Easy Puffy Star crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with star: 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)
R10–1154 sc(54)
R124 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R13(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R143 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R15(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R162 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R17(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R18(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R19dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.5 cm at the widest, 4 cm long; 19 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.

R1with star: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R42 sc, (inc, 3 sc) ×2, inc, 1 sc(15)
R5(4 sc, inc) ×3(18)
R63 sc, (inc, 5 sc) ×2, inc, 2 sc(21)
R7(6 sc, inc) ×3(24)
R84 sc, (inc, 7 sc) ×2, inc, 3 sc(27)
R9(8 sc, inc) ×3(30)
Of these: top — 1; side — 2 (left and right); lower — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 3.8 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 9 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 20 %).

R1with cheek: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

Embroidery in mouth thread (on the star centre) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 4 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 4.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 5.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 6 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 8.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in mouth thread (on the star centre), straight stitches through: (between rounds 17 and 18, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).