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Today is the 23rd day of the Mini Amigurumi Advent, only one more day left. Today's pattern is a little Mrs. Claus.
Mrs. Claus is wearing a red dress, with a little white apron and her hair up in a bun on top of her head.
She is made very similar to the other people in the series. When I made Mrs. Claus I realized that she is the 3rd figure with her hair in a bun, which was not intentional. When I made the first figure with a bun it was the angel and I wanted to do something easy and a little different than other angels that I had made, but then with the ballerina and Mrs. Claus it was the hairstyle that made the most sense, so in the end it kind of made the angel seem a little less original.
With Mrs. Claus being today's pattern and only one day left, you may be able to guess what tomorrows pattern will be. But you will have to come back tomorrow to see if you are right.
How to Crochet a Mini Mrs. Claus
Finished Size: 6" tall
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in tan, red, white, and a little bit of green (sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Buff, Cherry Red, White, Black, and Paddy Green)
- G Crochet Hook (4.25 mm)
- 2- 6mm safety eyes
- fiberfill
- yarn needle
- black or pink embroidery floss
- embroidery needle
Instructions:
Mrs. Claus' body and head are made in one piece, with arms, legs, apron, and hair made separately and sewn on after.
The skirt is crocheted directly onto the body, one round on the body is worked in the back loop only, leaving the front loops open. The skirt will be worked into those open loops.
Body/Head
Make 1 starting with red yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 6: 1 sc in blo of each st (this is the round the skirt will later be worked into) (18 sc)
Rounds 7-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round: 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Switch to skin color, begin stuffing the body continuing to stuff as you work
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 12 and 13 about 4 sts apart
Round 16: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 17: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off and weave in ends
Embroider mouth with either pink or black embroidery floss
Skirt
Attach red yarn to the unworked loops of round 6 of the body. I prefer to start in the back so that the joins are less noticeable.
Join yarn to unworked loop
Round 1: ch 2 (does not count as a st), [2 dc in each st, 1 dc in next 2 sts] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (24 dc)
Round 2: ch 2, dc in each st, join to first dc to join (24 dc)
Switch to white yarn
Round 3: ch 1, 1 sc in each st, join to first sc to join (24 sc)
Finish off and weave in ends
Arms
Make 2 starting with skin color, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Switch to red yarn
Round 3-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the arms to the side of the body
Legs
Make 2 starting with black yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Switch to white yarn
Rounds 4-7: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the legs to to the bottom of the body
Hair
Make 1 with white yarn, begin with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 5-8: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 9: 1 sc in first 9 sts, sk 1, 5 hdc in next st, sk 1, sl st in next st, sk 1, 5 hdc in next st, sk 1, sc in next 8 sts (17 sc, 2 shells)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Pull hair over head so that it comes down to the neck in the back and angles up in the front with the shells in the front, stitch in place
Bun
Make 1 with white, begin with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Add a little stuffing in the bun and stitch on top of the head
With green (or desired color) yarn, ch 12, wrap around base of bun, tie and stitch in place to secure
Apron
Make 1 with white yarn
ch 6
Row 1: sc in second ch from hook and each ch to end (5 sc)
Row 2-3: ch 1, turn, sc in each st (5 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn
ch 8, sc in each of the 5 sts of the apron piece, ch 8
Finish off and cut yarn leaving tail for sewing
Wrap the apron around the waist and stitch in place to secure, weave in ends
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