Thursday 29 December 2011

Day 20 Advent Calendar

We spent Christmas at my Parents' so these remaining items were crocheted there.  For Day 20 I made this Santa pattern from the DROPS Christmas Workshop 2011.
I slightly changed the pattern below by making the nose from a 5dtr cluster and then continued as suggested.
NOSE:
Crochet 4 ch with 2 threads red and crochet hook size 3 mm and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch = first ring. Now crochet 3 ch and form a new ring with 1 sl st in sl st from first ring = second ring. Turn piece. Crochet 4 ch, 5 dtr in second ring, but wait with the last pull-through = 6 sts on hook. Now pull thread through all sts on hook = 1 half of nose. Crochet 1 ch, 5 dtr in first ring, but wait with the last pull-through = 6 sts on hook. Now pull thread through all sts on hook = 1 whole nose. Cut and fasten thread.
HEAD:
Now crochet with 2 threads off-white. Crochet 1 dc at the top of ch between the 2 nose halves, 4 ch, 1 dc at the other side between the 2 nose halves. Crochet 4 ch and 1 sl st in the first dc. There are now 2 off-white ch-loops between the 2 nose halves. 
ROUND 1: Crochet 1 ch, then 5 dc round each of the 2 ch-loops and finish with 1 sl st in first dc on round = 10 dc round nose. 
ROUND 2: Crochet 1 ch, then 2 dc in each dc and finish with 1 sl st in first dc on round = 20 dc round nose.
ROUND 3: Crochet 1 ch, then * 1 dc in first dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* and finish with 1 sl st in first dc on round = 30 dc.
ROUND 4: Crochet 8 ch, 1 tr in first dc, * 4 ch, 1 tr in next dc, 4 ch, 1 tr in the same dc *, repeat from *-* a total of 14 times. Cut and fasten thread.
HAT:
Continue back and forth with 2 threads red. Beg in the next dc after the thread was cut. 
ROW 1: Crochet 1 dc in each of the next 7 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 7 dc = 14 dc. Turn piece.
ROW 2: 1 ch, dec 1 dc - see DECREASING TIP - 1 dc in each of the next 5 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 5 dc, dec 1 dc = 12 dc. Turn piece.
ROW 3: 1 ch, 1 dc in each of the first 6 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 6 dc = 12 dc. Turn piece.
ROW 4: 1 ch, dec 1 dc, 1 dc in each of the next 4 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 4 dc, dec 1 dc = 10 dc. Turn piece.
ROW 5: 1 ch, 1 dc in each of the first 5 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 5 dc = 10 dc. Turn piece.
ROW 6: 1 ch, dec 1 dc, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc, 24 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc, dec 1 dc = 8 dc.
At this point I neatened the edges with a row of dcs.
Cut and fasten thread.

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