Little Onion receita de crochê

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 10 mm (on the onion): in round 11, 6 st apart (count along round 11: about 2.8 st each side of the centre front line).
• Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the onion), straight stitches through: (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 10 and 11, on the centre front line) → (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 10, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Satin stitch (on the onion) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in light blue thread, a oval about 4 mm wide and 7 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 9 and 10, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .