Here's Hamster

This is the hamster's head pattern head as I promised - use it with the Beginner's Bunny pattern simply swapping bunny head with hamster head… and a few little changes:
The head and ears have changed - see pattern below.
If you work 4 x forelegs and use two as hind legs instead of the bunny hind legs.
And when you get to the last row of the body - work this instead for hamster's tail:

Row 36 dec) Cast off 11 sts for Bottom Seam, knit next 5 sts, cast off last 11 sts for Bottom Seam - 6sts

TAIL

Rejoin yarn to the six remaining stitches, these are your tail stitches, continue as follows:

Row 1 Purl

Row 2 dec) K2tog, k to last 2 sts, k2tog - 4sts

Row 3 Purl

Row 4 dec) K2tog twice- 2sts

Cut yarn and thread end through all 2 sts, pull up to close up the stitches to a point.

Sew the tail seam with whipstitch.

HEAD PATTERN

Beginning at the Nose (with white yarn) cast on 3 sts 

Row 1 inc) Kfb three times - 6sts

Rows 2 & 4 Purl

Row 3 inc) Kfb six times - 12sts

Row 5 inc) Kfb 12 times - 24sts

Change to head colour

Row 6-8 Work three rows stocking stitch

Row 9 inc) [K7, kfb] three times - 27sts

Row 10 Purl

Row 11 inc) K13, kfb, k13 - 28sts

PM (place marker) at each end of last row for left and right Chin Markers 

Rows 12, 14 & 16 Purl

Row 13 inc) [K3, kfb] seven times - 35sts

Row 15 inc) [K4, kfb] seven times - 42sts

Row 17 inc) K18, kfb six times, k18 - 48sts

Row 18-20 Work three rows stocking stitch

Row 21 dec) K20, skpo, k4, k2tog, k to end - 46sts

Row 22 dec) P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 44sts

Row 23 dec) K18, skpo, k4, k2tog, k to end - 42sts

Row 24 dec) P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 40sts 

Row 25 dec) K16, skpo, k4, k2tog, k to end - 38sts

PM at each end of last row for left and right Neck Markers

Row 26 dec) P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 36sts 

Row 27 dec) K14, skpo, k4, k2tog, k to end - 34sts 

Row 28 dec) P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 32sts 

Row 29 dec) K2tog all across - 16sts

Cast off all 16 Head Back sts purlwise

EARS make 2 alike

Cast on 8 sts

Row 1 Purl

Work short rows to shape hamster’s ear

Short row 1 K7, W+Tk

Short row 2 P6, W+Tp

Short row 3 K5, W+Tk

Short row 4 P4, W+Tp

Short row 5 K3, W+Tk 

Short row 6 P2, W+Tp

Short row 7 Knit to the end of the row

Row 2 dec) P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 6sts

Row 3  dec) K2tog, k to last 2 sts, k2tog - 4sts 

Row 2 dec) P2tog twice - 2sts

Cut yarn, thread end through 2 sts, pull up to close up sts. for ear fastened-off point.

Join Ear to Head

WS facing, bring fastened-off point ‘A’ down to centre of cast on edge ‘B’

make a stitch to secure.

Place the ear to the head and carefully join the row ends either side of the centre point stitch onto the head in a slight curve.

I also worked a few white duplicate stitches to add detail to the forehead.
Just thread up a yarn needle with white yarn and work  'v' shaped stitches over the ready knitted stitches - this is called 'Swiss Darning'.