Dumpling Family in a Steamer crochet pattern

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.

• Embroidery in brown thread (on the big dumpling) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 13, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 12, 16 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 16 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 12, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 12 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 14 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 14 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 12 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 17 and 18, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 11.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 17 and 18, 11.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 19, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 3.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 19, 3.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 21, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 21, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 21, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the big dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 21, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 21, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 21, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Strap (on the big dumpling): with beige, ch 41 (≈ 12.2 cm); for a firmer strap sl st back along it. Sew it along (in round 11, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 18, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 20, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 22, on the centre front line) → (in round 20, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 18, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 11, 13.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right), catching it every 2–3 ch.
• Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the middle dumpling): between rounds 12 and 13, 4 st apart (count along round 12: about 2.1 st each side of the centre front line).
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 11, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 10, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 10, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 12 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 12 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 13, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 13, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the middle dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Strap (on the middle dumpling): with beige, ch 34 (≈ 10 cm); for a firmer strap sl st back along it. Sew it along (in round 9, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 11, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 18, on the centre front line) → (in round 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 11, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 9, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right), catching it every 2–3 ch.
• Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the little dumpling): between rounds 11 and 12, 4 st apart (count along round 11: about 1.8 st each side of the centre front line).
• Satin stitch (on the little dumpling): in brown thread, a oval about 7 mm wide and 5.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 9 and 10, on the centre front line .
• Satin stitch (on the little dumpling): in pink thread, a oval about 4 mm wide and 2.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 9 and 10, on the centre front line .
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 9, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 9, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 9, 11.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 9, 11.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 9, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 9, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 11 and 12, 10 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 12 and 13, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 4.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 12 and 13, 4.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 3 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 3 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in beige thread (on the little dumpling), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
• Strap (on the little dumpling): with beige, ch 30 (≈ 8.9 cm); for a firmer strap sl st back along it. Sew it along (in round 8, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 9 and 10, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 11, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, on the centre front line) → (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 11, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 9 and 10, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 8, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right), catching it every 2–3 ch.