Christmas Decorations 24.11.2017 Christmas Decorations RNata COPYRIGHT: This is a pattern designed and written by RNata. It s for personal use only. You may not sell, share (printed or online), reproduce, distribute and altered any part of it. Do not claim it as your own. However, you are welcome to sell the finished item in a limited number provided that you credit me (RNata) as the designer especially when listing online. Thank you.
Materials and tools Yarn: 1 or more colors. I used Catania cotton in green, red, brown, light brown, purple, white, yellow colors. The color changes are a suggestion only, you can choose your own color patterns. Crochet hook: 2.0 mm. Stuffing: I use polyester wool and a chopstick to stuff the doll. Tapestry needle, scissors. Black embroidery thread. Plastic safety eyes 7.00 mm (Do not forget to place them before finishing the head). Glue Metallic wire or match (Christmas tree). Abbreviations mr = Magic ring ch = Chain st = Stitch slst = Slip 1 stitch sc = Single crochet dc =Double crochet tr=treble crochet () = Parentheses are used for repeated patterns of stitches, example: (2 sc, inc) x3 means repeat 3 times (2 single crochet and one increase). inc = 2 sc in the same stitch dec = sc 2 together but working in the front loops only 1
Christmas Bear Teddy is crocheted in spiral, don t join at the end of each round. HEAD 1-12 crochet chains 12 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 9 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 24 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 10 sc 3-2 inc, 9 sc, 3 inc, 9 sc, 1 inc 30 4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 10 sc, 1 inc 36 5- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 11 sc, 1 inc 42 6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x3, 12 sc, 1 inc, (fig 1) 48 7-48 sc around 48 8-4 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 50 9-50 sc around 50 10-5 sc, 1 inc, 24 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 52 11-52 sc around 52 12-6 sc, 1 inc, 25 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 54 13-14- 54 sc around, (fig 2) 54 15-7 sc, 1 inc, 26 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 56 16-17-18-19- 56 sc around 56 Attach the safety eyes between rounds 16 and 17 with 7 stitches apart (fig 3). 2
1 2 3 Use invisible decrease for the next rounds. See the photo tutorial provided in the last page. 20-6 sc, 4 inc, 24 sc, 4 inc, 18 sc 64 21-26- 64 sc around, (fig 4) 64 27-4 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 17 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc,) x3, 13 sc 58 28-4 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 17 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc,) x3, 13 sc 52 29-4 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 17 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc,) x3, 13 sc 46 30-4 sc, 3 dec, 17 sc, 3 dec, 13 sc, (fig 5) 40 4 5 Start to stuff head. Do it firmly. Make 5 sc to be on the corner. Cut the yarn leaving a tail to sew gap. 6 7 8 How to finish: Using the long tail of yarn, start from second loop. Sew the opening through the front loops by going across each stitches (fig 6, 7 and 8). 3
NOSE 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 inc) x6 12 3- (3 inc, 3 sc) x2 18 4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc 24 Cut the yarn keeping a tail for sewing. Sew the nose in the center just below the eyes (fig 9, 10). 9 10 EARS 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 inc) x6 12 3- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18 4-5-6 18 sc around 18 Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the ears on both sides of the head. 11 12 Embroider the mouth and eyebrows. 13 4
HAT 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3 9 3-9 sc around 9 4- (2 sc, 1 inc) x3 12 5-12 sc around 12 6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x3 15 7-15 sc around 15 8- (4 sc, 1 inc) x3 18 9-18 sc around 18 10- (5 sc, 1 inc) x3 21 11-21 sc around 21 Cut the red yarn and attach white color (fig 14, 15 and 16). How to change the color of yarn: With the two loops from the previous yarn on the hook (fig 14), wrap around the new yarn around the hook, pull the new yarn through the two loops of the stitch (fig 15, 16). 14 15 16 Decoration: In each stitch crochet 1 ch and 1 slipstitch (fig 17 and 18). 17 18 5
Christmas Bell Bell is crocheted in spiral, don t join at the end of each round. BODY 1-9 crochet chains 9 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 6 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 18 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 7 sc 3-2 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 1 inc 24 4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x2, 6 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 7 sc, 1 inc 30 5- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2, 6 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 8 sc, 1 inc 36 6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2, 6 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x3, 9 sc, 1 inc, (fig 1) 42 7-42 sc around 42 8-4 sc, 1 inc, 20 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 44 9-44 sc around 44 10-5 sc, 1 inc, 21 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 46 11-46 sc around 46 12-6 sc, 1 inc, 22 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc, (fig 2) 48 13-14- 48 sc around 48 15-7 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 50 16-17- 50 sc around 50 18-8 sc, 1 inc, 24 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 52 19-20- 52 sc around 52 21-9 sc, 1 inc, 25 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 54 22-10 sc, 1 inc, 26 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 56 23-11 sc, 1 inc, 27 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 58 24-12 sc, 1 inc, 28 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc 60 6
25-13 sc, 1 inc, 29 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc, (fig 3) 62 26-27- 62 sc around 62 28-8 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 8 sc 56 29-8 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 8 sc 50 30-8 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 8 sc 44 31-8 sc, 3 dec, 16 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc 38 Crochet 9 sc to be on the corner. Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing. 1 2 3 Stuff the body firmly, especially your bottom part. 4 5 How to close the gap: Using the long tail of yarn, start from second loop. Sew the opening through the front loops by going across each stitches (fig 6, 7 and 8). 6 7 Add stuffing as much as you can to avoid crease (fig 9), but be careful not to overstuff it. 8 9 7
TAB Crochet 15 ch. Turn your work, sc all the way back starting in the 2 nd ch from the hook to make 14 sc in total. Sew the folded sides of tab to body (fig 11, 12). 10 11 12 BOW In magic ring: (3 ch, 5 tr, 3 ch) x2. Cut the yarn leaving a tail. Wrap the yarn few times around the bow. 13 BELL 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 inc) x6 12 3- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18 4-5 18 sc around 18 6- (1 sc, 1 dec) x6 12 Cut the yarn and leave a tail yarn for sewing. DECORATION I recommended to use a thinner yarn that the one you used for the body. You may also use paint if you like. How to make embroidery chains: Bring your needle up through your starting point. Put needle down in the same spot where you just brought it up, and then bring the needle back up through the next point (fig 14). Make sure that your thread finds under the needle, then pull it through (fig 15). You have one embroidery chain (fig 16). 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 Sew the bow and bell to body. Use pins to mark the facial features. Eyes: with a black thread, embroider the eyes 5 stitches long and 1 stitch in height. Make sure it is loose enough to form a smiling eyes. Do the same thing on the other eye. There should be 6 stitches in between both eyes. Dab a lit bit of glue to secure the eyes (fig 20, 21). Nose: with a same thread, embroider the nose 1 stitch long on the center. 20 21 9
Christmas Owl Owl is crocheted in spiral, don t join at the end of each round. BODY 1-12 crochet chains 12 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 9 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 24 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 10 sc 3-2 inc, 9 sc, 3 inc, 9 sc, 1 inc 30 4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 10 sc, 1 inc 36 5- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 11 sc, 1 inc 42 6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x3, 12 sc, 1 inc 48 7- (4 sc, 1 inc) x2, 9 sc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x3, 13 sc, 1 inc 54 8-54 sc around 54 9-5 sc, 1 inc, 26 sc, 1 inc, 21 sc 56 10-56 sc around 56 11-6 sc, 1 inc, 27 sc, 1 inc, 21 sc 58 12-13-14-58 sc around 58 15-6 sc, 1 dec, 27 sc, 1 dec, 21 sc 56 16-56 sc around 56 17-6 sc, 1 dec, 26 sc, 1 dec, 20 sc 54 18-54 sc around 54 19-6 sc, 1 dec, 25 sc, 1 dec, 19 sc 52 20- Attach the light brown yarn, crochet 52 sc using only back loops (fig 1) 52 Put the previous yarn in front of you and don t cut it as we are going to make the feathers later (fig 2, 3). 10
1 2 3 21-6 sc, 1 dec, 24 sc, 1 dec, 18 sc 50 22-23- 50 sc around 50 24-6 sc, 1 inc, 24 sc, 1 inc, 18 sc 52 25-52 sc around 52 26-7 sc, 1 inc, 25 sc, 1 inc, 18 sc 54 27-54 sc around 54 28-8 sc, 3 sc in next stitch (fig 4), 26 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 18 sc 58 29-9 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 28 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 19 sc, (fig 5) 62 30-62 sc around 62 31-5 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 11 sc 56 32-5 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 11 sc 50 33-5 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 16 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 11 sc 44 34-5 sc, 3 dec, 16 sc, 3 dec, 11 sc 38 Crochet 6 sc to be on the corner of body (fig 6). Cut the yarn and leaving a long tail (40 cm). 4 5 6 Don t sew shut the head yet as we are going to attach the eyes first. EYES In magic ring: 3 ch and 16 tr. Cut the yarn and leave a tail. Join it with firth chain using a needle (fig 7, 8). 7 8 11
Place your eyes higher above green part of body and attach it between rounds 25 and 26. 9 10 After inserting the safety eyes into the center of the eyes, attach it to the head between rounds 25 and 26. Stuff it firmly and sew shut in the same way we did for bear and bell (fig 10). Don t cut the tail, we are going to make the ears later. 11 12 13 Use the remaining tail to make the ears with a needle. Fold the tip on one side to form the ear. Make a stitch (fig 13) and bring the needle on the other side (fig 14). Make a few more stitches to secure the shape. Repeat the process to the other ear. 14 15 16 Go back to round 20 and work in the front loops. Making the feathers: Turn the body upside down and start making a series of shell stitch at the back using the previous yarn (fig 17). - Start with a sl st. Skip the next st, 5 dc to the next stitch (fig 18), skip the next st, slst to the next st. - You should have 13 shell stitches around the body. 12
17 18 19 You can now sew the eyes to the head (fig 20, 21). I used an embroidery thread to make the beak (fig 22). 20 21 22 WINGS 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 inc) x6 12 3- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18 4- (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) x6 24 5- (1 inc, 3 sc) x6 30 Don t stuff the wings. Close the wing with 15 sc across both sides (fig 23). Cut the yarn leaving some length. For the second wing, use a needle to move the yarn to the other corner (fig 24). The wings should be symmetrical with each other. 23 24 25 Place the wings under the feathers and sew only first 3-4 stitches (fig 25). LEGS 1-6 crochet chains 6 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 3 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 12 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 4 sc 13
3-1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc 14 4-14 sc around 14 5- (1 dec, 5 sc) x2 12 6- (1 dec, 4 sc) x2 10 Stuff the leg lightly. Flatten it and close the opening by doing 4 sc. Leave a tail for sewing. Connect the leg to body, how to show on photos 27 and 28. 26 27 28 HAT 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3 9 3-14- 9 sc around 9 15- (2 sc, 1 inc) x3 12 16- (1 sc, 1 inc) x6 18 17-18 sc around 18 18- (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) x6 24 Cut the green yarn and attach white. Crochet 1 chain and 1 slst in each stitch (fig 29, 30). 29 30 There are a few ways on how to make a pompom. You can either use a fork, pompom make, or even your fingers. I did mine with my two fingers. I wrapped the yarn many times until I m satisfied on how big I want my pompom would be. The more times you wrap, the fluffier the pompom will be. 31 32 33 14
Christmas Penguin Penguin is crocheted in spiral, don t join at the end of each round. BODY 1-10 crochet chains 10 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 7 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 20 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 8 sc 3-2 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 1 inc 26 4- (1 sc, 1 inc) x2, 7 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 8 sc, 1 inc 32 5- (2 sc, 1 inc) x2, 7 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 9 sc, 1 inc 38 6- (3 sc, 1 inc) x2, 7 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x3, 10 sc, 1 inc 44 7- (4 sc, 1 inc) x2, 7 sc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x3, 11 sc, 1 inc, (fig 1) 50 8-50 sc around 50 9-5 sc, 1 inc, 24 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 52 10-52 sc around 52 11-6 sc, 1 inc, 25 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 54 12-54 sc around 54 13-7 sc, 1 inc, 26 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 56 14-56 sc around, (fig 2) 56 15-8 sc, 1 inc, 27 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 58 16-58 sc around 58 17-9 sc, 1 inc, 28 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc 60 18-60 sc around 60 19-10 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 29 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 19 sc 64 15
20-11 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 31 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 20 sc 68 21-12 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 33 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 21 sc 72 22-13 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 35 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 22 sc 76 23-14 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 37 sc, 3 sc in next stitch, 23 sc, (fig 3) 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 24-80 sc around 80 25-10 sc, leave 12 chs for the left arm, insert your hook after the 12th ch 56 (fig 4) and starting from that ch, crochet 28 sc, then leave another 12 chs for the right arm, insert your hook after the 12th ch again and crochet 18 sc (fig 5, 6). 26-56 sc around 56 27-10 sc, 1 inc, 27 sc, 1 inc, 17 sc 58 28-58 sc around 58 29-11 sc, 1 inc, 28 sc, 1 inc, 17 sc 60 30-60 sc around 60 31-6 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 15 sc, (1 dec, 3 sc) x3, 9 sc 54 32-6 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 15 sc, (1 dec, 2 sc) x3, 9 sc 48 33-6 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 15 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x3, 9 sc 42 34-6 sc, 3 dec, 15 sc, 3 dec, 10 sc 36 Crochet 7 sc to be on the corner of body. Cut the yarn leaving a long tail, but don t close the gap yet. We are going to make face and attach it to body. 16
FACE 1-6 sc in magic ring 6 2- (1 inc) x6 12 3- (3 sc, 3 inc) x2 18 4-3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x3, (fig 7) 24 5-3 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x3, 3 sc, ( 2 sc, 1 inc) x3 30 From round 6, we will make the increases not to fall above each other to get the oval shape that we want. 7 8 6-4 sc, ( 1 inc, 3 sc) x3, 3 sc, ( 1 inc, 3 sc) x2, 1 inc, 2 sc, (fig 8) 36 7-6 sc, ( 1inc, 4 sc) x3, 3 sc, (1 inc, 4 sc) x2, 1 inc, 1 sc 42 8-8 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, now we are going to make eyes: skip the next 2 stitches, 10 tr to the next stitch (fig 9, 10), skip the next 2 stitches, then crochet 2 sc (fig 11). Second eye: skip the next 2 stitches, 10 tr to the next stitch, skip the next 2 stitches, crochet 4 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc. 9 10 11 12 13 17
Place the safety eyes in the center of each shells and attach it between rounds 15 and 16 of the head. (fig 14). Stuff body firmly and close the gap (fig 15) in the same way as a penguin s body. 14 15 Stuff the arms lightly and close it in the same way like the body (fig 18). 16 17 18 Next sew the face to body using the bar of face. BEAK 1-5 crochet chains 5 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 2 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 10 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 3 sc 3- (1 inc, 4 sc) x2 12 4-12 sc around 12 Stuff the beak lightly. Place it under the eyes and sew. 19 18
FEET 1-7 crochet chains 7 2- inc on the 2 nd ch from the hook, 4 sc, 3 sc on the last chain, turn and 14 work on the other side of the foundation chs, 5 sc 3- (1 inc, 6 sc) x2 16 4-16 sc around 16 5-1 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec, 5 sc 14 6-1 sc, 1 dec, 5 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc 12 I crocheted 2 sc more and then flatten it closing the opening by doing 5 sc. Leave a tail for sewing. 20 21 22 Sew the feet into the body following the photos above (fig 20, 21, 22). I decorated my penguin with a hat and bow using the same patterns. Christmas tree TREE 1- green yarn: 6 sc in magic ring 6 19
2- (1 sc, 1 inc) x3 9 3-9 sc around 9 4- attach white yarn, don t cut green: 9 sc around 9 5-9 sc around 9 6- green yarn: (2 sc, 1 inc) x3 12 7-12 sc around 12 8- white yarn: 12 sc around 12 9-12 sc around 12 10- green yarn: (3 sc, 1 inc) x3 15 11-15 sc around, (fig 1 ) 15 12- white yarn: 15 sc around 15 13-15 sc around 15 14- green yarn: (4 sc, 1 inc) x3 18 15-18 sc around 18 16- white yarn: 18 sc 18 17-18 sc around, cut the white yarn 18 18- green yarn: 18 sc, (fig 2) 18 19- Stuff the tree, (1 sc, 1 dec) x6 12 20- (1 dec) x6 6 Cut the yarn keeping a long tail. 1 2 3 How to close the end of the round: With a darning needle, insert the remaining yarn through all the front loops of the stitches on the last round (fig 3). But don't pull the thread and close the gap. Insert the match wire into the opening halfway through (fig 4). 4 5 Now pull the thread and close it. Wrap the yarn around the match and fix it with glue (fig 5). 20