Meditating Bear with a Duckling receita de crochê

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 head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in dark brown thread, a oval about 8 mm wide and 5.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line .
• Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ).
• Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the duckling) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 6 and 7, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 6, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).