Pattern: Mr. Snowman

Today I bring you the first pattern of “Crafteando, que es gerundio”. It is simple but cute, and it can decorate your Christmas tree. I introduce you to Mr. Snowman, a cold and smart gentleman with a warm heart (you’ll find the pattern in English at the end of this post).

In order to create your own Mr. Snowman you will need:

• 3mm crocher hook
• White and orange acrylic yarn
• 6mm safety eyes
• Drops Cotton Viscose yarn, num. 29
• Tapestry needle
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:

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rd: round
ch: chain
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
inc: increase (2sc in the same stitch)
dec: decrease (2 single crochet together)
sl st: slide stitch
bl: back loops (we will crochet taking the back loop of the stitch)
*: repeat to the end of the round
(…): stitches you should have at the end of the round

Note: This pattern is made in continuous rounds. Do not chain and turn at the end of each row, unless it is specified. I recommend using a row counter

Head and Body

As I hate sewing, the head and the body form a single piece. We will start from the top of the head and we will crochet all the way down to the bottom of the figure.

Rd 1: (white yarn) 6sc in magic circle- (6)
Rd 2: Inc in each stitch – (12)
Rd 3: 1sc 1 inc* – (18)
Rd 4: 2sc 1 inc* – (24)
Rd 5: 3sc 1 inc* – (30)
Rd 6: 4sc 1 inc* – (36)
Rd 7-Rd 10 : 36sc – (36)
Rd 11: 4sc 1 dec* – (30)
Rd 12: 3sc 1 dec* – (24)
Place safety eyes
Rd 13: 2sc 1 dec* – (18)
Rd 14: 1sc 1 dec* – (12)
Stuff
Rd 15: 6 dec – (6)
Rd 16: Inc in each stitch – (12)
Rd 17: 1sc 1 inc* – (18)
Rd 18: 2sc 1 inc* – (24)
Rd 19: 3sc 1 inc* – (30)
Rd 20: 4sc 1 inc* – (36)
Rd 21: 5sc 1 inc* – (42)
Rd 22-Rd 26: 42sc – (42)
Rd 27: 5sc 1 dec* – (36)
Rd 28: 4sc 1 dec* – (30)
Rd 29: 3sc 1 dec* – (24)
Rd 30: 2sc 1 dec* – (18)
Rd 31: 1sc 1 dec* – (12)
Stuff
Rd 32: 6 dec – (6)
Sl st and fasten off

Nose

Rd 1: (orange yarn) 4sc in magic ring- (4)
Rd 2- Rd 3: 4sc- (4)
sl st. Leave long end for sewing

Hat

Rd 1: (Drops yarn) 6sc in magic ring- (6)
Rd 2: Inc in each stitch – (12)
Rd 3: 1sc 1 inc* – (18)
Rd 5: bl 18sc – (18)
Rd 5- Rd 7: 18sc – (18)
Rd 8: 2pb 1 inc* – (24)
Rd 9: 3pb 1 inc* – (30)
Sl st and weave in end

Bow tie (it has two pieces)

Neck’s long piece:
Rd 1: 15 ch
sl st Leave long end for sewing

Bow (we won’t be crocheting this in rounds, so we will ch and turn in each row):
Rd 1: 6 ch
Rd 2- 5sc – (5)
Rd 3: 1 ch, 5 sc- (5)
Sl St and weave in end

Assembly:

-Sew the hat and the nose to the snowman’s head. If you want, you can stuff the hat a little.
– With some Drops yarn, make a loop and sew it to the top of the head. If you don’t want to hang it, you can skip this step.
-Sew the long piece of the bow tie to the neck, leaving the seam in the front, so the bow will cover it.
– With some Drops yarn, make a tight knot around the rectangle of the bow and sew it on the long piece.
– Embroider 3 buttons using the same Drops yarn.

And that’s it! I hope you like this tutorial and that Mr. Snowman ends up decorating many homes at Christmas. I’ll come back soon with more patterns!

PS: Now you can also complete the Snow family with Lady Snow and Baby Snowflake.

Mr. Snowman by Jennifer Martínez-Orozco under Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 3.0 Unported License.