Little Mary- Little Nativity Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 1

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Today is the first day of the Christmas 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. The theme for this year's crochet along is Little Nativity. Each day for the next 12 days there will be be another little nativity themed mini amigurumi figure. I decided to start Day 1 with a Little Mary. 

I figured that Mary is a pretty important figure in the Nativity so she seemed like a good place to start. The Little Mary is about 4" tall with a little shawl on her head and a little bit of hair showing in the front. Just like all of my Mini Amigurumi sets I added a little face with safety eyes and an embroidered mouth, but this time I made the mouth in pink instead of black. 

Mary is made with 4 colors of yarn- a skin tone (I used Loops & Thread Impeccable in Almond), a hair color (I used Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Dark Taupe), and 2 colors for the clothing, 1 for the dress and one for the head cover. Those two could really be any color but I chose to use 2 shades of blue, a darker shade for the dress (Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Cornflower), and a really pale blue for the head covering (Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Ice Blue).

This is the first figure in a 12 day long crochet along. Each day will add to the Nativity set. Be sure to check back tomorrow to see what the second day is.

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How to Crochet a Little Mary

Finished Size about 4" tall 

You will need:

• Worsted weight yarn in 4 colors- skin tone, hair color, and 2 colors for clothing (Sample made with Loops & Threads Impeccable in Almond, and Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Dark Taupe, Cornflower, and Ice Blue)
• G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
• 2- 6mm safety eyes
• embroidery floss and needle (pink or black for mouth)
• stuffing
• yarn needle
• stitch markers
• scissors
• optional: if you want to add weighted bases to you figures you will need some scrap fabric and Poly-Pellets 

Instructions: 

All of the pieces are made beginning with a magic ring. All but the head covering are worked in rounds, the head covering begins with a magic ring but then is worked back and forth in rows. 

 

If you want to add weighted bases to the bottom of your figures you can cut out a circle of fabric about 3" in diameter, work a running stitch all the way around the outside edge, cinch it to make a little bowl shape, add a little bit of poly-pellets to the circle, then cinch closed. The base of the figure is only about 1.5" in diameter so it needs to be kept pretty small. If using a weighted base place it in the bottom of the figure when the pattern says to begin stuffing, the continue with stuffing. This does help keep your figures upright easier but is an optional step. Below is a video that shows the process, just keep in mind that this one would need to be a lot smaller than the one in the video. 

Video Tutorial: How to Make a Weighted Base

Body/Head

Make 1 starting with dress color/darker blue, changing to skin tone/tan where directed, 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)

Round 4: 1 sc in blo of each st (18 sc)

Rounds 5-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 9: [sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (15 sc)

Round 10: [sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 11: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)

Change to sink tone/tan yarn

Round 12:  2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 13: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 14-17: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 18: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 15 and 16 about 3 stitches apart

Stich a small smile below the eyes

Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 20: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Hair

Make 1 with hair color/brown yarn, beginning with a 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 5-7: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 8: sl st in first st, sk 1, 5 dc in next st, sk 1, sl st in next st, sk 1, 5 dc in next st, sk 1, sl st in next st (2 shells)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing 

Place the hair over the head with the bangs (shells) just over the eyes and stitch in place

Arms

Make 2 starting with skin tone/tan yarn and changing to dress color/darker blue where directed, beginning with a magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

change to dress color/darker blue yarn

Rounds 2-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the two arms to the side of the body with the hands pointing forward. I wrapped the arms around the body a little bit and stitched them in place. 

Head Cover

Make 1 with head cover color/light blue yarn, beginning with a magic ring, then working back and forth in rows

Row 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in last st (8 sc)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in last st (10 sc)

Row 4: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in last st (12 sc)

Row 5: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in last st (16 sc)

Rows 6-15: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (16 sc)

Row 16: ch 1, turn so that you are working up the front edge of the head covering (the ends of the rows), work 1 sc in the end of each row working up to the center (row 1) and back down the other side ending at the beginning of row 15

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Place the head covering on top of the head and stitch in place to secure it to the head