How to crochet a Rat with a Strawberry

Hello, it's Thursday and this week I'm going to show you how to make a sweet little rat! My patron set me this challenge, so thank you to everyone who voted in the Knot My Idea second chance poll!

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US terminology used
All pieces are worked in a continuous spiral unless otherwise indicated.

Stitch Glossary:
slst: "slipstitch" - insert hook, yarn over and pull through loop on hook.
ch: “Chain” - yarn over, pull through only loop.
picot: chain 3, then slipstitch into the first chain.
sc: “Single crochet” - Insert hook, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.
inc: “Increase” - Complete two single crochets into the same stitch, one after the other.
3sc in 1: sc three times into the same stitch
dec: “Decrease over two stitches”- Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up loop. Insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull up loop. Yarn over a third time, and pull through all three loops on hook.
sc3tog: "sc 3 together/decrease over three stitches"

Pattern notation
x[…] Repeat the instructions between the square brackets ‘x’ times.
(…) The total numbers of stitches in the row/round
{...} Used to indicate front or back post stitches, and colours.

00:00 Hello
00:13 Tools & Materials
00:55 Ears
02:28 Arms
05:46 Feet
06:57 Head
07:41 Attaching the ears
09:53 Neck
11:50 Inserting the eyes
12:48 Chest
12:55 Attaching the arms
14:50 Body
15:00 Attaching the feet
16:16 Booty
16:54 Tail
19:03 Details
20:38 Strawberry
22:19 Attaching the strawberry
22:46 Outro

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