Easy Sleepy Toast crochet pattern (free PDF)

How to crochet the Sleepy Toast

Beginner-friendly · 10 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

Crochet the 4 pieces in rounds: Toast slice, Cheek ×2, Butter pat (36 rounds in all).

Stuff and put it together in 3 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.

Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

What you'll need

Tick things off as you gather them.

0 of 9 gathered

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 dark brown thread (on the toast slice) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the toast slice), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).