Magic winter village

The illuminated houses of the winter village spread throughout the winter, in the dark season, a magical atmosphere in your home.

The light houses can be crocheted, even by beginners with a little practice, in the colors of your choice and decorated according to your personal taste: Christmassy with fir garland and Christmas wreath, neutral and noble with gold or silver decorative elements or cheerfully colorful for the whole winter.

Especially effective can decorate your winter village on a dresser or sideboard, on the windowsills, on a shelf or on the steps of an indoor staircase.

And since the houses are open at the bottom, so you can easily put them on LED tea lights or a string of LED lights, small gifts can also be hidden under the houses on the gift table.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

You must be able to read crochet charts and crochet according to them.

This PDF tutorial contains the crochet charts and counting patterns for the two small houses and the big one, for the store with nice decoration and of course for the church.

The crochet instructions do not contain a stitch-by-stitch written crochet explanation.

In addition to the crochet charts and counting patterns, you get 45 pages of very very detailed and explained step by step photos so you can recreate this magical winter village for your home.

Level of difficulty: easy for advanced, medium for beginners with some practice.
Required skills: (US term)
You must be able to read crochet charts and crochet according to them.
CH = chain stitch
SL = slip stitch
SC = single crochet
blSC = single crochet only into the back loop
SCtog = crochet single crochets together (decrease)
blSCtog = crochet single crochets only into the back loop together (decrease)
HDC = half double crochet

Size Information

Size of the houses (width x height x depth)

Small house version 1 = approx. 11 x 11 x 7 cm
Small house version 2 = approx. 12 x 11 x 7 cm
Large house = approx. 12.8 x 18.5 x 10 cm
Shop = approx. 12.5 x 16.5 x 9.5
Church (without cross) = approx. 16.5 x 22 x 8 cm

Materials List

Cotton yarn 125m/50g / Sport 12 wpi / 5 ply / fine
small house version 1: approx. 20 g + 17 g (roof) in desired colors
small house version 2: approx. 33 g + 17 g (roof) in desired colors
Large house: approx. 38 g + 19 g (roof) in desired colors
Shop: approx. 30 g + 23 g (roof) in desired colors
Church: approx. 50 g + 18 g (roof) in desired colors
Crochet hook 3.0 / US size 11 / UK size C
Wool needle for sewing threads

craft scissors + pointed scissors (optimal: old nail scissors)
Set square / ruler + cutter knife / paper scalpel
4x Darice Canvas Ultra Stiff 7 Point 30,48x45,7 transparent (is optimal) OR
5x plastic plastic canvas extra stiff transparent or white, 26 hole each 10 cm
1 piece photo cardboard / craft cardboard approx. 20 x 8 cm
2 sheets of laminating foils (inexpensive will do)
double-sided adhesive tape
Painter's masking tape or adhesive tape
1 sheet of white gelatin or transparent, sturdy foil approx. 20 x 9 cm
lcraft glue or textile glue
Sewing thread White and in colors of your yarn + sewing needle
Mini yarn scraps in bright colors
1 Foil pen

Optional to decorate the houses:
light fingering yarn Dark Green/Fir Green LL 250-280 m 50g + crochet hook 2.0
200-250 metal balls or beads as desired + very thin sewing needle
Sewing thread in dark green / fir green
red organza bow ribbon 1 cm wide
1 metal bell with 20-30mm diameter
2 m thin craft wire 26-28 gauge
Foil pens in black and colored (or other foil-suitable pens)
Gold and silver lamé yarn (e.g. Ricorumi Lamé LL 50m/10g)
Gift ribbon (simple curling ribbon, plain or printed) approx. 5 mm wide
very small adhesive letters
LED tea lights and/or LED fairy lights with 10 lights