Grandma's Nutcracker
My grandma loved collecting nutcrackers and they decorated her house pretty much all year instead of just Christmas. A few months before she passed away she asked me to make her a nutcracker doll. She was also a knitter, but had to stop crafting because of arthritis. I am glad that she could have this small piece of 2 things she enjoyed: yarn and nutcrackers. She also loved basketball, and I know that my little 2 year old who loves it as well would have made her so proud!
*This is an original Cassie McSassy Crafts design. Do not claim as own. Any creations made using the pattern can be sold by creator, but please reference Cassie McSassy Crafts as the original designer.* This pattern can be purchased as a PDF here with more pictures and a template for felt face.
Materials Needed:
Worsted weight in colors: bright red, dark red, green, light blue, dark brown, beige, black or dark brown for the belt, and sparkly gold (I used 2 strands of Vanna’s Glamour because it is not worsted).
Black felt for the face
9 mm safety eyes (or use doll joints if you have them)
Polyfil stuffing
Star and gem sequins (or you can use buttons).
Super glue
Hot glue
D Hook
Scissors
Darning Needle
Stitch holder (this is worked in the rounds and a stitch holder is helpful to remember where each round starts)
Glue spray (I use Stiffen Stuff spray)
Abbreviations:
Sc= single crochet
Hdc= half double crochet
Dc= double crochet
Dec= decrease by one stitch (this is a sc dec unless noted otherwise)
Inc= Increase by one stitch (this is a sc inc unless noted otherwise)
Sc3tog= Single crochet 3 stitches together (another decrease). Pull up a loop in 3 stitches, yarn over and pull through all 3.
Sl st= slip stitch
Ch= chain
( ) x a number= complete this step however many times indicated after the “x”
BLO= crochet in the back loop only
FLO= crochet in the front loop only
Note:
The numbers in ( ) at the end of each round indicates how many stitches are in the round.
When making a color change, cut the yarn and weave in ends instead of carrying the yarn.
When making a color change, complete the previous stitch in the new color.
The magic ring (or circle) technique is used throughout this pattern. If you are unfamiliar with this technique you can find a great video here: http://www.mooglyblog.com/the-magic-circle/
If you are making this for a small child, please do not use small parts that are choking hazards (such as the safety eyes and sequins).
If you have any questions or need help with this pattern, please message me through Ravelry.com or my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cassie-McSassy-Crafts/69510087887
A special thanks goes out to my testers Jill Constantine, Lori Robertson, Jane Kelly, Mary Elizabeth Nabors, and Dawn Obeshaw!
Boots (make 2):
(stuff as you go along)
With dark brown: Ch 6. 1 inc in 2nd ch from hook, then continue with 4 sc across. Now working on other side of ch: 1 inc in the 1st st, then 4 sc across. (12)
Round 2: 1 inc in the first two sts, 3 sc, hdc inc in the next 4 sts, 3 sc (18)
Round 3: 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, (hdc inc, hdc) x 3, hdc inc, 4 sc (24)
Round 4: sc evenly around in BLO (24)
Round 5: 11 sc, 2 dc, 2 dc dec, 2 dc, 5 sc (22)
Round 6: 11 sc, 3 dc dec, 5 sc (19)
Round 7: 10 sc, 3 sc dec, 3 sc (16)
Round 8: 10 sc, dec, 4 sc (15)
Round 9:10 sc, dec, 3 sc (14)
Round 10 and 11: sc evenly around (14)
Round 12: 1 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (16)
Round 13: sc evenly around (16)
Round 14: 2 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (18)
Round 15: sc evenly around (18)
Round 16: 16 sc in brown, 1 sc in dark red, 1 sc in brown (18)
Round 17: 15 sc in brown, 3 sc in dark red (18)
Round 18: 14 sc in brown, 4 sc in dark red (18)
Remember to stuff as you go!
Round 19: 1 sc in dark red, 12 sc in brown, 5 sc in dark red (18)
Round 20: FLO- continuing with dark red only for the remaining 2 rows: 4 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc (20)
Round 21: 2 sc, 2 sl st. (4) fasten off and weave in ends.
Now working in the BLO of round 19 with bright red you will sc evenly around. This is now round 20. (18)
Round 21 through 30: sc evenly around (18)
Round 31: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
Round 32: (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
Round 33: (5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)
Round 34: (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)
Fasten off and hide ends. Make sure the legs are stuffed all the way at this point.
Joining the legs: Working with the back of the legs facing you and bright red color, slip knot and join together by pulling up a loop into the two closest touching stitches (where the inner thighs would be).
After joining you will inc in the 1st st, 9 sc around the 1st leg, inc in 2nd leg, 9 sc to end of round to make 22 sts. This is now round 35.
Round 36-37: Sc evenly around (22)
Round 38: BLO- sc evenly around (22)
Round 39: (10 sc, 1 inc) x2 (24)
Round 40: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6, change to dark red: 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, and in bright red: 1 inc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (36)
Round 41: bright red: (8 sc, 1 inc) x2, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 4 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc, 1 inc (40)
Round 42: bright red: 20 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 16 sc (40)
Rounds 43 - 45: bright red: 21 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 16 sc (40)
Round 46: bright red: 21 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 15 sc (40)
Rounds 47 - 49: bright red: 22 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 15 sc (40)
Round 50: bright red: 22 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 14 sc (40)
Round 51: bright red: 23 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 14 sc (40)
Round 52: change to blue for remaining rounds and sc evenly around (40)
Round 53: BLO- (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat around, 1 sc in last st (27)
Round 54: (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat around (18) fasten off and weave in tail
Coat:
Turn doll upside down with back facing you and working in the FLO of Round 38 where the round meets: 9 sc in bright red, 1 sc in dark red, 1 inc in bright red, 10 sc, 1 inc (24) Make sure the dark red ends up in the middle of the doll, you don’t want the dark red to end up on one side more than another. This is now Round 1.
It is much easier to weave in the tails from the color changes as you go along rather than waiting until the end. But if you wait till the end, you can flip the coat up so that the wrong side is showing to make it a bit easier.
Round 2: Bright red: 5 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 1 sc in last st (for an inc), (5 sc, inc) x 2 (28)
Round 3: Bright red: 6 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, dark red: 4 sc, 1 inc, bright red: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (32)
Round 4: Bright red: 10 sc, dark red: 5 sc, 1 inc, bright red: 15 sc, 1 inc (34)
Round 5: Bright red: 10 sc, dark red: 6 sc, 1 inc Bright red: 16 sc, 1 inc (36)
Rounds 6 - 7: Bright red: 10 sc, Dark red: 9 sc, Bright red: 17 sc (36)
Round 8: switch to blue for remaining rounds and sc around evenly (36)
Round 9: sc around evenly (36) fasten off.
Arms (make 2):
With beige yarn, 6 sc into magic ring
Round 2: inc around (12)
Rounds 3 - 5: sc evenly around (12)
Round 6: dec evenly around (6)
Stuff as you go
Round 7: with blue, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)
Round 8: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (12)
Round 9: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (15)
Round 10: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
Round 11: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (21)
Round 12: BLO- (1 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (14)
Round 13: dec evenly around (7)
Round 14: FLO- with bright red, (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat around and sc in last st (10)
Rounds 15 -18: sc evenly around (10)
Round 19: FLO- (sc, inc) around (15)
Round 20: FLO- (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
Rounds 21 -22: sc evenly around (18)
Rounds 23 -24: switch to green and sc evenly around (18)
Round 25: switch back to bright red and sc evenly around.
Now fasten the arms to the body with the safety eyes between rounds 22
and 23 on the arms and between rounds 49 and 50 on the body.
Round 26: BLO- decrease evenly around (9)
Round 27: sc3tog around (3) Use D hook to hold all the loops, and another small hook to pick up the stitches and place onto the D hook. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Head: with beige
Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring
Round 2: inc evenly around (12)
Round 3: (sc , inc) around (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: sc evenly around (30)
Round 7: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 8: sc evenly around (36)
Round 9: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rounds 10 - 11: sc evenly around (42)
Round 12: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 13: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rounds 14 -15: sc evenly around (54)
Round 16: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 17: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 18: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 19: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 20: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 21: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18) fasten off with a long tail and sew to body.
Nose:
With beige, Ch 3, sc2tog, ch 2. Skip the chains, and 3 sc down the other side of the nose back to beginning ch.
Fasten off and leave tail to sew onto face, but pin the eyes and nose onto the face first before sewing to make sure it is placed correctly.
Teeth:
With white, ch 7, dc in 3rd ch from hook and continue with 4 more dc across. With dark red, continue with sc evenly around the teeth. Once back to the beginning of red, switch to dark brown and sc evenly across on just the bottom (with 5 or 6 sc). Fasten off with a long tail to sew to head with the brown on the bottom (for the beard). After sewn on, cut 10 to 12 brown strands for the beard. Attach them through the brown sc row, a strand for the back loop and a strand for the front loop. To attach, insert hook from bottom to top through the loop, bring through a strand, and grab the yarn, and pull through.
Hair:
Cut 10 brown strands 10 inches long and lay together as shown in picture. Double knot with another 10 inch strand in the middle of the bunch and pin to head in the center and let the strands drape over the head from shoulder to shoulder. Repeat this until the head is covered in hair with the pins going down the middle of the head (for thick hair, use more than 10 strands in each bunch). The hair will drape naturally towards the back of the neck when more bunches are added. Using a darning needle, sew each double knot to the head with a long strand of brown yarn. Trim hair.
Crown:
For the base, 6 sc into magic ring with bright red yarn
Round 2: inc evenly around (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x6 (36)
Rounds 7 - 8: sc evenly around (36)
fasten off and weave in ends
With gold (2 strands if using Vanna’s Glamour), ch 45. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and sc evenly across, ch 1, turn (44)
Row 2: sc across, ch 1, turn (44)
Row 3: sc, (ch 3, skip 2 sts, 2 sc) x 10, ch 3, skip 2 sts, 1 sc, ch 1, turn
Row 4: 1 sc, 5 sc in ch 3 space, (sc2tog, 5 sc in ch 3 space) x 9, sc2tog, 5 sc in ch 3 space, 1 sc. Fasten off with long tail and attach to red hat part. Sew the crown around the two loops of the sc sts on the red hat and into the foundation ch of the crown. Spray with Stiffen Stuff spray.
Finishing Touches
Cut out felt for eyebrows, eyes, and mustache. A template can be purchased here.
Boot design:
With gold yarn (2 strands if using Vanna’s Glamour) ch 10, sc in second ch from hook, ch 9. Ch 1 with dark red
Row 2: 8 sc, sk the next ch and sc 8 evenly to the end of row (using gold to finish last sc). Ch 1 with gold and turn(16)
Row 3: 7 sc, sk 2, sc 7. Fasten off and sew to the foot of the boot. (This doesn’t wrap all the way around the boot.)
With blue yarn: ch 6, sc in second ch from hook, ch 5. Fasten off and sew to the “v” part of the boot where the dark red and black meet. Use pictures for reference.
Coat frills:
With green, ch 10, *2 sl st, (sc, ch 1, sc) in next st. Repeat from * once more. 3 sl st. Fasten off with long tail to sew to right side of jacket.
For left side: Ch 10, 3 sl st, *(sc, ch 1, sc) in next st, 2 sl st. Repeat from * once more. Fasten off with long tail to sew to left side of jacket.
With green, ch 14. Fasten off and sew to chest. Make 2 of these.
Make sure all these frills are hiding where the bright and dark red color changes come together.
Belt:
With black or dark brown, ch 29 (or however many needed to get around the waist). In second ch from hook, sc and continue across the row (28). Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew onto body. Do not sew on until the green frills are sewn on.
Buckle:
with blue ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, ch 4, sc in second ch from hook, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, ch 4, sl st to first ch made to create rectangle. Fasten off with long tail to sew onto the belt.
With gold, glue 3 single strands across the chest with super glue or fabric glue. Glue the gem sequins onto the chest and the star sequins onto the arms and boots with super glue.
*This is an original Cassie McSassy Crafts design. Do not claim as own. Any creations made using the pattern can be sold by creator, but please reference Cassie McSassy Crafts as the original designer.* This pattern can be purchased as a PDF here with more pictures and a template for felt face.
Worsted weight in colors: bright red, dark red, green, light blue, dark brown, beige, black or dark brown for the belt, and sparkly gold (I used 2 strands of Vanna’s Glamour because it is not worsted).
Black felt for the face
9 mm safety eyes (or use doll joints if you have them)
Polyfil stuffing
Star and gem sequins (or you can use buttons).
Super glue
Hot glue
D Hook
Scissors
Darning Needle
Stitch holder (this is worked in the rounds and a stitch holder is helpful to remember where each round starts)
Glue spray (I use Stiffen Stuff spray)
Abbreviations:
Sc= single crochet
Hdc= half double crochet
Dc= double crochet
Dec= decrease by one stitch (this is a sc dec unless noted otherwise)
Inc= Increase by one stitch (this is a sc inc unless noted otherwise)
Sc3tog= Single crochet 3 stitches together (another decrease). Pull up a loop in 3 stitches, yarn over and pull through all 3.
Sl st= slip stitch
Ch= chain
( ) x a number= complete this step however many times indicated after the “x”
BLO= crochet in the back loop only
FLO= crochet in the front loop only
Note:
The numbers in ( ) at the end of each round indicates how many stitches are in the round.
When making a color change, cut the yarn and weave in ends instead of carrying the yarn.
When making a color change, complete the previous stitch in the new color.
The magic ring (or circle) technique is used throughout this pattern. If you are unfamiliar with this technique you can find a great video here: http://www.mooglyblog.com/the-magic-circle/
If you are making this for a small child, please do not use small parts that are choking hazards (such as the safety eyes and sequins).
If you have any questions or need help with this pattern, please message me through Ravelry.com or my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cassie-McSassy-Crafts/69510087887
A special thanks goes out to my testers Jill Constantine, Lori Robertson, Jane Kelly, Mary Elizabeth Nabors, and Dawn Obeshaw!
Boots (make 2):
(stuff as you go along)
With dark brown: Ch 6. 1 inc in 2nd ch from hook, then continue with 4 sc across. Now working on other side of ch: 1 inc in the 1st st, then 4 sc across. (12)
Round 2: 1 inc in the first two sts, 3 sc, hdc inc in the next 4 sts, 3 sc (18)
Round 3: 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, (hdc inc, hdc) x 3, hdc inc, 4 sc (24)
Round 4: sc evenly around in BLO (24)
Round 5: 11 sc, 2 dc, 2 dc dec, 2 dc, 5 sc (22)
Round 6: 11 sc, 3 dc dec, 5 sc (19)
Round 7: 10 sc, 3 sc dec, 3 sc (16)
Round 8: 10 sc, dec, 4 sc (15)
Round 9:10 sc, dec, 3 sc (14)
Round 10 and 11: sc evenly around (14)
Round 12: 1 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (16)
Round 13: sc evenly around (16)
Round 14: 2 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (18)
Round 15: sc evenly around (18)
Round 16: 16 sc in brown, 1 sc in dark red, 1 sc in brown (18)
Round 17: 15 sc in brown, 3 sc in dark red (18)
Round 18: 14 sc in brown, 4 sc in dark red (18)
Remember to stuff as you go!
Round 19: 1 sc in dark red, 12 sc in brown, 5 sc in dark red (18)
Round 20: FLO- continuing with dark red only for the remaining 2 rows: 4 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc (20)
Round 21: 2 sc, 2 sl st. (4) fasten off and weave in ends.
Now working in the BLO of round 19 with bright red you will sc evenly around. This is now round 20. (18)
Round 21 through 30: sc evenly around (18)
Round 31: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
Round 32: (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
Round 33: (5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)
Round 34: (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)
Fasten off and hide ends. Make sure the legs are stuffed all the way at this point.
Joining the legs: Working with the back of the legs facing you and bright red color, slip knot and join together by pulling up a loop into the two closest touching stitches (where the inner thighs would be).
After joining you will inc in the 1st st, 9 sc around the 1st leg, inc in 2nd leg, 9 sc to end of round to make 22 sts. This is now round 35.
Round 36-37: Sc evenly around (22)
Round 38: BLO- sc evenly around (22)
Round 39: (10 sc, 1 inc) x2 (24)
Round 40: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6, change to dark red: 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, and in bright red: 1 inc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (36)
Round 41: bright red: (8 sc, 1 inc) x2, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 4 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc, 1 inc (40)
Round 42: bright red: 20 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 16 sc (40)
Rounds 43 - 45: bright red: 21 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 16 sc (40)
Round 46: bright red: 21 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 15 sc (40)
Rounds 47 - 49: bright red: 22 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 15 sc (40)
Round 50: bright red: 22 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 14 sc (40)
Round 51: bright red: 23 sc, dark red: 3 sc, bright red: 14 sc (40)
Round 52: change to blue for remaining rounds and sc evenly around (40)
Round 53: BLO- (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat around, 1 sc in last st (27)
Round 54: (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat around (18) fasten off and weave in tail
Coat:
Turn doll upside down with back facing you and working in the FLO of Round 38 where the round meets: 9 sc in bright red, 1 sc in dark red, 1 inc in bright red, 10 sc, 1 inc (24) Make sure the dark red ends up in the middle of the doll, you don’t want the dark red to end up on one side more than another. This is now Round 1.
It is much easier to weave in the tails from the color changes as you go along rather than waiting until the end. But if you wait till the end, you can flip the coat up so that the wrong side is showing to make it a bit easier.
Round 2: Bright red: 5 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, dark red: 4 sc, bright red: 1 sc in last st (for an inc), (5 sc, inc) x 2 (28)
Round 3: Bright red: 6 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, dark red: 4 sc, 1 inc, bright red: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (32)
Round 4: Bright red: 10 sc, dark red: 5 sc, 1 inc, bright red: 15 sc, 1 inc (34)
Round 5: Bright red: 10 sc, dark red: 6 sc, 1 inc Bright red: 16 sc, 1 inc (36)
Rounds 6 - 7: Bright red: 10 sc, Dark red: 9 sc, Bright red: 17 sc (36)
Round 8: switch to blue for remaining rounds and sc around evenly (36)
Round 9: sc around evenly (36) fasten off.
Arms (make 2):
With beige yarn, 6 sc into magic ring
Round 2: inc around (12)
Rounds 3 - 5: sc evenly around (12)
Round 6: dec evenly around (6)
Stuff as you go
Round 7: with blue, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)
Round 8: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (12)
Round 9: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (15)
Round 10: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
Round 11: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (21)
Round 12: BLO- (1 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (14)
Round 13: dec evenly around (7)
Round 14: FLO- with bright red, (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat around and sc in last st (10)
Rounds 15 -18: sc evenly around (10)
Round 19: FLO- (sc, inc) around (15)
Round 20: FLO- (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
Rounds 21 -22: sc evenly around (18)
Rounds 23 -24: switch to green and sc evenly around (18)
Round 25: switch back to bright red and sc evenly around.
Now fasten the arms to the body with the safety eyes between rounds 22
and 23 on the arms and between rounds 49 and 50 on the body.
Round 26: BLO- decrease evenly around (9)
Round 27: sc3tog around (3) Use D hook to hold all the loops, and another small hook to pick up the stitches and place onto the D hook. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Head: with beige
Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring
Round 2: inc evenly around (12)
Round 3: (sc , inc) around (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) around. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: sc evenly around (30)
Round 7: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 8: sc evenly around (36)
Round 9: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rounds 10 - 11: sc evenly around (42)
Round 12: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 13: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rounds 14 -15: sc evenly around (54)
Round 16: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 17: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 18: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 19: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 20: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 21: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18) fasten off with a long tail and sew to body.
Nose:
With beige, Ch 3, sc2tog, ch 2. Skip the chains, and 3 sc down the other side of the nose back to beginning ch.
Fasten off and leave tail to sew onto face, but pin the eyes and nose onto the face first before sewing to make sure it is placed correctly.
Teeth:
With white, ch 7, dc in 3rd ch from hook and continue with 4 more dc across. With dark red, continue with sc evenly around the teeth. Once back to the beginning of red, switch to dark brown and sc evenly across on just the bottom (with 5 or 6 sc). Fasten off with a long tail to sew to head with the brown on the bottom (for the beard). After sewn on, cut 10 to 12 brown strands for the beard. Attach them through the brown sc row, a strand for the back loop and a strand for the front loop. To attach, insert hook from bottom to top through the loop, bring through a strand, and grab the yarn, and pull through.
Hair:
Cut 10 brown strands 10 inches long and lay together as shown in picture. Double knot with another 10 inch strand in the middle of the bunch and pin to head in the center and let the strands drape over the head from shoulder to shoulder. Repeat this until the head is covered in hair with the pins going down the middle of the head (for thick hair, use more than 10 strands in each bunch). The hair will drape naturally towards the back of the neck when more bunches are added. Using a darning needle, sew each double knot to the head with a long strand of brown yarn. Trim hair.
Crown:
For the base, 6 sc into magic ring with bright red yarn
Round 2: inc evenly around (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x6 (36)
Rounds 7 - 8: sc evenly around (36)
fasten off and weave in ends
With gold (2 strands if using Vanna’s Glamour), ch 45. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and sc evenly across, ch 1, turn (44)
Row 2: sc across, ch 1, turn (44)
Row 3: sc, (ch 3, skip 2 sts, 2 sc) x 10, ch 3, skip 2 sts, 1 sc, ch 1, turn
Row 4: 1 sc, 5 sc in ch 3 space, (sc2tog, 5 sc in ch 3 space) x 9, sc2tog, 5 sc in ch 3 space, 1 sc. Fasten off with long tail and attach to red hat part. Sew the crown around the two loops of the sc sts on the red hat and into the foundation ch of the crown. Spray with Stiffen Stuff spray.
Finishing Touches
Cut out felt for eyebrows, eyes, and mustache. A template can be purchased here.
Boot design:
With gold yarn (2 strands if using Vanna’s Glamour) ch 10, sc in second ch from hook, ch 9. Ch 1 with dark red
Row 2: 8 sc, sk the next ch and sc 8 evenly to the end of row (using gold to finish last sc). Ch 1 with gold and turn(16)
Row 3: 7 sc, sk 2, sc 7. Fasten off and sew to the foot of the boot. (This doesn’t wrap all the way around the boot.)
With blue yarn: ch 6, sc in second ch from hook, ch 5. Fasten off and sew to the “v” part of the boot where the dark red and black meet. Use pictures for reference.
Coat frills:
With green, ch 10, *2 sl st, (sc, ch 1, sc) in next st. Repeat from * once more. 3 sl st. Fasten off with long tail to sew to right side of jacket.
For left side: Ch 10, 3 sl st, *(sc, ch 1, sc) in next st, 2 sl st. Repeat from * once more. Fasten off with long tail to sew to left side of jacket.
With green, ch 14. Fasten off and sew to chest. Make 2 of these.
Make sure all these frills are hiding where the bright and dark red color changes come together.
Belt:
With black or dark brown, ch 29 (or however many needed to get around the waist). In second ch from hook, sc and continue across the row (28). Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew onto body. Do not sew on until the green frills are sewn on.
Buckle:
with blue ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, ch 4, sc in second ch from hook, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, ch 4, sl st to first ch made to create rectangle. Fasten off with long tail to sew onto the belt.
With gold, glue 3 single strands across the chest with super glue or fabric glue. Glue the gem sequins onto the chest and the star sequins onto the arms and boots with super glue.
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