After a lot of writing, editing and proofreading, the time has finally come.
A while ago, my mom asked me if I would like a blog for my birthday. It wasn’t until my next birthday that mama surprised me with it, a sewing blog. Unfortunately it just sat there. And to top it all, I was losing interest in sewing. After awhile we just decided to let it go. Sewing wasn’t really where my heart was.
Crochet was rapidly becoming my new favorite craft. While learning a lot about amigurumi and crochet, and beginning to design my own patterns, I felt like starting a blog again, this time a crochet blog. We thought of a new name, and mama set me up and got me started, and that’s what brings us here!
As you know, it’s Christmas time! And I have a free pattern for a cute, snowy family of snowmen, and it would tickle me pink to share it with you!
What You’ll Need
• 3.5 mm (E/4) crochet hook
• worsted weight (4) yarn – I used Caron Simply Soft’s White, Red, and Dark Sage
• 2 pairs of 6mm safety eyes (if toy is for a baby, you can use felt, embroidery floss, or black yarn)
• fiberfill
• scissors
• yarn needle
Abbreviations
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = increase
invdec = invisible decrease
picot = chain 3, sc in the 3rd chain from the hook
st(s) = stitch(es)
rnd(s) = round(s)
sl st = slip stitch
Note:
This is worked in continuous rounds. We will also be staggering our rounds to keep our snow family nice and round, which is why the rounds may look a little different.
Papa Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 8-16: Sc in each st for 9 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 17: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 18: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 19: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 20: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 21: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like (I placed mine between rounds 15 and 16, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head and shape
Rnd 22: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 23: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 24: Sc 2, inc, (sc 6, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (48 sts)
Rnd 25-35: Sc in each st for 11 rnds (48 sts)
Rnd 36: Sc 2, invdec, (sc 6, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (42 sts)
Rnd 37: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 38: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 39: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape it while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 40: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 41: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 42: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in the tail.
Papa’s Top Hat
Using green yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: In the back loops only, sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 6-11: Sc 1 in each st for 6 rnds (24 sts)
Rnd 12: In the front loops only, (sc 1, inc), repeat 12 times (36 sts)
Rnd 13: Sc 1 in each st (36 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails, flatten the top, and curl up the brim a little.
Mama Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 8-15: Sc in each st for 8 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 16: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 17: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 18: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 19: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 20: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like (I placed mine between rounds 14 and 15, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head, and shape
Rnd 21: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 22: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 23: Sc 2, inc, (sc 6, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (48 sts)
Rnd 24-33: Sc in each st for 10 rnds (48 sts)
Rnd 34: Sc 2, invdec, (sc 6, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (42 sts)
Rnd 35: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 36: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 37: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape it while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 38: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 39: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 40: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in tail.
Mama’s Hat
Using red yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: In the back loops only, sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 6-9: Sc 1 in each st for 4 rnds (24 sts)
Rnd 10: In the front loop only, (sc 1, inc), repeat 12 times (36 sts)
Rnd 11: Sc 1 in each st (36 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails, push in the top a little, and curl up to brim.
Poinsettia Flower
Using red yarn,
Rnd 1: In a magic ring (leave long tail to sew to hat), (chain 3, sc), repeat 5 times, close ring, do not join.
Rnd 2: In the chain-3 loops, (sc, hdc, picot, sl st), repeat 5 times, join to first sc, chain 4.
Rnd 3: Working around the chain-3’s from rnd 1, (sc, chain 4), repeat 5 times, fasten off red yarn.
Using green yarn,
Rnd 4: In the chain-3 spaces, (sc, hdc, picot, hdc, sl st), repeat 5 times, join to first sc.
Fasten off and weave in the ends, sew flower to hat.
Baby Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7-13: Sc in each st for 7 rnds (36 sts)
Rnd 14: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 15: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 16: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 17: Sc in each st (18 sts)
Rnd 18: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like! (I placed mine between rounds 13 and 14, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head, shape to desired roundness
Rnd 19: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 20: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 21: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 22-29: Sc in each st for 8 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 30: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 31: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 32: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 33: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 34: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 35: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in tail.
Baby’s Scarf
Using red yarn,
Row 1: Chain 53, hdc in the 3rd chain from the hook, hdc in each chain (50 sts)
Switch to green yarn,
Row 2: Hdc in each st (50 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails.
If you find anything wrong with the pattern, or have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!
Copyright © 2015 Geek and Yarn.
Please do not sell this pattern, or claim as your own. If you would like to share this pattern, you can link back to the original post, but please do not repost on your site. You are welcomed to sell items made from this pattern, please just credit me as the designer. Thank you!