The final pattern from my Everyday Heroes pattern collection. Postal workers are so important right now in keeping us connected, especially some of the older folks who aren’t super tech-savvy. Thank you!

Difficulty Level: Easy

Materials needed to create a 5.5 in (14cm) tall toy:
-Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran in Banana Cream, Mustard Yellow, Duck Egg Blue, Sailor Blue, Coffee Bean, and Champagne White
-3.5mm Crochet Hook
-6mm Safety Eyes and Matching Backings
-Scissors
-Darning Needle
-Locking Stitch Markers (Optional)
-Pins
-Polyfil Stuffing or Scrap Yarn
-Grey or Black Embroidery Thread
-Fabric Glue (This is optional, but I use it to glue down the exposed tail ends from the satchel strap and envelope)

I used Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran to create my Postal Worker Puppy, but you can use any cotton yarn as long as you correspond your hook to the weight of your yarn.

For this pattern, I used roughly 30g of Banana Cream (> half a skein of yarn), 5g of Mustard Yellow (< half a skein of yarn), 10g of Duck Egg Blue (< half a skein), 10g of Sailor Blue a (< half a skein), 5g of Coffee Bean, and a little bit of Champagne White (1 skein of yarn is about 50g)

TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS PATTERN
st(s): stitch(es)
ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
inc: two single crochet in one stitch
dec: invisible decrease, single crochet two stitches together through the front loops only
BLO: crochet only in the back loops (loop away from you) of each stitch
sk next # st/ch: skip the next number of stitches or chains and work the next step into the st/ch after the ones you skipped
ch sp: chain space, the space you create when you chain and skip stitches
(…) x #: repeat anything in the parenthesis however many times the number indicates

sc/hdc/dc#: sc/hdc/dc # times in one stitch
turn: turn your work