Yuval’s Red Panda

pattern
 Yuval’s red panda
Materials
• 3 colors of yarn
- color A for body, head (orange in the photo)
- color B for head, ears, nose (white in photo)
- color C for legs, head, ears, hands (brown in photo)
• Hook in the appropriate size
• Two safety eyes (6 mm in photo)
• Safety nose
• Stuf ng
• Scissors
Dolphin
in malaya
RedPanda or
• Yarn needle
• Stitch marker
2024

Abbreviations How to read the pattern

• {} - inside instructions needs to be repeated
• Ch - chain
the amount of times that’s stated
• Sc - single crochet
• X 8 - 8 times (example)
• Sl - slip stitch
• () - number inside represents the number of
• Inc - increase
stitches you did in the row
• Dec - decrease
• The pattern works in continuous rounds
• MR - magic ring
• St - stitch

Please Note
Thank you for purchasing my pattern!
This pattern is for personal use, do not copy, resell, translate or share the pattern.
If you sell items made from this pattern and/or share them over social media, please
credit me as the pattern creator @yuvals_crochet or Yuval’s crochet.
Enjoy!
 Head
In color A
1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. {1 sc, inc} X 6 (18)
4. {2 sc, inc} X 6 (24)
5. 24 sc (24)
6. 5 sc, 2 inc, in color B: 4 sc, in A: 2 inc, 11 sc (28)
7-9. 5 sc, in color B: 2 sc, in color C: 2 sc, in color B: 4 sc,
in color C: 2 sc, in color B: 2 sc, in A: 11 sc (28) - 3 rounds overall
10. 5 sc, in color B: dec, in color C: dec, in color B: 4 sc, in color C: dec, in color B: dec, in A: 11 sc (24)
• you can now cut and secure color B & C yarn.
11. {2 sc, dec} X 6 (18)
• Leave a long tail for sewing, cut the yarn and fasten off
• Place the eyes between rows 6-7 (where the inc for the cheeks are),
6 st apart, where color B and C meet - see photo.
• Stuff the head.

Eyeplacement

Don’t worry, we’ll be doing the stripes

above the eyes later
 Ears Nose
In color C (notice you can flip the colors if you want) In color B
1. 5 sc in MR (5) 1. 5 sc in a mr (5)
2. 3 inc, in color B: inc, in color C: inc (10) 2. 5 inc (10)
3. 6 sc, in color B: 2 sc, in color C: 2 sc (10) sl, leave a long tail for sewing, cut the yarn
• Leave a long tail for sewing, cut the yarn and and fasten off
fasten off • place the safety nose between round 1-2
• No need to stuff • stuff or use leftover yarn

colfariation

Face Assembly
1. Use color B yarn and stitch needle to pull the yarn above the eyes between
rows 4-5 diagonally to between the rows 5-6 (see photo)
2. Sew the ears flat starting between rows 3-4 of the head, down to rows 7-8.
About 2 st away from the white stripes.
3. Sew the nose on the color B part between rows 5-6 and 8-9 of the head.
 Legs
In color C
1. 9 sc in MR (9)
2-3. 9 sc - 2 rounds overall
On the rst leg, cut the yarn and fasten off,
Do not cut the yarn on the second leg

On the second leg, Ch 1 and sc into the other leg on the second stitch from the fasten off.
Place your st marker there, from the next stitch we’ll begin building the body
(the next stitch after the stitch marker is the rst stitch on the next round)

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placestitchmarker

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 Continue the body
Continuing the count from the bottom of the feet and in Color C
4. 8 sc, 1 sc (on the chain), 9 sc, 1 sc (on the chain), 1 sc (20)
5. in color A: 1 sc, inc, in color C: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, in color A: inc, {1 sc, inc} X 3,
in color C: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, in color A: inc, {1 sc, inc} X 2 (30)
Continuing in color A only:
6-7. 30 sc (30) - 2 rows overall
8. {3 sc, dec} X 6 (24)
9-10. 24 sc (24) - 2 rows overall
11. {2 sc, dec} X 6 (18)
12. 18 sc (18)
• Cut the yarn and fasten off
• Stuff the body.
• There can be gaps on the leg connections, you can sew them close.

ii
 Hands
In color C
1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. {2 sc, inc} X 2 (8)
3-5. 8 sc (8) - 3 rows overall
Leave a long tail for sewing, cut the yarn
and fasten off.
• Stuff the hands

Tail ii

In color C
1. 4 in a mr (4)
2. 4 inc (8)
3. In color A: 8 sc (8)
4. {1 sc, inc} X 4 (12) ii
5. In color C: 12 sc (12)
6. {1 sc, dec} X 4 (8)
• start to stuff
7. In color A: 8 sc (8)
• continue stuf ng
8. 4 dec (4)
sl, leave a long tail for sewing, cut
the yarn and fasten off

Continue to the assembly..

 Assembly

1. Sew the head to the body.

2. Sew the hands to the side of the body 5 st apart, between rows 9-10 up
to the connection between the head and the body.
3. Sew the tail between rows 7-8

Congratulations!
You’ve completed your red panda plushie!
If you post/sell your plushie please credit me, @yuvals_crochet,
can‘t wait to see your creations!