Rufus the Northern cardinal

With this clear written pattern, you can make a charismatic Northern cardinal plushy. This crochet pattern is written in US terms. This is a moderate pattern to crochet. Most parts work up pretty easily, but the reversed loop stitches for the head take some extra effort, but I made a tutorial video for that.

Materials

Worsted weight yarn (Lètt Lopi) and an E US/3.5 mm crochet hook and a D US/3 mm hook for the feet. Yarn: crimson red (9434), garnet red heather (1904), apricot (1704) and black (0059); for these you only need about 1/4 of a 100-yard skein each. 9 mm animal eyes, fibrefill and pellets for extra weight in the body.

The crochet pattern contains

An intro with useful info. List of materials, tools and accessories needed. Brand and colour numbers of the needed yarn. A clear and colour coded description of how to crochet and assemble the animal. Pictures and illustrations to help getting everything right. All my patterns are text edited & tested.