Raccoon - official mascot of 2020

Raccoon should be the official mascot of year 2020 – He washes his hands, always wears a mask also rearrange the letters in ‘RACCOON’ and you get ‘CORONA’ (Well you need to skip the C but who cares).

It was such a hard year for all of us, if you know someone who needs a bit of laughter give him this little funny fellow as a gift.

Crochet raccoon is around 27 cm ( 10.6 inches) without the tail and almost 39 cm (15 inches) when laying down with his tail.

https://www.etsy.com/pl/listing/874279079/crochet-pattern-no-2016-raccoon-pattern?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Pinky the RAT

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Pinky the Rat is around 50 cm (19 inches) from the nose to the end of his tail. He likes to call himself a rat but to be honest I think his father was an opposom ;) He is such a lovable creature, I hope you will like him too.

Death of Rats

What could be a better addition to your reaper costume than a death of rats sitting on your shoulder? Actually you don't even need a costume to carry him around, can you imagine the look on people faces when you walk with him on your shoulder :) I am sure all the rodents from the neighborhood would be gone in a minute.

Crochet reaper is 16 cm (6.3 inches) height.

I've also made the Death of Fleas, I only let it out of sight for a minute and haven't seen it since :)

R.A.T

Crochet rat - wired rat I have made some time ago. He is super cute and is now sitting in an honorable place above the tv in my living room.

I made his eyes, nose and teeth from modeling clay, which I have painted later on. This topic actually deserve the separate post which I am planning to make someday. I wonder if You think it's better to make the custom parts or to use the ones available in shops. As You can deduce I am for making them Yourself but the fact is they are not perfect and even after some practice I can't achieve the perfect effect especially for the circular and/or bright elements, which meant every clay element in this project :).

The rat's fur is very realistic. I made and then brushed each gray, furry part of the rat. If You would like to know more about brushing amigurumi see my previous post here:

http://krawka.blogspot.com/2015/03/brush-brushbrush-your-amigurumi.html

He is fully wired inside so he is posing perfectly for the photos.

I especially love this next photo from the back. He is much more serious here when You don't see the cartoon eyes.