Pompom Alpaca crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R10(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R11(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R12(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R13(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R14(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R15(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R16(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R17(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R18(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R19(popcorns)(1 sc, popcorn) ×24(48)
R20(popcorns)(popcorn, 1 sc) ×24(48)
R21(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R223 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R23(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R242 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R25(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R26(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R27dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 7.4 cm long; 27 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(16)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(22)
R4–622 sc(22)
Size before assembly: an oval about 3.4 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 6 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With cream: ch 5.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–41 sc in dusty pink, 10 sc in white, 1 sc in dusty pink(12)
R5(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
R6–710 sc(10)
R82 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 2.6 cm long; 8 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy).
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 1.9 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 21 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with taupe: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(BLO)12 sc(12)
R4–712 sc(12)
Of these: front — 2 (left and right); hind — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds.
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–412 sc(12)
R5(2 sc, dec) ×3(9)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the head and neck): in round 8, 6 st apart (count along round 8: about 3 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in ink thread, a oval about 2.6 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 25° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred between rounds 1 and 2, 1 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
Embroidery in ink thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, on the centre bottom line ).
Embroidery in ink thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 2 and 3, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 3, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).