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=== This is an amigurumi-style pattern worked in rounds, likely for a small animal head (because there’s a muzzle, eyes, and nose). ===

Here’s what each round is doing:

==== Chain 5 and start working from 2nd ch on the hook around the chain: inc, 2 sc, 4 sc on same stitch; continue around, 2 sc, inc [12] ====

You’re making an oval as the base.
* Ch 5
* Work on one side of the chain: - inc (2 sc in one stitch) - sc in next 2 chains - 4 sc in the last chain to turn around to the other side
* Continue back: - sc 2 - inc Total: 12 stitches

This forms a flattened oval shape.

==== sc all around [12] ====

Just one round of 12 sc.

Then you change yarn color.

==== BLO inc, BLO sc, BLO inc, BLO inc, BLO inc, BLO sc, BLO inc, 5 sc [17] ====
* "BLO" = back loop only.
* The first part creates shaping for the muzzle area.
* The last 5 sc are normal (not BLO).

Total: 17 stitches.

==== 4 sc, (inc) repeat 4 times, 9 sc [21] ====
* sc 4
* increase in the next 4 stitches (so +4)
* sc 9 Total: 21 stitches.

==== - Eyes between rounds 3–4 ====
* Nose between 2–3
* Eyes 6 stitches apart
* “Tightening the muzzle” = cinching the yarn vertically to create the snout indentation.

==== sc all around [21] ====
Two rounds with no changes.

==== These will later become the ears — BLO stitches create a ridge you will pick up later. ====

==== 4 sc, BLO 3 sc, (dec) repeat 2 times, BLO 3 sc, 7 sc [19] ====

This begins shaping the head narrower.

==== 5 sc, (dec) repeat 3 times, 8 sc [16] ====

Decreasing again.

==== (2 sc, dec) repeat 4 times [12] ====

Reduce to 12 stitches.

==== sc all around [12] ====
Final round for the head.