Easy Peas in a Pod crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with green: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R4[pale green] 1 sc, inc, 1 sc [green] 1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×3, inc, 1 sc [pale green] 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5[pale green] 3 sc, inc [green] (3 sc, inc) ×4 [pale green] 3 sc, inc(30)
R6–154 sc in pale green, 20 sc in green, 6 sc in pale green(30)
R16–253 sc in pale green, 20 sc in green, 7 sc in pale green(30)
R26–272 sc in pale green, 20 sc in green, 8 sc in pale green(30)
R28[pale green] 1 sc [green] 1 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×3, dec, 2 sc [pale green] 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc(24)
R29[green] (2 sc, dec) ×4 [pale green] (2 sc, dec) ×2(18)
R30[green] 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc [pale green] (dec, 1 sc) ×2 [green] dec(12)
R31[green] dec ×2 [pale green] dec ×2 [green] dec ×2(6)
Size before assembly: about 4.2 cm at the widest, 10.4 cm long; 31 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 2.9 cm thick (oval cross-section). 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.

R1with green: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2–55 sc(5)
Size before assembly: about 0.7 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
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 light green: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5–724 sc(24)
R81 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R9(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R10dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. 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.

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 6 mm (on the pea): in round 7, 3 st apart (count along round 7: about 1.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the no. 1 pea), straight stitches through: (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Safety eyes with a printed glint 6 mm (on the pea): in round 7, 3 st apart (count along round 7: about 1.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the no. 2 pea), straight stitches through: (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Safety eyes with a printed glint 6 mm (on the pea): in round 7, 3 st apart (count along round 7: about 1.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the no. 3 pea), straight stitches through: (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (in round 6, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).