T-Rex 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.

• Safety eyes with a printed glint 13 mm (on the head): in round 13, 12 st apart (count along round 13: about 6 st each side of the centre front line).
• Blush about 11 mm, dry pastel or blush (on the head, both sides): in round 17, 9.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left . Colour pink.
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the snout) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, 3 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 3 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ).
• Satin stitch (on the snout): in dark red thread, a oval about 30 mm wide and 9.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 3, on the centre bottom line .
• Satin stitch (on the snout): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 5.4 mm wide and 5.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 2 and 3, 2.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left .
• Satin stitch (on the snout): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 5.4 mm wide and 5.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 2, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left .
• Satin stitch (on the snout): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 5.4 mm wide and 5.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 2, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right .
• Satin stitch (on the snout): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 5.4 mm wide and 5.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 2 and 3, 2.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right .
• Satin stitch (on the leg) (2: one on each leg; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 4.4 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 6, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right.
• Satin stitch (on the leg) (2: one on each leg; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 4.4 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 6, on the centre front line.
• Satin stitch (on the leg) (2: one on each leg; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 4.4 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 6, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left.