Original Japanese name: 福ねずみ (Fuku-nezumi).

Pattern is Japanese but fully charted using standard crochet symbols. No gauge is listed in the pattern.

Small rat: (7.5cm long)

• Japanese size 5/0 crochet hook (3.0mm)
• 6g yarn
• 2 wooden beads for eyes (4mm)
• 1 wooden bead for nose (5mm)
• small amount stuffing
• crochet with 1 strand

Large rat: (9.5cm long)

• Japanese size 8/0 crochet hook (5.0mm)
• 20g yarn
• 2 wooden beads for eyes (5mm)
• 1 wooden bead for nose (8mm)
• small amount stuffing
• crochet with two strands (except tail)

(Note: The name nezumi could be translated ‘rat’ or ‘mouse’, and I have to admit it looks like a cute mouse to me. But together with fuku ‘good luck’, it makes sense as a rat. That’s because in Japanese Buddhist tradition, a white rat is the messenger of Daikoku, one of the gods of good fortune. So I’ve chosen to translate it as ‘rat’ here. Either way, it’s a cute amigurumi rodent.)