This is for my Year of the Rat Amigurumi Digital Pattern (PDF).

**the pattern will be e-mailed to you upon payment, this is a digital pattern - not the physical doll**

Happy year of the rat my friends! The lunar calendar has come full circle and the year of the rat is the 1st to win the zodiac race. If you would like to learn more about the
Zodiac Race and the Chinese Lunar Zodiac, please have a look at
Youtube. There are so many wonderful videos to watch and learn.
Here I have made a small amigurumi for you to enjoy. I made these two for my son and his cousin for our festive Lunar New Year.

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Materials: (You only need partial of each colourway)
Head & Body: Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran in Misty Grey
Shirt: Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran in Red Pillar
Buttons: Chunky Gold Yarn (If you don’t have, you can double aran weight gold yarn) Button Loops: Aran Weight Gold Yarn
Crochet Hook 3.25mm
Stitch Marker
Tapestry Needle
Eyes: 2 amigurumi eyes (6mm)
Nose: 1 amigurumi eye in black (9mm) - please ensure the backing is not too big but secure. Optional: blusher to colour inner ears, black yarn to embroider nose
Stitches: (US Crochet Terms)
MR: magic ring
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
inc: increase (2sc in one st)
dec: decrease (I prefer invisible decrease) sl st: slip stitch
BLO: back loop only
BB: back bump or 3rd loop FO: fasten off

Feel free to use any yarn you wish. Just make sure the hook matches the yarn. :)

Approximately 16cm from head to toe with a 3.25mm hook.

You can find the free pattern for this same pattern on LoveCrafts and Ravelry. By choosing to buy this pattern you are choosing to support my small business and I thank you so very much. I hope you enjoy it!

Please do not claim this pattern as your own. Please do not sell this pattern. Feel free to sell the final product but please include the following in your listing:

“Year of the Rat Amigurumi Pattern Designed by anniegurumi http://anniegurumi.co”