2012 Snow With Legs

Happy Snowman

By Teresa Alvarez (November 2012)

About copyright: It’s really something great when people like what I have designed. You can sell the final item or whatever you like, but it would be nice to reference where you found the pattern!

If there is anything you do not understand or there are any mistakes, please, send me a message! As you can see in the way I write, English is not my first language. So, you could come across some mistakes and grammatical inconsistencies. Sorry and my apologies! I’ve always liked snowmen. The city where I live is very cold in winter, but snow is not very common! So, I’ve written this pattern to have my own snow-doll. ABOUT YARN: I had in my stash this Bubble yarn from Stylecraft (50 gr = 55m). It fits nicely in the idea! The nose has been crocheted using a standard yarn in orange. The trousers, boots, mittens and hat use Chenille cotton from Crystal Palace.

ABOUT GAUGE: It is not important, as far as you are consistent with your tension. ABOUT HOOK: It depends on the yarn. I’ve used a 4 mm hook. Remember that when making amigurumis, stitches should be tight. YOU WILL NEED:  White: 2.5 skeins. Bubble, StyleCraft  Green: 1.5 skeins, Cotton Chenille, Crystal Palace  Purple: 1 skein, Cotton Chenille, Cotton Chenille, Crystal Palace.  Black yarn for the mouth  Orange yarn for the nose.  Two big safety eyes.  Stuffing.  Tapestry needle.

ABOUT CROCHET TERMS: I’ve followed the US terminology. Stitch: st Chain: ch Slip stitch: sl st Single crochet: sc

FLO: Front Loop Only BLO: Back Loop Only Sc2tog: decreasing two sc (i.e., 2 st become 1) NOTE: All the decreases are worked as invisible decreases.

ABOUT THE PATTERN: All the pattern is worked in spirals, so do not join at the end/beginning of a row. The snowman is worked almost in one piece.

SNOWMAN Scarf Using green Chain 75, Row 1-4: sc in each st across, 1ch, turn. Fasten off

Using purple Row1: Working in one of the narrow sides, join purple and sc evenly across, 1ch, turn (4 st) Row2-5: sc in each st across, 1ch, turn. (4sts) Fasten off and weave ends.

Repeat at the other side, but do not fasten off.

Finally, sc all the border of the scarf using purple:

Fasten off and weave ends.

Buttons (make 2) Using purple

Chain 4, (the three chains closest to the hook count as the first dc), bobble as explained below. Sl st at the same chain where the dc are crocheted (this way the bobble has a roundish shape) How to do a Bobble: as explained in: http://www.redheart.com/learn/articles/learncrochet-bobbles: Work five double crochet into one stitch, leaving the last loop of each on the hook, yarn over and pull yarn through all six loops on the hook Hat Using green Round 1: 2 ch and 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: [2sc in next st], repeat 3 times (6 sts) Round 3: sc in each st across (6 sts) Round 4: [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 3 times (9 sts) Round 5: [2sc in next st, sc in next 2st] repeat 3 times (12 sts) Round 6: [2sc in next st, sc in next 3st] repeat 3 times (15 sts) Round 7: [2sc in next st, sc in next 4st] repeat 3 times 18 sts) Round 8: [2sc in next st, sc in next 5st] repeat 3 times (21 sts) Round 9: [2sc in next st, sc in next 6st] repeat 3 times (24 sts) Round 10: [2sc in next st, sc in next 7st] repeat 3 times (27 sts) Round 11: [2sc in next st, sc in next 8st] repeat 3 times (30 sts) Round 12: [2sc in next st, sc in next 9st] repeat 3 times (33 sts) Round 13: [2sc in next st, sc in next 10st] repeat 3 times (36 sts) Round 14: [2sc in next st, sc in next 11st] repeat 3 times (39 sts) Round 15: [2sc in next st, sc in next 12st] repeat 3 times (42 sts) Round 16: [2sc in next st, sc in next 13st] repeat 3 times (45 sts) Round 17: [2sc in next st, sc in next 14st] repeat 3 times (48 sts) Round 18: [2sc in next st, sc in next 15st] repeat 3 times (51 sts) Round 19-28: sc in each st across (51 sts) Round 29: [2sc in next st, sc in next 16st] repeat 3 times (54 sts) Change to purple Round 30-33: sc in each st across (54sts) Fasten off and weave ends. If you like, you can surface crochet a row approximately at round 26. Top: using purple, [ch 6, sl st in 2nd ch from hk and in each of remaining sts] repeat 3 times. Fasten off and sew to top of the hat

Nose Using orange Round 1: 2 ch and 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: [2sc in next st], repeat 3 times (6 sts) Round 3: sc in each st across (6 sts)

Round 4: [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 3 times (9 sts) Round 5: sc in each st across. (9 sts) Round 6: [2sc in next st, sc in next 2st] repeat 3 times (12 sts) Round 7: sc in each st across. (12 sts) Round 8: [2sc in next st, sc in next 3st] repeat 3 times (15 sts) Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing

Hands and arms Using green There are three parts: thumb, hand and the arm. The first two are worked using green and the arm using white. The thumbs are not stuffed. Stuff the hands and arms as you go, it’s easier! Thumb: Round 1: 2 ch and 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: 2sc in next st, sc in next 2st. (4sts) Round3-6: sc in each st across (4sts). Fasten off. Hand: Round 1: 2 ch and 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: [2sc in next st], repeat 4 times (8 sts) Round 3: [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 4 times (12 sts) Round 4-8: sc in each st across. (12 sts) Round 9: [2sc in next st, sc in next 2st] repeat 4 times (16 sts) Joining thumb and hand: We have: 4 st from the thumb and 12 from the hand.

sl st two stitches from the thumb with two st from the hand (alternatively, we can sew these stitches):

Now, we have 12 stitches: Round 1-2: sc in each st across (12 sts) Round 3: working in FLO, [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts) Round 4: sc in each st across (18 sts). Fasten off and weave ends.

Arm: Using white, join at any unused loop of round 3 (the one we crocheted using FLO). Round 1-14: sc in each st across (12 sts) Round 15: [sc2tog], repeat 6 times (6 sts) Fasten off and leave tail to sew to the body.

Feet, legs, body and head The feet and legs are worked and joined together to form the base of the body, tha is worked from bottom up and finally the head. Foot and leg (make 2) Using purple Stuff feet and leg and legs as you go! (We work around the base chain) Round 1: ch 6, 2sc in 2nd ch from hk, sc in next 3st, 3sc in next st, sc in the next 3 unused loops of base chain (12sts). Round 2: [3sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts] repeat 2 times. (16sts). Round 3: [2sc in next 3st, sc in next 5 sts] repeat 2 times. (22sts). Round 4: sc in next 2sts, [2sc in next st] repeat 3 times, sc in next 8sts, [2sc in next st] repeat 3 times, sc in next 6sts. (28sts) Round 5: working in BLO, sc in next 2 st, [sc2tog] repeat 3 times, sc in next 18sts. (25sts) Round 6: [sc2tog] repeat 4 times, sc in next 7 sts, sc2tog, sc in each of the remaining sts. (20sts) Round 7: [sc2tog] repeat 3 times, sc in next 13 st, the last st will be the first one of row 7

Round 8: sc2tog using the unworked st from row 6 and first st of this round, sc2tog, sc in next 13sts. (15 sts) Round 9-11: sc in each st across. Round 12: change to green, BLO, sc in each st across. Round 13-32: sc in each st across. Fasten off

To give the boots a furry effect, we crochet some rounds using white:

Join white yarn in any BACK LOOP of round 12 and work [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 8 times. (as we had 15 st, the final repetition won’t be completed) Next round: sc in each st across Final round: [sc2tog, sc in next st], repeat 8 times. Fasten off.

Body Using green We are going to join together both legs in a similar way than the thumb and the hand:

We sew together the corresponding st from one leg to the other. We can sew them or sl st. And then: Round 1: sc in each of the remaining st of both legs, we should have 22 sts, but to ease increases in following rounds, we can increase two sc in this round, so the final number is 24 sts. Round 2: [2sc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 12 times (36 sts) Round 3: [2sc in next st, sc in next 5 st], repeat 6 times (42 sts) Round 4: [2sc in next st, sc in next 6st] repeat 6 times (48 sts) Round 5: [2sc in next st, sc in next 7st] repeat 6 times (54 sts) Round 6: [2sc in next st, sc in next 8st] repeat 6 times (60 sts) Round 7-10: sc in each st across (60 sts) Change to purple Round 11-12: sc in each st across (60 sts) Change to white Round 13-17: sc in each st across (60 sts) Round 18: [sc2tog, sc in next 8 sts], repeat 6 times (54sts) Round 19: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 7st], repeat 6 times (48 sts) Round 20: [sc in next 3st, sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (42 sts) Round 21: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 5st], repeat 6 times (36 sts) Round 22: [sc in next st, sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (30 sts) (Stuff body as you go) Round 23: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 24: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 2st], repeat 6 times (18 sts) Round 25: [1sc in next st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 26: [2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 6 times (30 sts) Round 27: [1sc in next 2st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 6 times (36 sts) Round 28: [2sc in next st, sc in next 5st] repeat 6 times (42 sts) Round 29: [sc in next 3st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 6 times (48 sts)

Round 30-35: sc in each st across (48 sts) Round 36: [sc in next 3st, sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (42 sts) Round 37: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 5st], repeat 6 times (36 sts) Round 38: [sc in next st, sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (30 sts) (Stuff head as you go, embroider mouth, sew eyes and place eyes) Round 39: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 3st], repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 40: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next 2st], repeat 6 times (18 sts) Round 41: [sc2tog using invisible decrease, sc in next st], repeat 6 times (12 sts) Round 41: [sc2tog using invisible decrease], repeat 6 times (6 sts) Fasten off and weave ends.

Straps (make 2) Using green Chain 35, Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hk and in each st across, ch 1, turn Row 2: sc in each st across. Fasten off Using purple, place a cross in one of the ends. Finishing touches: Sew arms and buttons to the body and straps to the body. I like to have them crossed at the back:

Back of the snowman before sewing the straps