I love numbats (who doesn’t?). So I decided to make this little guy 🙂

You will need dark brown, light brown, black, grey and white wool and a 3.5 mm hook. The finished numbat is 26 cm long.

As you crochet in a spiral your starting stitch gradually rotates around your object. This is a problem when you are doing tapestry crochet in the round because a line that is intended to be straight can instead slant at an angle. I decided to adjust for this effect in each white stripe row of the body by moving the design one stitch in the direction of the receding slant. It’s hard to describe. But I think it worked 🙂

Head

With black wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

With grey wool

Rounds 2 – 3: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Round 4: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches) (3 dark brown, 1 black, 4 light brown, 1 black)

Round 5: sc in each stitch (9 stitches) (3 dark brown, 1 black, 4 light brown, 1 black)

Round 6: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (13 stitches) (4 dark brown, 2 black, 5 light brown, 2 black)

Round 7: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (17 stitches) (1 light brown, 4 dark brown, 1 light brown, 2 black, 7 light brown, 2 black)

Round 8: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (21 stitches) (1 light brown, 5 dark brown, 1 light brown, 3 black, 8 light brown, 3 black)

Round 9: sc in each stitch (21 stitches) (7 dark brown, 1 light brown, 2 black, 8 light brown, 2 black, 1 light brown)

Round 10: sc in each stitch (21 stitches) (7 dark brown, 1 light brown, 2 black, 8 light brown, 2 black, 1 light brown)

Round 11: sc in each stitch (21 stitches) (8 dark brown, 2 black, 8 light brown, 2 black, 1 dark brown)

Stuff

Body

Round 12: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (14 stitches) (7 dark brown, 7 light brown)

Round 13: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches) (7 dark brown, 3 light brown, 4 dark brown, 4 light brown)

Round 14: sc in each stitch (18 stitches) (7 dark brown, 3 light brown, 4 dark brown, 4 light brown)

Round 15: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches) (11 dark brown, 3 light brown, 4 dark brown, 4 light brown, 2 dark brown)

Round 16: sc in each stitch (24 stitches) (11 dark brown, 4 light brown, 2 dark brown, 5 light brown, 2 dark brown)

Round 17: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (30 stitches) (15 dark brown, 9 light brown, 6 dark brown)

Round 18: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (15 dark brown, 9 light brown, 6 dark brown)

Round 19: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (15 dark brown, 9 light brown, 6 dark brown)

Round 20: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (14 white, 2 dark brown, 9 light brown, 2 dark brown, 3 white)

Round 21: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (16 dark brown, 9 light brown, 5 dark brown)

Round 22: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (16 dark brown, 9 light brown, 5 dark brown)

Round 23: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (16 white, 1 dark brown, 9 light brown, 1 dark brown, 3 white)

Round 24: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (17 black, 9 light brown, 4 black)

Round 25: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (17 black, 9 light brown, 4 black)

Round 26: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (17 white, 1 black, 9 light brown, 1 black, 2 white)

Round 27: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (18 black, 9 light brown, 3 black)

Round 28: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (18 black, 9 light brown, 3 black)

Round 29: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (18 white, 1 black, 9 light brown, 1 black, 1 white)

Round 30: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (19 black, 9 light brown, 2 black)

Round 31: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (19 black, 9 light brown, 2 black)

Round 32: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (19 white, 1 black, 9 light brown, 1 black)

Round 33: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (20 black, 9 light brown, 1 black)

Round 34: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (20 black, 9 light brown, 1 black)

Round 35: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (19 white, 1 black, 9 light brown, 1 black)

Round 36: sc in the first 17 stitches, (decrease the next two stitches together) x 6, sc in the last stitch (24 stitches) (17 black, 6 light brown, 1 black)

Stuff

Tail

With grey

Round 37: (decrease the next two stitches together) x 3, sc in the first 12 stitches, (decrease the next two stitches together) x 3 (18 stitches)

Round 38: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Round 39: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (8 stitches)

Rounds 40 – 49: sc in each stitch (8 stitches)

With black

Rounds 50 – 54: sc in each stitch (8 stitches)

Round 55: decrease until the hole closes. Weave in the end.

Forelegs

Right foreleg

With dark brown wool

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase around (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc around (12 stitches)

Round 4: decrease around (6 stitches)

Stuff

Round 5: (decrease two stitches together) x 2, sc in the last two stitches (4 stitches)

Round 6: sc around (4 stitches)

Round 7: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (6 stitches)

Round 8: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches) (3 dark brown, 3 light brown, 3 dark brown)

Rounds 9 – 10: sc around (9 stitches) (3 dark brown, 3 light brown, 3 dark brown)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff

Use black to embroider some claws.

Left foreleg

With dark brown wool

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase around (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc around (12 stitches)

Round 4: decrease around (6 stitches)

Stuff

Round 5: (decrease two stitches together) x 2, sc in the last two stitches (4 stitches)

Round 6: sc around (4 stitches)

Round 7: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (6 stitches)

Round 8: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches) (3 light brown, 6 dark brown)

Rounds 9 – 10: sc around (9 stitches) (3 light brown, 6 dark brown)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff

Use black to embroider some claws.

Rear legs (make two)

With dark brown wool

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 7: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Stuff

Round 8: decrease the first and second stitches together, decrease the third and fourth stitches together, increase in each of the fifth and sixth stitches (6 stitches)

Round 9: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

With grey wool

Round 10: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)

Round 11: sc in each stitch (9 stitches)

Round 12: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (13 stitches)

Round 13: sc in each stitch (13 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff

Use black to embroider some claws.

Assembly

Sew on some googly eyes. Sew on the forelegs and rear legs.