This is a crochet pattern with pictures for making a toy, not a toy itself.

Chinese symbol for year of 2012

Materials: 
Acrylic yarn (100g/240m) 
Colors: mustard-brown, yellow, white; a bit of lettuce-green, red, orange, blue, and black 
A piece of white felt for the wings (optional) 
Polyester, Size E (3 mm) crochet hook, tapestry needle 
Styrofoam ball (7 cm in diameter)

Abbreviation: 
ch - chain 
sc – single crochet 
ss – slip stitch 
rnd - round

Head: 
Starting with the back of the head, with mustard-brown yarn, ch 4, join with a ss in the first ch to form a ring. 6 sc into the ring. 
Rnd1: (2 sc in each sc) around – 12 sc 
Rnd2: (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 18 sc 
Rnd3: (sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 24 sc 
Rnd4: (sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 30 sc 
Rnd5: (sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 36 sc 
Rnd6: (sc in next 5 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 42 sc 
Rnd7: (sc in next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 48 sc 
Rnd8: (sc in next 7 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around – 54 sc 

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