Spa Day Cucumber with Slices 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 brown thread (on the cucumber) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 17 and 18, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 18, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in brown thread (on the cucumber), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, on the centre front line ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).