Easy Rain Cloud crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 12, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 11, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(28)
R24 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc(34)
R35 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 13 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc(40)
R47 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc(46)
R59 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 19 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 8 sc(52)
R610 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 22 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 10 sc(58)
R711 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 25 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 12 sc(64)
R8–1264 sc(64)
R13(8 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(58)
R14(4 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc) ×2(52)
R15(6 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(46)
R16(3 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 3 sc) ×2(40)
R17(4 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(34)
R18(2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc) ×2(28)
R19(2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(22)
R20(1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(16)
Size before assembly: an oval about 10.2 × 5.4 cm at the widest, 5.5 cm long; 20 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 bottom 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 6 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With cloud: ch 14.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 8.2 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 16 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with drop: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×2, inc, 1 sc(12)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×3(15)
R6–715 sc(15)
R8(1 sc, dec) ×5(10)
R9dec ×5(5)
Of these: mid — 1; left — 1; right — 1. Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 9 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 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

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.

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 13 mm (on the cloud): between rounds 10 and 11, 7 st apart (count along round 10: about 3.4 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in mouth thread (on the cloud), straight stitches through: (in round 9, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 8, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 8, on the centre front line ) → (in round 8, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 9, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).