PDF PATTERN ONLY: Mr. and Mrs. Claus Ornaments Crochet Pattern

Description

NOTE: THIS IS A DIGITAL PATTERN DOWNLOAD, NOT THE FINISHED DOLLS FOR SALE.

Pattern is written in English and uses US crochet terms.

Create your own Santa and Mrs. Claus ornaments.


The finished Santa is approximately 3.75 inches tall and Mrs. Claus is approximately 2.75 inches tall (not including the hooks)

Difficulty level: advanced beginner/intermediate



Materials:

-2.25 mm hook
-Yarn (I use cotton yarn, weight 4): tan/beige or skin color of choice, white, black, red, gray, brown, and green
-2 small pieces of twine, yarn, or other material for creating a hook for your ornaments
-Polyester Fiber Stuffing
-4 6mm safety eyes (Safety eyes are not recommended for small kids, but you may use black thread or eyes to embroider eyes if you prefer).
-Stitch marker (to keep track of rows)
-Finishing/tapestry needle (to sew parts together, embroider nose, and weave in ends)
-Optional: black thread for eyelashes, pins for placing parts together before sewing



Skills:

-Basic understanding of how to complete amigurumi and follow patterns
-Chain (ch)
-Working in rounds
-Working in a spiral
-Single crochet increase (sc inc.)
-Invisible decrease (dec.)
-Regular single crochet decrease (I use dec. for this too, but will explicitly note in the pattern that it is a regular decrease)
-Double crochet (dc)
-Half double Crochet (hdc)
-Crocheting through back loops only (BLO)
-Crocheting through front loop only (FLO)
-Slip stitch (sl st)
-Color changing
-Sewing amigurumi parts together
-Basic embroidery
-Finishing off (f.o.) and weaving/tucking in ends