84)

Lap 30: 84sc all around.

Row 31: (11sc, dec) * 6 (78)

Lap 32: 18sc, (ONLY on the front of the loop: inc * 15), 12sc, (ONLY on the front

loop: inc * 15), 18sc (108)

Lap 33: 46sc, dec, 12sc, dec, 46sc (106)

Lap 34: 44sc, dec, 14sc, dec, 44sc (104)

Lap 35: 42sc, dec, 16sc, dec, 42sc (102)

Lap 36: 40sc, dec, 18sc, dec, 40sc (100)

Row 37: (dec, 4sc) * 3, 64sc, (dec, 4sc) * 3 (94)

Lap 38: 94sc all around.

Row 39: (dec, 3sc) * 3, 64sc, (dec, 3sc) * 3 (88)

Lap 40: 15sc, (dec, sc) * 7, 16sc, (dec, sc) * 7, 15sc (74)

Row 41: (dec, 2sc) * 3, 50sc, (dec, 2sc) * 3 (68)

Lap 42: 13sc, dec * 7, 14sc, dec * 7, 13sc (54)

Row 43: (dec, sc) * 3, 15sc, (inc, sc) * 2, inc, 16sc, (dec, sc) * 3 (51)

Lap 44: dec, 49sc (50)

Lap 45: (8sc, dec) * 5 (45)

Row 46: (7sc, dec) * 5 (40)

Lap 47: 18sc, dec * 4, 14sc (36)

Round 48: (4sc, dec) * 6 (30) <<Fill>>

Lap 49: (3sc, dec) * 6 (24)

Lap 50: (2sc, dec) * 6 (18)

Row 51: (sc, dec) * 6 (12)

Lap 52: Dec to the end. << Fasten off, cut and hide the thread. >>

SNOUT:

(Light yellow yarn, hook No. 1,25)

Round 1: 8ch, starting with the second loop from the hook knit: 6sc, 3sc in the last loop

chain, following the other side of the chain knit: 5sc, inc (16)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: 3sc, 3sc at next stitch, 3sc, 3sc at next stitch, 7sc, 3sc at

next point (22)

Round 3: 4sc, 3sc at next stitch, 5sc, 3sc at next stitch, 9sc, 3sc at

next point, sc (28)

Lap 4: 5sc, 3sc at next stitch, 7sc, 3sc at next stitch, 11sc, 3sc at next

next point 2sc (34)

Round 5: 6sc, 3sc at next stitch, 9sc, 3sc at next stitch, 13sc, 3sc at

next point, 3sc (40)

Rows 6 to 8: 40sc all around.

Finish with a slip stitch, bind off and cut the thread leaving enough to sew. Fill.

Sew guided by the image.

NOSE:

(Pink thread, crochet nº1’25)

Round 1: 2 ch and knit 6sc in the second loop from the hook or 6sc in a magic ring (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 6 (12)

Round 3: (3sc, inc) * 3 (15)

Round 4: (4sc, inc) * 3 (18)

Round 5: (2sc, inc) * 6 (24)

Change to yellow thread.

Rows 6-10: 24sc all around.

Lap 11: 12sc

Fill a little. Fold in half and knit 12sc joining the two sides. Top off. Cut and

leave thread to sew.

Sew the top on the head, where it meets the snout. Sew the bottom

squeezing a little. Embroider the nostrils in black.

SPECK:

(Beige IRIS yarn, crochet nº1)

Right:

Lap 1: 8cad, starting with the second loop from the

knit hook: 6sc, 3sc on the last chain, following the

other side of chain knit: 5sc, inc (16)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc, 5sc, 3sc at next stitch, sc, inc, 5sc,

inc * 2 (22)

Round 3: sc, inc, 6sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc),

3sc, inc, 5sc, (sc, inc) * 2 (28)

Round 4: 2sc, inc, 7sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc),

5sc, inc, 5sc, (2sc, inc) * 2 (34)

Round 5: 3sc, inc, 8sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 7sc, inc, 5sc, (3sc, inc) * 2 (40)

Round 6: 4sc, inc, 9sc, (at the following point: sc, hdc, sc), 9sc, inc, 5sc, (4sc, inc) * 2 (46)

Round 7: 5sc, inc, 10sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 11sc, inc, 10sc, inc, 6sc

Finish with a slip stitch. Bind off and leave thread to sew. Count 14 points back

in the row and unite black thread, knit ONLY in the back loops 12 slip stitches. Top off. Cut

and leave thread to sew.

Left:

Round 1: 8ch, starting with the second loop from the hook knit: 6sc, 3sc in the last loop

chain, following the other side of the chain knit: 5sc, inc (16)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 2, 5sc, inc, sc, 3sc in next stitch, 5sc, inc (22)

Round 3: (inc, sc) * 2, 5sc, inc, 3sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 6sc, inc, sc (28)

Round 4: (inc, 2sc) * 2, 5sc, inc, 5sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 7sc, inc, 2sc (34)

Round 5: (inc, 3sc) * 2, 5sc, inc, 7sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 8sc, inc, 3sc (40)

Round 6: (inc, 4sc) * 2, 5sc, inc, 9sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 9sc, inc, 4sc (46)

Round 7: (inc, 5sc) * 2, 5sc, inc, 11sc, (at the next point: sc, hdc, sc), 16sc

Finish with a slip stitch. Bind off and leave thread to sew. Join black thread in the next

knit and knit ONLY in the back loops 12 slip stitches. Top off. Cut and leave yarn for

sew.

YELLOW EYE PART (2 pieces):

(Yellow IRIS type thread, crochet nº1)

Right:

Round 1: 6dc, starting with the second loop from the hook knit: 4sc, 3sc on the last loop

chain, following the other side of the chain knit: 3sc, inc (12)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc, 3sc, inc * 3, 3sc, inc * 2 (18)

Round 3: inc, 6sc, inc * 3, 6sc, inc * 2 (24)

Round 4: inc, 8sc, inc * 3, 10sc, inc * 2 (30)

Round 5: inc, 10sc, inc * 3, 14sc

Finish with a slip stitch. Bind off, cut and hide the thread. Join black thread on the

next stitch and knit SOLO in the back loops 33 slip stitches and (in the next stitch:

sc, hdc, sc), finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

PUPILA (2 pieces):

(IRIS black thread, crochet # 1)

Round 1: 4cad, starting with the second loop from the hook knit: 2sc, 3sc on the last loop

chain, following the other side of the chain knit: sc, inc (8)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc, sc, inc * 3, sc, inc * 2 (14)

Round 3: inc, 4sc, inc * 3, 5sc

Finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread for sewing. Skip two points, join

brown yarn and knit: 3sc, 6hdc, 3sc, finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread

To sew. Embroider the reflection with white thread.

Sew the pupils to the yellow part of the eye. Sew everything together with the corresponding speck and

then to the head.

Press the work through the following points to shape the head:

Use brown thread at the following points to embroider and shape the muzzle:

Use black thread to embroider the mouth:

Change color:

When you weave with one color and you want to change to continue with another, you must make the

as follows: at the last point of color 1 take yarn through the loop with the color that

we are working to raise the point

and then take the thread with which we want to continue working (color 2) to make the point.

EARS (2 pieces):

(Yellow and beige yarn, hook # 1)

Row 1: with yellow yarn make 2cad, knit in the second loop from hook 3sc, join yarn

beige and knit 3sc (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Row 2: inc yellow * 3, beige inc * 3 (12)

Row 3: yellow (sc, inc) * 3, beige (sc, inc) * 3 (18)

Row 4: yellow (2sc, inc) * 3, beige (2sc, inc) * 3 (24)

Row 5: yellow (3sc, inc) * 3, beige (3sc, inc) * 3 (30)

Row 6: yellow (4sc, inc) * 3, beige (4sc, inc) * 3 (36)

Row 7: yellow (5sc, inc) * 3, beige (5sc, inc) * 3 (42)

Row 8: yellow (6sc, inc) * 3, beige (6sc, inc) * 3 (48)

Row 9: yellow (7sc, inc) * 3, beige (7sc, inc) * 3 (54)

Row 10: yellow (8sc, inc) * 3, beige (8sc, inc) * 3 (60)

Row 11: yellow (9sc, inc) * 3, beige (9sc, inc) * 3 (66)

Rows 12-18: 33sc all around in yellow and 33sc all around in beige.

Row 19: 33sc in yellow, in beige dec, 29sc, dec (64)

Row 20: 33sc in yellow, in beige dec, 27sc, dec (62)

Row 21: 33sc in yellow, in beige dec, 25sc, dec (60)

Row 22: 32sc in yellow, finish with slip stitch. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

Perform 42 stitches around the edge of the ear with black color.

Connect black yarn and knit:

Lap 1: 41sc, slip stitch, turn

Continue knitting in back and forth rows.

Round 2: skip one stitch, slip stitch, 36sc, slip stitch, turn

Row 3: skip one stitch, slip stitch, 33sc, slip stitch

Top off . Cut and hide the thread.

Sew the ears to the head.

Cut pieces of beige wool and place on top of the head.

Card the thread and trim the excess.

BODY:

(Yellow thread, crochet nº1’25)

Round 1: 2 ch and knit 6sc in the second loop from the hook or 6sc in a magic ring (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 6 (12)

Round 3: (1sc, inc) * 6 (18)

Round 4: (2sc, inc) * 6 (24)

Round 5: (3sc, inc) * 6 (30)

Round 6: (4sc, inc) * 6 (36)

Row 7: (5sc, inc) * 6 (42)

Round 8: (6sc, inc) * 6 (48)

Round 9: (7sc, inc) * 6 (54)

Lap 10: 54sc all around

Round 11: (8sc, inc) * 6 (60)

Rows 12 and 13: 60sc all around

Row 14: (18sc, dec) * 3 (57)

Lap 15: 57sc all around

Row 16: (17sc, dec) * 3 (54)

Lap 17: 54sc all around

Row 18: (16sc, dec) * 3 (51)

Lap 19: 51sc all around

Row 20: (15sc, dec) * 3 (48)

Lap 21: 48sc all around

Round 22: (14sc, dec) * 3 (45)

Lap 23: 45sc all around

Lap 24: (13sc, dec) * 3 (42)

Lap 25: 42sc all around

Row 26: (12sc, dec) * 3 (39)

Lap 27: 39sc all around

Row 28: (11sc, dec) * 3 (36)

Lap 29: 36sc all around

Row 30: (10sc, dec) * 3 (33)

Row 31: (9sc, dec) * 3 (30)

Lap 32: (3sc, dec) * 6 (24)

Row 33: ONLY on the 24sc rear loops all around

Round 34: (2sc, dec) * 6 (18) <<Fill>>

Row 35: (sc, dec) * 6 (12)

Decrease to the end. Finish with slip stitch. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

BELLY:

(Light yellow yarn, hook No. 1,25)

Row 1: 19cad, starting with the second loop from the knit hook: 17sc, 3sc on the

last chain, following the other side of the chain knit: 17sc, turn

Continue knitting in back and forth rows.

Round 2: ch, 17sc, inc * 3, 17sc, rotate

Round 3: ch, 17sc, (sc, inc) * 3, 17sc, turn

Lap 4: ch, 17sc, (2sc, inc) * 3, 17sc, turn

Round 5: ch, 17sc, (3sc, inc) * 3, 17sc, turn

Round 6: ch, 17sc, (4sc, inc) * 3, 17sc, turn

Round 7: skip one stitch, 13pe, sc, 3hdc, 2hdc at next stitch, 4hdc, 2hdc at next stitch

point, 4hdc, 2hdc at the next point, 4hdc, 2hdc at the next point, 3hdc. Finish with a

Dwarf point. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

Sew to the body.

Sew the head and body.

FRONT LEGS (2 pieces):

(Light yellow yarn, hook No. 1,25)

Round 1: 2 ch and knit 6sc in the second loop from the hook or 6sc in a magic ring (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 6 (12)

Round 3: (1sc, inc) * 6 (18)

Round 4: (2sc, inc) * 6 (24)

Round 5: (3sc, inc) * 6 (30)

Round 6: (4sc, inc) * 6 (36)

Row 7: 8sc, (2hdc at next stitch) * 3, sc, (2hdc at next stitch) * 5, sc, (2hdc at next stitch)

next point) * 5, sc, (2hdc at the next point) * 3, 9sc (52)

Rows 8-10: 8sc, 6hdc, sc, 10hdc, sc, 10hdc, sc, 6hdc, 9sc (52)

Row 11: 8sc, (2hdc together) * 3, sc, (2hdc together) * 5, sc, (2hdc together) * 5, sc, (2hdc together) * 3,

9sc (36)

Row 12: 11sc, dec, (4sc, dec) * 2, 11sc, (33)

Lap 13: 10sc, dec, (3sc, dec) * 2, 11sc, (30)

Change to yellow color.

Lap 14:30 sc all around. <<Fill>>

Row 15: (8sc, dec) * 3 (27)

Rows 16 and 17: 27sc all around

Row 18: (7sc, dec) * 3 (24)

Rows 19 and 20: 24sc all around

Round 21: (6sc, dec) * 3 (21)

Rows 22 and 23: 21sc all around

Lap 24: (5sc, dec) * 3 (18)

Rows 25 and 26: 18sc all around

Round 27: (4sc, dec) * 3 (15)

Rows 28 and 29: 15sc all around

Row 30: (3sc, dec) * 3 (12)

Lap 31: 12sc all around <<Fill>>

Round 32: (2sc, dec) * 3 (9)

Row 33: (sc, dec) * 3 (6)

Finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

With yellow thread mark the claws.

REAR LEGS (2 pieces):

(Light yellow yarn, hook No. 1,25)

Work from rows 1 to 29 in the same way as the front legs.

Row 30: (sc, dec) * 5 (10) <<Fill>>

Row 31: Dec to the end.

Finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread for sewing.

Sew the legs to the body.

TAIL:

(Beige thread, crochet nº1’25)

Round 1: 2 ch and knit 6sc in the second loop from the hook or 6sc in a magic ring (6)

Keep knitting in circles.

Round 2: inc * 6 (12)

Lap 3: 12sc all around

Change to yellow color

Rows 4 to 26: 12sc all around.

Finish with a slip stitch. Top off. Cut and leave thread for sewing. Fill a little.

Cut pieces of beige yarn and sew them into rows 1,2 and 3. Comb the yarn so that it

separate. Sprinkle a little varnish and shape it. Trim the excess.

Sew the tail.

Tie the tie around the neck.