Christmas has come to Cosy Crochet (a bit early I know, but I couldn't wait any longer!) This week is the first of the Christmas items I have been working on for you - Jingle the Elf.
Now my children are ages 4 and 2 they definitely seem ready to properly buy into all the Christmas traditions and one I have really wanted to start is the Elf of the Shelf. However, rather than just buying any old elf, I decided to make one. Although making one elf very quickly turned in to 2 elves!
So this week I would like to introduce to you Jingle and Candy the Christmas Elves. The kids have already seen me making them and know they will be coming out closer to Christmas to report to Santa how well they are behaving. What they don't know however, is that elves can get themselves into all sorts of mischief! I definitely look forward to seeing the kids reactions to what the elves get up to throughout the lead up to Christmas. I am really hoping they will build up their excitement to Christmas day.
We usually put our decorations up as close to the beginning of December as we can so the elves will probably come out then. The elves only took me a day to make each and so if you wanted to make 1 or 2 or several of these elves, there is still plenty of time. They use mostly single crochets (plus increases and decreases) and loop stitch to create their hair. I used the paintbox simple aran yarns to make them, but any aran yarn would work.
You can find the patterns for the elves below.
I hope you love my elves as much as I do, and I look forward to seeing any of the elves you make. Keep an eye on my social media platforms to find out more about the mischief that Candy and Jingle get up to in our house over the Christmas period.
See you next week,
Vicky x
Jingle
the Elf
Jingle is 16” tall
(from his boots to his head) and 23.5” tall from boot to the tip of the
hat.
1.
Materials and
Resources
Below is a list of everything you will need to make Jingle
·
100g balls of aran yarn in green, red, white, brown and
skin pink. (I used paintbox simply
aran) (This amount will make you Candy the elf too)
·
Odd pieces of black for sewing mouth, belt and shoe laces
·
2 x 20mm safety eyes (or you can sew them on in black)
·
Stuffing
·
4 mm hook
·
Tapestry needle
·
Stitch marker
·
Scissors
·
2 x bells
2.
Stitch List
Below is a list of all the stitches (and
their abbreviations) featured in this series of patterns. All terms used are American.
·
Sl st – slip stitch
·
Sc – single crochet
·
Sc inc – single crochet increase
·
Sc dec – single crochet decrease
·
Ch – chain
·
Loop stitch
·
f/l – front loops
·
b/l – back loops
3.
Notes
Here are a few handy tips to help you with the pattern.
·
All these patterns are worked in continuous rounds, do not
sl st at the end of each round. A
stitch marker is essential for keeping track of the start of your rows.
·
When changing colour, use the new colour to complete the
last yarn over in the final stitch before the colour change. (e.g. for the stripes in the leg, complete 17
stitches in colour red, for the 18th stitch, insert your hook and
pull up the loop in red, but then yarn over and pull through in white. The work the next row in white. )
Gauge
Jingle has no specific gauge, however they need to be as tight as
possible to prevent the stuffing from coming out.
Attaching Limbs as
you go
Below is a guide to demonstrate how to attach limbs as you go. You can find the video tutorial here.
To attach a limb
you will need to hold your limb next to the body with the opening at the top
with the point of the boot where the toes are pointing inwards at the
bottom. The photo to the left shows what
you will see when placed correctly.
1. You will then
insert your hook through 2 layers of leg and through the body and pull up a
loop through all 3 layers. Then
complete the single crochet.
All limbs will be attached this way unless otherwise stated. Each pattern will indicate the number of
single crochet stitches required to attach it.
Arms – make 2 starting
with skin pink for the hands
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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6 sc in magic
circle
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6
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2
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(sc inc) x 6
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12
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3
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(sc, sc inc) x 6
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18
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4
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(sc inc, 2 sc) x6
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24
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5-8
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Sc around
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24
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9
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(2 sc, sc dec) x 6
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18
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10
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Sc around
|
18
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11
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(sc, sc dec) x 6
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12
|
|
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Switch to red
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|
|
12
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Sc around
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12
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13
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(sc, sc inc) x 6
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18
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|
14
|
Sc around
|
18
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|
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Switch to green
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|
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15-26
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Sc around
|
18
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|
27
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(sc, sc dec) x 6
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12
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|
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Stuff arm
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|
|
28
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Fold in half and sc
through both sides to shut opening
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6
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Legs– make 2 starting
in brown for the boots
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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6 sc in magic
circle
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6
|
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2
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(sc inc) x 6
|
12
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3
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(sc, sc inc) x 6
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18
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|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
24
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|
5
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(3 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
30
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|
6-8
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Sc around
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30
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|
9
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(sc, sc dec) x 4,
18 sc
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26
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|
10
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(sc dec, sc) x 3, 5
sc, (sc dec) x 4, 4 sc
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19
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|
11
|
3 sc, sc dec, 14 sc
|
18
|
|
12-13
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Sc around
|
18
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|
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Switch to red
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|
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14-17
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Sc around
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18
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|
|
Switch to white
|
|
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18-21
|
Sc around
|
18
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22-29
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Repeat rows 14-21
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18
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30
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(sc, sc dec) x 6
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12
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|
|
Stuff leg
|
|
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31
|
Fold in half and sc
through both sides to shut opening
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6
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Head
& Body – start in skin pink
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Row
|
Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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6 sc in magic
circle
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6
|
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2
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(sc inc) x 6
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12
|
|
3
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(sc, sc inc) x 6
|
18
|
|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
24
|
|
5
|
(3 sc, sc inc) x 6
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30
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|
6
|
(4 sc, sc inc) x 6
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36
|
|
7
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(5 sc, sc inc) x 6
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42
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|
8-15
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Sc around
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42
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|
16
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(5 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
36
|
|
17
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(4 sc, sc dec) x 6
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30
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|
18
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(3 sc, sc dec) x 6
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24
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|
19
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(2 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
18
|
|
20
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Add eyes between rows 9 and 10 7 stitches apart
|
|
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Stuff head
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21-22
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Sc around
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18
|
|
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Switch to red
|
|
|
23
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Sc around
|
18
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|
24
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(sc inc, 2 sc) x 6
|
24
|
|
25
|
Sc around
|
24
|
|
|
Switch to green
|
|
|
26
|
[ (3 wsc, sc inc to
attach arm), (3 sc, sc inc) x 2 ] x 2
|
30
|
|
27
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( 4 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
36
|
|
28-39
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
|
Switch to brown
|
|
|
40-41
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Sc around
|
36
|
|
|
Switch to red
|
|
|
42
|
Sc around in b/l
|
36
|
|
43
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
44
|
4 sc, sc dec,
attach leg with 4 sc, sc dec, sc, attach leg with 3 sc, sc dec, (4 sc, sc
dec) x 3
|
30
|
|
45
|
( 3 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
24
|
|
46
|
( 2 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
18
|
|
|
Stuff body
|
|
|
47
|
(sc, sc dec) x 6
|
12
|
|
48
|
(sc dec) x 6
|
6
|
|
|
Stuff and sew shut and sew in ends
|
|
Bottom
of top – in green
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
Sc around in the
f/l left from row 42 of the body
|
36
|
|
2-3
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
|
Sl st cast off and sew in ends
|
|
Hat
& hair – start in green
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
3 sc in magic
circle
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3
|
|
2
|
(sc, sc inc) x 2
|
6
|
|
3
|
Sc around
|
6
|
|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
8
|
|
5
|
Sc around
|
8
|
|
6
|
(3sc, sc inc) x 2
|
10
|
|
7
|
Sc around
|
10
|
|
8
|
(4 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
12
|
|
9
|
Sc around
|
12
|
|
10
|
(5 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
14
|
|
11
|
Sc around
|
14
|
|
12
|
(6 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
16
|
|
13
|
Sc around
|
16
|
|
14
|
(7 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
18
|
|
15
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
16
|
(8 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
20
|
|
17
|
Sc around
|
20
|
|
18
|
(9 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
22
|
|
19
|
(10 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
24
|
|
20
|
(11 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
26
|
|
21
|
(12 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
28
|
|
22
|
(13 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
30
|
|
23
|
(14 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
32
|
|
24
|
(15 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
34
|
|
25
|
(16 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
36
|
|
26
|
(17 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
38
|
|
27
|
(18 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
40
|
|
28-30
|
Sc around
|
40
|
|
|
Switch to white
|
|
|
31-33
|
Sc around
|
40
|
|
|
Switch to brown
|
|
|
34
|
Sc around in f/l,
sl st, ch 1 and turn
|
40
|
|
35
|
Work loop stitch
around, sl st, ch 1
|
40
|
|
36
|
Work loop stitch
for 30 stitches, sl st and cast off with a long tail to sew hat to head
|
|
To
Finish
1. Make a 2” pom pom
in white and sew to the end of the hat.
2. Sew the hat to the
head using the long brown thread left.
Try to sew around row 34 to leave the loop stitch hair free
3. Sew a nose across
2 stitches and 2 rows 1 row down in the centre of the eyes in skin pink using a
few stitches.
4. Sew a mouth in
black centrally under the nose.
5. Sew a belt buckle
and clip in the middle of the brown rows from the body in black.
6. Using a long
thread of black sew a few stitches to imitate shoe laces and tie the ends
together in a bow using a double knot.
7. Sew a bell on the
end of each shoe to complete Jingle’s look.
Candy the Elf
Candy is 16” tall (from her boots to his
head) and 23.5” tall from boot to the tip of the hat.
1.
Materials and
Resources
Below is a list of everything you will need to make Candy
·
100g balls of aran yarn in green, red, white, brown and
skin pink. (I used paintbox simply
aran) (This amount will make you Jingle the elf too)
·
Odd pieces of black for sewing mouth, belt and shoe laces
·
2 x 20mm safety eyes (or you can sew them on in black)
·
Stuffing
·
4 mm hook
·
Tapestry needle
·
Stitch marker
·
Scissors
·
2 x bells
2.
Stitch List
Below is a list of all the stitches (and
their abbreviations) featured in this series of patterns. All terms used are American.
·
Sl st – slip stitch
·
Sc – single crochet
·
Sc inc – single crochet increase
·
Sc dec – single crochet decrease
·
Ch – chain
·
Loop stitch
·
f/l – front loops
·
b/l – back loops
· Shell Stitch – (5
double crochet in same stitch, skip 2 stitches, sc, skip 2 stitches) repeat
around)
3.
Notes
Here are a few handy tips to help you with the pattern.
·
All these patterns are worked in continuous rounds, do not
sl st at the end of each round. A
stitch marker is essential for keeping track of the start of your rows.
·
When changing colour, use the new colour to complete the
last yarn over in the final stitch before the colour change. (e.g. for the stripes in the leg, complete 17
stitches in colour red, for the 18th stitch, insert your hook and
pull up the loop in red, but then yarn over and pull through in white. The work the next row in white. )
Gauge
Candy has no specific gauge, however they need to be as tight as
possible to prevent the stuffing from coming out.
Attaching Limbs as
you go
Below is a guide to demonstrate how to attach limbs as you go. You can find the video tutorial here.
To attach a limb
you will need to hold your limb next to the body with the opening at the top
with the point of the boot where the toes are pointing inwards at the
bottom. The photo to the left shows what
you will see when placed correctly.
1. You will then insert
your hook through 2 layers of leg and through the body and pull up a loop
through all 3 layers. Then complete the
single crochet.
All limbs will be attached this way unless otherwise stated. Each pattern will indicate the number of
single crochet stitches required to attach it.
Arms – make 2 starting
with skin pink for the hands
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
6 sc in magic
circle
|
6
|
|
2
|
(sc inc) x 6
|
12
|
|
3
|
(sc, sc inc) x 6
|
18
|
|
4
|
(sc inc, 2 sc) x6
|
24
|
|
5-8
|
Sc around
|
24
|
|
9
|
(2 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
18
|
|
10
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
11
|
(sc, sc dec) x 6
|
12
|
|
|
Switch to green
|
|
|
12
|
Sc around
|
12
|
|
13
|
(sc, sc inc) x 6
|
18
|
|
14
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Switch to red
|
|
|
15-26
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
27
|
(sc, sc dec) x 6
|
12
|
|
|
Stuff arm
|
|
|
28
|
Fold in half and sc
through both sides to shut opening
|
6
|
Legs– make 2 starting
in brown for the boots
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
6 sc in magic
circle
|
6
|
|
2
|
(sc inc) x 6
|
12
|
|
3
|
(sc, sc inc) x 6
|
18
|
|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
24
|
|
5
|
(3 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
30
|
|
6-8
|
Sc around
|
30
|
|
9
|
(sc, sc dec) x 4,
18 sc
|
26
|
|
10
|
(sc dec, sc) x 3, 5
sc, (sc dec) x 4, 4 sc
|
19
|
|
11
|
3 sc, sc dec, 14 sc
|
18
|
|
12-13
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Switch to green
|
|
|
14-17
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Switch to white
|
|
|
18-21
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
22-29
|
Repeat rows 14-21
|
18
|
|
30
|
(sc, sc dec) x 6
|
12
|
|
|
Stuff leg
|
|
|
31
|
Fold in half and sc
through both sides to shut opening
|
6
|
Head
& Body – start in skin pink
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
6 sc in magic
circle
|
6
|
|
2
|
(sc inc) x 6
|
12
|
|
3
|
(sc, sc inc) x 6
|
18
|
|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
24
|
|
5
|
(3 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
30
|
|
6
|
(4 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
36
|
|
7
|
(5 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
42
|
|
8-15
|
Sc around
|
42
|
|
16
|
(5 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
36
|
|
17
|
(4 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
30
|
|
18
|
(3 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
24
|
|
19
|
(2 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
18
|
|
20
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Add eyes between rows 9 and 10 7 stitches apart
|
|
|
|
Stuff head
|
|
|
21-22
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
|
Switch to green
|
|
|
23
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
24
|
(sc inc, 2 sc) x 6
|
24
|
|
25
|
Sc around
|
24
|
|
|
Switch to red
|
|
|
26
|
[ (3 wsc, sc inc to
attach arm), (3 sc, sc inc) x 2 ] x 2
|
30
|
|
27
|
( 4 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
36
|
|
28-39
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
|
Switch to brown
|
|
|
40-41
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
|
Switch to green
|
|
|
42
|
Sc around in b/l
|
36
|
|
43
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
44
|
4 sc, sc dec,
attach leg with 4 sc, sc dec, sc, attach leg with 3 sc, sc dec, (4 sc, sc
dec) x 3
|
30
|
|
45
|
( 3 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
24
|
|
46
|
( 2 sc, sc dec) x 6
|
18
|
|
|
Stuff body
|
|
|
47
|
(sc, sc dec) x 6
|
12
|
|
48
|
(sc dec) x 6
|
6
|
|
|
Stuff and sew shut and sew in ends
|
|
Bottom
of top – in red
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
Sc around in the
f/l left from row 42 of the body
|
36
|
|
2-4
|
Sc around
|
36
|
|
5
|
(5 sc, sc inc) x 6
|
42
|
|
6-8
|
Sc around
|
42
|
|
9
|
Work 1 row of shell
stitch
|
7 shells
|
|
|
Sl st cast off and sew in ends
|
|
Hat
& hair – start in green
|
Row
|
Instruction
|
Stitches
|
|
1
|
3 sc in magic
circle
|
3
|
|
2
|
(sc, sc inc) x 2
|
6
|
|
3
|
Sc around
|
6
|
|
4
|
(2 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
8
|
|
5
|
Sc around
|
8
|
|
6
|
(3sc, sc inc) x 2
|
10
|
|
7
|
Sc around
|
10
|
|
8
|
(4 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
12
|
|
9
|
Sc around
|
12
|
|
10
|
(5 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
14
|
|
11
|
Sc around
|
14
|
|
12
|
(6 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
16
|
|
13
|
Sc around
|
16
|
|
14
|
(7 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
18
|
|
15
|
Sc around
|
18
|
|
16
|
(8 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
20
|
|
17
|
Sc around
|
20
|
|
18
|
(9 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
22
|
|
19
|
(10 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
24
|
|
20
|
(11 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
26
|
|
21
|
(12 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
28
|
|
22
|
(13 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
30
|
|
23
|
(14 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
32
|
|
24
|
(15 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
34
|
|
25
|
(16 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
36
|
|
26
|
(17 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
38
|
|
27
|
(18 sc, sc inc) x 2
|
40
|
|
28-30
|
Sc around
|
40
|
|
|
Switch to white
|
|
|
31-33
|
Sc around
|
40
|
|
|
Switch to brown
|
|
|
34
|
Sc around in f/l,
sl st, ch 1 and turn
|
40
|
|
35
|
Work loop stitch
around, sl st, ch 1
|
40
|
|
36
|
Work loop stitch
for 30 stitches, cast off
|
30
|
|
37
|
Go back to the
start of row 36 and add another row of loop stitch for 30 stitches
|
30
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You can repeat row 37 if you want to make her hair even
longer.
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Scarf
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in green
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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Ch 76
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76
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2
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Sc in 2nd
ch from hook and every chain to end
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75
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Cast off and sew in ends
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To
Finish
1. Make a 2” pom pom
in white and sew to the end of the hat.
2. Sew the hat to the
head using the long brown thread left.
Try to sew around row 34 to leave the loop stitch hair free
3. Sew a nose across
2 stitches and 2 rows 1 row down in the centre of the eyes in skin pink using a
few stitches.
4. Sew a mouth in
black centrally under the nose.
5. Sew a belt buckle
and clip in the middle of the brown rows from the body in black.
6. Using a long
thread of black sew a few stitches to imitate shoe laces and tie the ends
together in a bow using a double knot.
7. Tie the scarf
around Candy’s neck to finish her off.
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