Make this enchanting crochet reindeer to add a touch of festive charm to your holiday decor. Dressed in a quaint brown and white with an adorable light purple dress, it beautifully embodies the holiday spirit. The reindeer's pink bow and the miniature teddy bear it holds enhance its cuteness, rendering it a perfect decoration or a heartwarming gift. Its whimsical appearance and delightful accessories promise to spread joy and warmth, making it a cherished addition to any festive setting.
Can I adjust the crochet reindeer pattern's colors?
Yes, you can personalize the reindeer by choosing different colors for its dress, bow, or even its main body to match your holiday theme.
Materials:
Scheepjes Softfun Yarn
- Fibre content: 60% cotton, 40% acrylic
- Yarn weight: DK
- Length: 140 meter / 153 yards
- Ball weight: 50 grams / 1.76 ounces
Abbreviations:
- CH: chain
- SC: single crochet
- INC: increase
- DEC: decrease
- BLO: back loop only
- FLO: front loop only
- DC: double crochet
- HDC: half double crochet
- 5DCTOG: a group of stitches worked into one single stitch
- (...) x: Repeat instructions ...x times
Step By Step Pattern
Head:
With brown yarn. Crochet in a spiral on both sides of the chain. We will crochet from bottom to top.
- Round 1: 11 ch, from the second chain from the hook: 9 sc, then 3 sc in the last stitch, turn and continue working on the opposite side of the chain: 8 sc, then 2 sc in the last stitch {22}
- Round 2: 1 inc, 8 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc {28}
- Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 {34}
- Round 4: 1 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc, 1 inc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 12 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc {40}
- Rounds 5-9: sc around {40}
- Round 10: (8 sc, 1 dec) x 4 {36}
- Rounds 11-12: sc around {36}
- Round 13: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {30}
- Round 14: sc around {30}
- Round 15: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {24}
- Round 16: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {18}
- Round 17: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {12}
- Round 18: 6 dec {6}
Stuff firmly. Fasten off and hide the ends.
Body:
With brown.
- Round 1: 8 sc in magic ring {8}
- Rounds 2-3: sc around {8}
- Fasten off. Make the 2nd leg using the same pattern.
- Round 4: With the 2nd leg on your hook 4 ch and join the 1st leg with a slip stitch. Now sc around the 1 st leg (8 sc) and work 1 sc in each stitch along the chain. Then 8 sc around the second leg and 4 sc along the chain again {24}
- Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 {30}
- Rounds 6-9: sc around {30}
Change to lavender color.
- Round 10: sc around {30}
- Round 11: sc around in BLO {30}
- Round 12: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {24}
- Rounds 13-14: sc around {24}
- Round 15: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 {18}
Change back to brown color.
- Round 16: sc around {18}
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. We will now go on crocheting the dress. Join lavender yarn to the front loop of round 11 of the body. Work in FLO of this round.
- Round 1: sc around in FLO {30}
- Round 2: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 {36}
- Round 3: (5dctog, 5 sc) x 6 {36}
- Rounds 4-5: sc around {36}
- Round 6: dc around {36}
Fasten off.
Arms:
With brown color.
- Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring {6}
- Rounds 2-3: sc around {6}
- Change to lavender.
- Rounds 4-8: sc around {6}
Stuff slightly and fasten off.
Antlers:
With pink color.
- Round 1: 5 sc in magic ring {5}
- Rounds 2-3: sc around {5}
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
Muzzle:
With white color.
- Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring {6}
- Round 2: 6 inc {12}
- Round 3: sc around {12}
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
With white color.
Ears:
- Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring {6}
- Round 2: 1 sc, 1 inc, 2 hdc, 1 inc, 1 sc {8}
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
Assembly & final touch:
- Sew all parts together.
- Stuff the muzzle slightly and sew it on between rounds 5-10 of the head.
- With black yarn embroider the nose, eyes and mouth.
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