Snowman with a lantern

Snowman with a lantern

The size of your snowman will depend on the yarn you use. The thicker the yarn the bigger the toy you will get.

The height of my snowman is 12 cm plus 4 cm for the height of the hat. I used 100% acrylic yarn, 450 m/100 g, 1,25 mm crochet hook.

Materials:

You can choose the yarn at your discretion, of a similar color, composition and thickness. Acrylic, cotton will do. Yarn consumption depends on its thickness and a crochet hook size. My snowman consumed: around 10g of white colour yarn, 5g of other colours.

The following yarn colours are required:

- for snowman: white, brown, orange;

- for hat: red, green, black;

- for lantern: brown and yellow;

- for a scarf: choose 3 matching colours;

- Crochet hooks in two sizes. I used No.1.25 and No. 2.0;

- Hollow fibre, toy/cushion filling

- All purpose clear transparent glue, e.g. UHU

- 2 beads for eyes or ready - made eyes, I used 8 mm half - beads

- A sewing needle, matching sewing threads

- A long needle and strong thread for sculpting

- For embroidery: a few threads of black and white

- Beads of red color - to decorate the cylinder

- A piece of wire approx. 1,0 mm thick and 35 cm long for the arms

- A piece of thick cardboard (for the base)

- A few glass granules - for the balance of the figure
- Dry soft pastels or any other suitable means for tinting (brown and pink). I used eye shadows

Abbreviations:

ch – chain

st - stitch

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)

dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)

hdc – half double crochet

(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times

Arms (make 2)

Prepare 2 pieces of wire approx. 15 cm, bend it in half. Twist a loop at the end of the wire.

Work with brown colour yarn. Crochet with the yarn doubled. For crocheting arms, take a larger hook.

Work 15 ch. Attach the wire. Hold the end of thread place the hook under the wire and pull the thread, make a loop and work 1sc. Use pliers to tightly squeeze the spots where wire got bent. See at the photo.

Further crochet 5 sc, grabbing the loops of the chain and wire. Thus the wire will hide on the inside.

Continue work 4 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc – it's a thumb.

Continue to work until the end of the chain: 10 sc.

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.

Snowman’s Body - Head

Work with white colour yarn. Stuff as you go.

Rnd 1. 7 sc in a Magic Ring

Rnd 2. (1 inc) × 7 times (14)

Rnd 3. (1 sc, 1 inc) × 7 times (21)

Rnd 4. (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) × 7 times (28)

Rnd 5. (3 sc, 1 inc) × 7 times (35)

Circle detail on the cardboard, cut out circle.

Rnd 6. into the back loops only: 35 sc

Rnd 7. 35 sc

Rnd 8. (4 sc, 1 inc) × 7 times (42)

Rnd 9. 42 sc

Rnd 10. (6 sc, 1 inc) × 6 times (48)

Rnd 11-16. (6 rounds) 48 sc

Insert the cardboard bottom inside. Add some glass granules to the back (they can be replaced with beads) to ensure stability. Add some hollow fibre.

Rnd 17. (5 sc, 1 dec, 5 sc) × 4 times (44)

Rnd 18-19. (2 rounds) 44 sc

Rnd 20. (1 dec, 9 sc) × 4 times (40)

Rnd 21-22. (2 rounds) 40 sc

Rnd 23. (3 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc) × 5 times (35)

Rnd 24-25. (2 rounds) 35 sc

Rnd 26. (5 sc, 1 dec) × 5 times (30)

Rnd 27-28. (2 rounds) 30 sc

Rnd 29. 7 sc, 1 ch, skip 1 loop – this hole is for the wire frame of the arm, 14 sc, 1 ch, skip 1 loop – this hole is for the wire frame of the arm, 7 sc (28 +2 ch)

Rnd 30. 3 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 sc along the chain, 1 dec, (3 sc, 1 dec)× 2 times, 2 sc, 1 sc along the chain, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec (24)

Rnd 31-32. (2 rounds) 24 sc

Insert the arms into the body. Sew them on. Twist the wire together. Wrap the ends of the wire with a small piece of fabric adhesive tape.

Rnd 33. (1 dec, 2 sc) × 6 times (18)

Rnd 34-35. (2 rounds) 18 sc

Add some hollow fibre.

Rnd 36. (1 dec, 1 sc) × 6 times (12)

Rnd 37. into the front loops only: 12 inc (24)

Keep an eye on the symmetry! Make sure the marker is at the centre of the back, make a shift stitch if required.

Rnd 38. 4 sc, 4 inc, (1 sc, 1 inc) × 3 times, 1 sc, 4 inc, 5 sc (35)

Rnd 39. 6 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) × 5 times, 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) × 5 times, 6 sc (46)

Rnd 40-43. (3 rounds) 46 sc

Rnd 44. 10 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) × 3 times, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 dec) × 3 times, 10 sc (40)

Rnd 45-48. (4 rounds) 40 sc

Rnd 49. (4 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc) × 4 times (36)

Rnd 50-51. (2 rounds) 36 sc

Rnd 52. (2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc) × 6 times (30)

Rnd 53. (1 dec, 3 sc) × 6 times (24)

Rnd 54. (1 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc) × 6 times (18)

Rnd 55. (1 dec, 1 sc) × 6 times (12)

Rnd 56. 6 dec (6)

It’s important to properly spread the hollow firbe. Fill cheeks well.

Fasten off, cut off. Do not close off the loops of the last round just yet, you will do it later!

Sculpturing and decoration

Find the points for sculpting as follows. Divide the head into halves both horizontally and vertically. See the pictures for guidance.

Point 0 is on the top of the head.

Points 1 & 2; 3 & 4 - are in Rnd 44. Distance between points 1 & 2, (3 & 4) – 2 sc, between points 2 & 3 is 6 sc.

Points 5 & 6 is in the centre of the neck between rounds 36 & 37.

Prepare a long needle and a strong thread for sculpting, and make a knot.

Insert the needle in the opening in the head (point 0), hide the knot in the hollow fibre, take the needle out in spot 5 on the neck. Make a very tiny stitch to fasten the thread.

Insert the needle out in point 6, take the needle out in point 2 (thread runs inside the head). Insert the needle in point 1 (thread runs over the work), take it out in point 6. Tighten the thread, help with the fingers to keep it in place. Make a short stitch and a knot. Repeat the tightening once more.

Repeat sculpting for the left eye socket. Points #5-3-4-6.

Hide the end.

Optional: tint the eye sockets before you glue the eyes on. This will make them look more expressive. I used eye shadows of brown colour and a brush. See photos for guidance. Glue the eyes into the eye sockets.

Embroider the whites of the eyes with white colour yarn. See the photo for guidance.

Insert the needle in the opening on the head to hide the ends. Do not forget to pull the loops on the head top once you have finished to embroider. 

Carrot nose

Work with orange colour yarn.

Rnd 1. 4 sc in a Magic Ring

Rnd 2. 1 inc, 3 sc (5)

Rnd 3. 4 sc, 1 inc (6)

Rnd 4. (2 sc, 1 inc) × 2 times (8)

Rnd 5. 8 sc

Rnd 6. 7 sc, 1 sl st (8)

Cut the thread, hide the end.

Fill the nose with some orange yarn leftovers. Embroider some horizontal stripes with a thin black colour yarn/thread.

Sew on a carrot nose. Take a cotton sewing thread of white colour, make invisible stitches. 

Embroider a smile. Make some dotted lines and then wrap each stitch around with yarn. Tint the cheeks with soft pastel. I used pink eye shadow.

For decoration, you can sew small buttons on the snowman's belly.

Scarf

Choose 2 matching colours. (colours А, B and C).

Start with colour A. Work 71 ch.

Rnd 1. starting from 2nd ch from hook: 70 sc, change the yarn to colour B, 1 ch, turn (70)

Rnd 2. 70 sc, change the yarn to colour С, 1 ch, turn (70)

Rnd 3. 70 sc, change the yarn to colour А, 1 ch, turn (70)

Rnd 4. 70 sc

Fasten off, cut off.

Decorate the side edges of the scarf with fringe. Take yarn, cut it into 8-10 cm long segments and fold them in half. Attach threads to make a fringe (see photo). Attach only from the front. Cut off the excess.

Top hat

Work with black colour yarn

Rnd 1. 7 sc in a Magic Ring

Rnd 2. (1 inc) × 7 times (14)

Rnd 3. (1 sc, 1 inc) × 7 times (21)

Rnd 4. (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) × 7 times (28)

Rnd 5. (3 sc, 1 inc) × 7 times (35)

Rnd 6. (2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc) × 7 times (42)

Rnd 7. into the back loops only: 42 sc

Rnd 8. 42 sc

Rnd 9. (12 sc, 1 dec) × 3 times (39)

Rnd 10-11. 39 sc

Rnd 12. (11 sc, 1 dec) × 3 times (36)

Rnd 13-17. 36 sc

Rnd 18. into the front loops only: (3 sc, 1 inc) × 9 times (45)

Rnd 19. 2 sc, 1 inc, (4 sc, 1 inc) × 8 times, 2 sc (54)

Rnd 20. (5 sc, 1 inc) × 9 times (63)

Rnd 21. 3 sc, 1 inc, (6 sc, 1 inc) × 8 times, 2 sc, 1 sl st (72)

Fasten off, cut off any excess yarn, hide the end.

For holly, make 7 ch with green colour yarn, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 1 sc, 3 hdc, 1 sl st, again 7 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 1 sc, 3 hdc, 1 sl st.

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.

For a ribbon make 39 ch with red yarn, from the 2nd ch from hook: 38 sc.

Cut off yarn, leave a tail for further operation.

Sew the ribbon to the hat. Sew on the leaves. Sew 3 red beads for decoration.

Lantern

Start with brown colour yarn.

Rnd 1. 8 sc in a Magic Ring

Rnd 2. (3 sc in 1 st, 1 sc) × 4 times (16)

Rnd 3. into the front loops only: 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 st, 3 sc) × 3 times, 3 sc in 1 st, 1 sc, 1 sl st (24)

Fasten off, cut off any excess yarn, hide the end.

Turn the detail on the wrong side to yourself. Attach a yellow colour yarn to previously unworked back loops of the 3rd round.

Rnd 4. crochet into the back loops of the 3rd rnd only (white arrows in the photo): 16 sc

Rnd 5. (1 inc, 3 sc) × 4 times (20)

Rnd 6-8. (3 rounds) 20 sc

Rnd 9. (1 dec, 3 sc) × 4 times (16)

Change to brown yarn. Before starting crocheting, leave a tail of brown yarn for further operation, about 70cm long. Fasten off and cut off the yellow yarn.

Rnd 10. 16 sc

Rnd 11. into the back loops only: (1 dec, 2 sc) × 4 times (12)

Add some hollow fibre.

Rnd 12. 6 dec (6)

Cut off yarn, leaving approx. 20 cm long tail for further operation. Pull off the loops. Work 10 ch, attach chain with 1 sl st to the top of the lantern – this is a loop for hanging.

Return to the brown colour yarn at the beginning of the 10th rnd. Crocheting direction is marked with an arrow on the photo.

Rnd 13. crochet into the front loops of the 11th rnd only: (3 sc, 3 sc in 1 st) × 4 times (24)

Rnd 14. 4 sc, (3 sc in 1 st, 5 sc) × 3 times, 3 sc in 1 st, 1 sc (32)

Crochet  2 more sl st. Fasten off, cut off any excess yarn, hide the end.

With brown yarn, embroider the jumpers on the lantern: from top to bottom and crosswise. See the photo.

The snowman is complete, but you can decorate it further as you like.