Pansexual panda

This little panda is made in the colours of the pansexual flag, and I created as part of a series of patterns I designed back in June to celebrate Pride month.

Difficulty:

Easy - medium

You will need:

• A 2.5mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in white, pink, yellow, and blue
• embroidery thread in black and white
• Toy stuffing
• A darning needle
• Scissors

Note:

• 'fasten off neatly' refers to a special way of fastening off which is neater and makes it easier to see where you should be crocheting on the next round (also known as invisible fastening off). This involves pulling up your yarn through your stitch, threading the yarn underneath the second stitch from where you pulled your yarn up, then threading your yarn back through the top of this stitch and down through the back of the work. There is a very helpful site that explains it clearly found here. Just make sure when you do this that you thread your needle through the SECOND stitch after the last stitch you made, otherwise you will end up with an extra stitch which may mean that all of the following rounds are out of line with each other.

For the head:
With white yarn ch3
Round 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook, make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back loop of the furst chain st you crocheted into (6sc)
Round 2: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 3: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (18sc)
Rounds 4 - 5: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 6: (sc8, make 2sc in the next st) twice (20sc)
Round 7: sc in each st
Round 8: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 5 times (25sc)
Rounds 9 - 10: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 11: (sc3, sc2tog) 5 times (20sc)
Round 12: (sc2, sc2tog) 5 times (15sc)
Round 13: (sc, sc2tog) 5 times (10sc)
Stuff firmly
Round 14: sc2tog 5 times (5sc)
Fasten off

For the snout:
with white yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: Make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off
Stuff and sew this to the head



For the ears (make 2):
with pink yarn ch3
Round 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook, make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back loop of the first chain st you crocheted into (6sc)

Round 3: (sc, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times (9sc)
Rounds 4 - 5: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off
Sew these to the top of the head

For the eye patches:
with pink yarn ch3
Round 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook, make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back loop of the furst chain st you crocheted into (6sc)
Fasten off
Sew these to the head just above the snout



For the body:
with white ch5
Round 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook and the next 2 chain sts. Make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in the back loop of the previous 2 chain sts you crocheted into. Make 2sc in the back loop of the first chain st you crocheted into. (10sc)
Round 2: make 2sc in the first st, sc2, make 2sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2, make 2sc in each of the last 2 sts. (16sc)
Round 3: sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc2, (sc, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times, sc2, (sc, make 2sc in the next st) (22sc)
Round 4: sc2, make 2sc in the next st, sc2, (sc2, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times, sc2, (sc2, make 2sc in the next st) (28sc)
Rounds 5 - 7: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 8: (sc12, sc2tog) twice (26sc)
Round 9: sc4, hdc4, sc18
Round 10: sc2tog, sc2, hdc4, sc3, sc2tog, sc13 (24sts)
Round 11: sc4, hdc4, sc16
Round 12: sc2tog, sc2, hdc3, sc3,sc2tog, sc12 (22sts)
Fasten off neatly

Join yellow yarn to the st before the 'new' st you made when fastening off neatly
Round 13: hdc in this st, hdc2, sc4, hdc15
Round 14: sc3tog, slip5, sc, sc3tog, sc10 (18sts)
Round 15: sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog twice, sc5, sc2tog (14sc)
slip 1 then fasten off
Stuff firmly then sew to the head



For the arms:
with yellow ch4
Round 1: sc int eh 2nd loop from hook and in the next chain st. Make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then sc int eh back loop of the previous chain st you crocheted into. Make 2sc in the back loop of the first chain st you crocheted into (8sc)
Rounds 2 - 6: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Rounds 6 - 7: (2 rounds) slip4, hdc4
Round 8: sc in each st
Round 9: (sc2, sc2tog) twice (6sc)
Round 10: sc in each st
Fasten off
Stuff lightly then sew to the body, just underneath the head

For the legs:
with turquoise yarn ch3
Round 1: sc in the 2nd st from hook, make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then make 2sc in the back loop of the first chain st you crocheted into (6sc)
Round 2: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 3: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (18sc)
Rounds 4 - 5: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 6: sc5, sc2tog 3 times, sc7 (15sc)
Round 7: sc5, sc3tog, sc7 (12sc)
Rounds 8 - 11: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off

Stuff firmly and sew to the base of the body.


For the facial features:
embroider the eyes onto the eye patches using black embroidery thread, then add highlights using white embroidery thread. Once you've done this sew the nose onto the snout using black embroidery thread (as shown below)

 That's all for this pattern! I hope you have enjoyed it - if you have any questions about this or any of m y other patterns please don't hesitate to contact me, either by leaving a comment below or via my Ravelry or Instagram pages.
You are very welcome to sell finished products but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!