What you need …
2,5 mm and 3,5 mm crochet hook
6 different yarns for hook size 2,5 mm
tapestry needle with blunt tip
scissors
tape measure
stitch markers
stuffing
two safety eyes, 12mm (It‘s also possible to embroider the eyes.)
Required yarn …
CATANIA | SCHACHENMAYR
hook size: 2,5-3,5, weight: 1,75 lbs/50g, length: 125 m/137 yds, material: 100% cotton
STONE WASHED | SCHEEPJESWOL
hook size: 3-3,5, weight: 1,75 lbs/50g, length: 130 m/142 yds, material: 78% cotton, 22% acrylic
Hair: Catania | Schachenmayr | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 157, marone
Hat, shoes: Catania | Schachenmayr | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 244, agave
Skin: Catania | Schachenmayr | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 263, so apricot
Tights, scarf: Catania | Schachenmayr | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 106, white
Catania | Schachenmayr | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 192, wine red
Dress: stone washed | scheepjeswol | weight: 1,75 lbs/50g or 1 ball | color number: 806
safety eyes: plastic, green, 12 mm
With the yarn and hook size mentioned, El will be approximately 11-12 inch (30 cm) tall
TIP! Color change (col ch)
When changing color, draw the new color through the two loops on your hook at the last stitch before the “col ch” (fig. 01). Work the first stitch of the new round in the back loop of the stitch only (fig. 02). If you work the rst stitch of the following round in the back loop, too (fig. 03), you will have a harmonic color change (fig. 04).
The hood … (Miss Rubi page 4)
Grab Rubis pattern and go on like this…
We begin with the hood!
We work round 01 until round 22 in hair color and crochet single crochets also in round 22. In the end we make a slip
stitch, break the yarn and fasten off .
The curls (Miss Rubi page 5+6)
Attention! Take the yarn double string (in hair color) and a crochet hook in size 3,5!
Take the loose end of your ball of yarn and the loose end in the inner of the ball. So you get your double string with one ball and tadaaaaa… here we go!
1- row ch 11 incl. t ch
2- row work the rst sc in the 2. ch le of the crochet hook work sc 2 in every back loop only of the chains (20 st)
Please let the two strings at least 5 cm long so you can later make a knot.
We crochet curls until our yarn is depleted! In the end we will have about 36 curls. If you want to have a fully curly head you will need two balls of yarn in hair color and you will have to crochet 10-20 curls more.
The curls …
The curls on the hood …
We place the hat on the hood (fig. 01) and sew it on. Now we spread the curls evenly to the hood and arround the hat (fig. 02) and fix them on the hood how it is described in Rubis pattern.
The hat …
Make a magic ring
1- round sc 6 in the ring (6 st)
2- + 03. rnds. sc (6 st)
3- round [sc 2, inc]2x (8 st)
4- round sc (8 st)
5- round sc 2, dc 4, sc 2 (8 st)
6- round sc (8 st)
7- round sc 2, dc 4, sc 2 (8 st)
8- round sc (8 st)
9- round sc 2, [inc]4x, sc 2 (12 st)
10- round sc (12 st)
11- round [dc inc]4x, sc 8 (16 st)
12- round [dec]6x, sc 4 (10 st)
13- round [sc 4, inc]2x (12 st)
14- round [sc 3, inc]3x (15 st)
15- + 17. rnds. sc (15 st)
16- round sc 10, [dc inc]5x (20 st)
17- round sc 4, [dec.]8x, (12 st)
18- round sc (12 st)
19- round [sc 2, inc]4x (16 st)
20- round sc (16 st)
21- round [sc 3, inc]4x (20 st)
22- round sc (20 st)
23- round [sc 4, inc]4x (24 st)
24- round sc (24 st)
25- round [sc 3, inc]6x (30 st)
26- round [sc 4, inc]6x (36 st)
27- round [sc 5, inc]6x (42 st)
28- round [sc, inc]21x (63 st)
29- round [sc 2, inc]20x, sc 2, sl st 1 (84 st)
Break the yarn and fasten off .
The hat …
The goblin shoes … (make two in dark green)
Make a magic ring
1- round sc 6 in the ring (6 st)
02.-11. rnds. (10) sc (6 st)
12- round [sc 2, inc]2x (8 st)
13- round [sc 3, inc]2x (10 st)
14- round [sc 4, inc]2x (12 st)
15.-26. rnds. (12) sc (12 st)
27.-32. rnds. (6) see Rubis leg round 05 until round 10 (page 7)
33- round [sc in front loop only, ch 2]17x, sl st 1 (54 st)
Break yarn and fasten of! Now repeat it one more time!
The legs … (make two, col ch Miss Rubi page 7)
Round 01 until round 10 in white, then col ch red.
11- + 12. round in red, a er round 12 col ch white
12- + 14. round in white, a er round 14 col ch red
13- + 16. round in red, a er round 16 col ch white
14- + 18. round in white, a er round 18 col ch red
Now we put on El s shoes. We pull them up as far as possible and stuff the legs in the lower third. We sew on the shoes on the legs with a few stitches, turn the shoe tips upwards and fix them with a few stitches, too.
Put the legs together … (Miss Rubi page 8)
1- + 02. round in red, a er round 02 col ch white
2- + 04. round in white, a er round 04 col ch red
3- + 06. round in red, a er round 06 Attention!!! Col ch green (dress color)
Now we work the pattern of Miss Rubi (Miss Rubi, page 8) from round 07 up to the face.
We work the rst round of frills in color „Catania, number 244“, the second round in dress color (Scheepjes, number 806)
The face … (see Rubi with the following changes)
Mouth in color of your choice between round 8-10 (from col ch dress/head) in 6 stitches
Nose in skin color between round 12/13 in 3 stitches [8 to 10 times around], making sure 8-10 threads are visible
Eyes between round 15/16 applied with a distance 7 stitches.
Now we close the head (see Rubi pattern page 11), place the hood and sew it on with a few stitches.
The hands and the arms …
Work the hands in skin color as it is described in Rubis pattern and change to dress color when we come to the arms in round 07.
When crocheting the arms we do a color change all two rounds, beginning with Scheepjes, number 806 alternating with Catania, number 244.
The round of frills we work again in dress color (806).
Now we sew the arms on! Look at the Rubi pattern.
Finally, you can give El rosy cheeks with rouge, eye shadow or textile marker
and a little bit the earpieces.
The ears …
Make a magic ring
1- round sc 6 in the ring (6 st)
2- round sc (6 st)
3- round [sc 1, inc]3x (9 st)
4- round sc (9 st)
5- round [sc 2, inc]3x (12 st)
6- round sc (12 st)
7- round sc 2, hdc 2, dc 4, hdc 2, sc 2 (12 st)
8- round [dec.]2x, hdc 4, [dec.]2x, sl st 1 (9 st)
Now break the yarn and draw the working yarn until the yarn is secured, but keep the yarn long enough so that the ears can be sewn onto the head. You „fold“ the ears after the first two double crochets. So they look like sweet goblin ears (fig. right).
The scarf …
Now you can let your imagination run! So I work my scarf …
hooksize 3,5
Foundation: ch 102 incl. t ch
row 01 skipt the rst two ch, dc, ch 2 (100 st)
row 02 front post dc (100 st)
Break yarn and fasten off.
Finally make some fringes and your Elfi is done!
Congratulations
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