A free Crochet Pattern
I feel as if I'm really late in the season to get this out but I had an awful time getting a good picture of him. Today it was a high of 57 so I took advantage of it. I took some pictures of the snowman outside and I was finally happy with the results.
I love this little guy. He brings such cheer to the entryway. I really loved having him hang around my house until I gave him away as a Christmas gift.
He is so easy to assemble, and create. You can use the the patterns below for the 2 doilies or you can find 2 already made ones to starch.
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Doily snowman
Designer: Julia Schwartz
Yarn: Size 10 cotton thread
Hook: Steel hook size 7
(or two doilies, one that is 7 inches and
one that is 8 or 9 inches)
Size: Snowman is approximately 20in. tall when assembled.
Special stitches
Leaf
stitch: Chain 5 {yo 2 times insert
hook into 5th chain from hook yo and pull through, (yo pull through
two loops) twice [you should have 2 loops on the hook]} repeat {to} once (3
loops), (yo and pull through 2 loops) 2
times.
Picot: Chain 4
slip stitch into tr just made.
Tr3tog: {Yo two
times insert hook into desired stitch, yo and pull through, yo pull through two
loops twice} repeat {to} 2 more times. You should have 4 loops on the hook, yo
and pull through all 4 loops.
Tr4tog: {Yo 2 times insert hook into desired stitch, yo and pull through, (yo pull through 2 loops on the hook) 2 times} repeat {to}3 more times. You should have 5 loops on the hook, yo and pull through all 5 loops.
Doily 1 Pattern:
This first doily has a picture tutorial from the
Lacy Japanese Lantern.
Round 1: Ch 6, sl st into beg ch, ch 8,
{Tr ch 4 in ring} repeat {to} 6 more times, slip stitch into 4th
ch at beg. (8 Tr and 8 ch 4 spaces).
Round 2: Sl st into ch 4 sp, ch 1, {5 sc in
ch four space} repeat {to} till end, sl st into first sc. (40 sc).
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st, {leaf stitch twice
(one will be on top of the other) sk 4 sc, and sc in next stitch} repeat
{to}around to end, ending with 2 leaf stitches, sl st into
beg sc. (16 leaf stitches).
Round 4: Ch 5, {leaf stitch, tr between two leaf
stitches of previous row, picot, leaf stitch, Dtr in sc,} repeat {to} 6
times, end with leaf stitch, tr between two leaf stitches, picot, leaf stitch,
sl st into 5th ch of beg st.
Round 5: Ch 8, {(tr3tog, chain 3 in picot of previous
row), repeat (to) 2 times. Dtr in dtr of previous row, ch 3}
repeat {to} 6 times, tr3tog, ch 3 times, sl st into
fifth ch at beg. (24 tr3tog).
Round 6: Ch 8, (tr in tr3tog of last round, ch 4,)
repeat (to) 2 more times, {tr in dtr of last round, (ch 4, tr in next
tr3tog) 3 times, ch 4} repeat {to} to end. Sl st. into forth ch of
beg st.
Round 7: Ch 1, sl st into ch sp, {3 sc, 4 ch, 3
sc in each ch 4 space} repeat {to} around. Sl st into beg st.
Finish off.
Doily 2
Round 1: Ch 10, sl st in first ch to make a ring, ch 3
(counts as dc here and though out), make 23 dc in the loop, sl st into beg dc. (24 dc)
Round 2:{Ch 3, 2 dc in the next dc, ch 3, sl st into next dc}
repeat {to} 11 times. (12 starts to petals)
Round 3: Sl st up the first ch 3 of previous row, ch 4, tr3tog in the next 3 dc completing the petal, {ch 10, tr4tog in next four dc}
repeat {to} 10 times, ch 10, sl st into the first tr4tog. (12 petals)
Round 4: Ch 1, sl st into ch 10 sp, {(6 sc, ch 4, 6 sc) in
ch 10 sp} repeat {to} around, sl st in first sc
Round 5: Sl st in next 5 sc and into the ch 4, (ch 4, tr, ch
4, 2 tr) in ch 4 sp, {ch 7, (2tr, ch 4, 2 tr) in next ch 4 sp} repeat {to} 11 times, ch 3 dc in first tr.
Round 6: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 4, (2 dc, ch 3, 2dc) in ch
4 sp of previous row, ch 4, {sc in ch 7 sp, ch 4, (2dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in ch 4 sp, ch 4} repeat {to} 11 times, sl st in to first sc.
Round 7: Ch 6, tr in same space, ch 1, (2 dc , ch 3, 2 dc)
in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, {(tr, ch 2, tr)
in next sc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in the ch 3 sp, ch
1}, repeat around, sl st into first tr.
Round 8: Sl st into ch 2 sp, ch 1, {sc in ch 2 sp, ch 3, 7
dc in ch 3 sp, ch 3} repeat {to}11 times, sl st into first sc.
Finish Off
Assembling the Snowman
Once the doilies are done, starch doilies to
where they are hard. I like using a sugar starch (one part water, 2 parts sugar
that has been heated up to boiling).
When they are dry, using a hot glue gun
attach the smaller doily to larger one, then add the buttons for his mouth,
eyes and buttons. Cut the jewelry wire into four equal parts and string on 6
wooden beads each, and then attach the wire to the snow man. For the last touch
cut out some old flannel for a scarf and a hanging loop.
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