I’ll never understand how free patterns are suddenly discontinued on this site. Typically, if it’s free, it’s either a download or a link to a website. Nowhere could I find the actual pattern for this, and if it’s free, it’s not like they’re trying to keep people from profiting off it, right? 
Some internet sleuthing produced a video tutorial in another language, with an English dub. Strategic screenshots gave me access to the pattern itself, if not the entirety of the pattern info. I think I’ve pieced together enough to make something.
From the onset, I’m just making 4x everything so I can complete the set. Pistaschio for the head, arms, and legs. Bone for the front of the shell, and dark sage for the back.
The body/shell is where I started, because I figured that would be the easiest. Man, these guys are going to be tiny.
Currently working on head #1, and am pausing because I want to make the mask and placement for it and the eyes before I decrease so much that it’s annoying to fiddle with.
03-08-2026
Finished the first. Getting the mask and eyes done is probably the most finicky part. They’re so small that it’s super easy to rip the felt.
04-26-2026
All that’s left is to glue the masks. These are so cute, but I doubt I’ll ever make any more. Unless I use bigger yarn and hooks. I don’t love working this small, and trimming the felt for the eyes when you’re a perfectionist is nerve-wracking.
Somewhere in this process, the last two heads I made ended up larger than the first two. I’m pretty sure I didn’t change hooks, but there’s the slightest possibility, since I always have multiple projects going at once.
I know Michaelangelo’s (orange) eyes are farther apart, although I feel certain I used the same distance between stitches as I did on the ones before him. I guess I just have to accept the fact that I’m not a machine and these four were never going to be identical.
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