Easy Pancake Stack with Butter crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with golden: 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(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R104 sc, (inc, 8 sc) ×5, inc, 4 sc(60)
R11(BLO)60 sc(60)
R12–1360 sc(60)
R142 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×11, dec, 1 sc(48)
R15[golden] 3 sc, inc, 3 sc [brown] inc, 1 sc [golden] 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc(60)
R168 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 18 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 28 sc in golden(60)
R178 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 18 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 19 sc in golden(60)
R18[golden brown] 2 sc, dec, 3 sc [brown] dec, 1 sc [golden brown] 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec [brown] 2 sc [golden brown] 1 sc, dec, 3 sc [brown] dec, 1 sc [golden brown] 2 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×3, dec, 1 sc(48)
R19[golden] 3 sc, inc, 2 sc [brown] 1 sc, inc [golden] 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc [brown] 1 sc in same st, 2 sc [golden] 1 sc, inc, 3 sc [brown] inc, 1 sc [golden] 2 sc, inc, 2 sc [brown] 1 sc, inc [golden] (3 sc, inc) ×2(60)
R20–227 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 10 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 10 sc in golden(60)
R237 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 9 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 6 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 7 sc in golden, 3 sc in brown, 10 sc in golden(60)
R2460 sc(60)
R25(BLO)60 sc(60)
R262 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×11, dec, 1 sc(48)
R27(2 sc, dec) ×12(36)
R28(1 sc, dec) ×12(24)
R29dec ×12(12)
R30dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest, 6.8 cm long; 30 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). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Change to golden brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
Change to brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R23).
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (lightly) 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 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
R2inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc(12)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(16)
R4(BLO)16 sc(16)
R516 sc(16)
R6(BLO)16 sc(16)
R7(dec ×2, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R8(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×2(6)
Size before assembly: an oval about 2.5 × 1.7 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 8 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 top 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 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With yellow: ch 4.
→ Start stuffing (moderately) 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.

R1with pink: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×5(10)
A flat circle about 1.4 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

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 7 mm (on the pancake stack): between rounds 22 and 23, 7 st apart (count along round 22: about 3.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the pancake stack), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 20 and 21, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 20 and 21, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 20 and 21, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 21 and 22, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).