Materials:
Yarn: white, blue, plus blue novelty
yarn for hat trim and pompom & red
and green for stocking
crochet hook
safety eyes
polyfiber fill
dark brown embroidery floss
darning needle
finished size: 51/2 inches
LEGS (make 2)
Round 1: With white, 6 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) around. (18)
Round 4-5: Sc around. (18)
Round 6: (sc2tog) X 4, sc 10. (14)
Round 7: (sc2tog) X 5, sc 4. (9)
Stuff foot lightly.
Round 8-11: Sc around. (9)
Round 12: (2 sc, 1 inc) X3. (12)
Round 13: (1 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (18)
Round 14-15: Sc around. (18)
Round 16: (1 sc, 1 dec) X 6. (12)
Round 17: (sc2tog) X 6. (6)
Break off yarn leaving a long end. Using a
darning needle, thread through all 6 sts. Pull up
tightly and fasten off. Weave in ends.
BODY
Round 1: With white, 6 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) around. (18)
Round 4: (2 sc , 1 inc) around. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) around. (30)
Round 6-7: Sc around. (30)
Round 8: Join blue and sc around. (30)
Round 9: Working in BLO, sc around. (30)
Round 10-12. Sc around. (30)
Round 13: (3 sc, 1 dec) around. (24)
Round 14: Sc around. (24)
Round 15: (2 sc, 1 dec) around. (18)
Round 16: Sc around. (18)
Round 17: (1 sc, 1 dec) around. (12)
Round 18: Sc around. (12)
FO and stuff firmly.
Join blue yarn at Round 9 and sc around on the
front loops. FO and weave in ends.
SHAPE LOWER BODY
Thread a long length
of yarn onto a darning
needle. Push the needle
right through the lower
body from side to side
at the points where the
legs will be attached. Now
leaving a gap of a few
stitches, run the needle
back through the body a
few stitches away from the
starting point. Pull yarn
end to squash the lower
body so that there are depressions on either
side of the body. Repeat this a few times. Pull
both ends of the yarn tightly and tie together
securely. Thread both ends onto the needle
and lose them inside the body. Attach legs.
HEAD
Round 1: With white, 6 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) around. (18)
Round 4: (2 sc , 1 inc) around. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) around. (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) around. (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) around. (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, 1 inc) around. (48)
Round 9-15: Sc around. (48)
If you are using safety eyes, insert eyes
between Round 12 and 13.
Round 16: (6 sc, 1 dec) around. (42)
Round 17: (5 sc, 1 dec) around. (36)
Round 18: (4 sc, 1 dec) around. (30)
Round 19: (3 sc, 1 dec) around. (24)
Round 20: (2 sc, 1 dec) around. (18)
Round 21: (1 sc, 1 dec) around. (12)
FO. Stuff firmly.
Embroider nose and eyebrows.
ARMS (make 2)
Round 1: With white, 6 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)
Round 3: (2 sc, 1 inc) X 4. (16)
Round 4: Sc around. (16)
Round 5: (sc2tog) X 6, sc 4. (10)
Round 6: Sc around. (10)
Round 7: Join blue and sc around. (10)
Stuff paws lightly.
Round 8: (1 dec, 3 sc) X 2. (8)
Round 9-14: Sc around.
FO and stuff lightly, leaving upper arm
unstuffed. Sew top opening close and attach to
body.
EARS (make 2)
8 dc in a magic ring. FO.
Attach ears to head and secure head to body
HAT
Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2-5: Sc around. (6)
Round 6: (1 sc, 1 inc) X 3. (9)
Round 7-9: Sc around.
Round 10: (2 sc, 1 inc) X 3. (12)
Round 11-13: Sc around.
Round 14: (3 sc, 1 inc) X 3. (15)
Round 15-17: Sc around.
Round 18: (4 sc, 1 inc) X 3. (18)
Round 19-21: Sc around.
Round 22: (2 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (24)
Round 23-25: Sc around.
Round 26: (3 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (30)
Round 27-28: Sc around.
Round 29: (4 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (36)
Round 30-31: Sc around.
Round 32: (5 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (42)
Round 33-34: Sc around.
Round 35: (6 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (48)
Round 36-37: Sc around.
Round 38: (7 sc, 1 inc) X 6. (54)
Round 39: Sc around.
Round 40: Change to blue novelty yarn and sc
around.
FO and weave in ends.
STOCKING
Round 1: With pink, 8 sc in a magic ring.
Round 2: Inc around. (16)
Round 3-9: Sc around.
Round 10: Join white, sc 8, ch 1, turn.
Round 11-12: Sc 8, ch 1, turn.
Round 13: Sc 8, (fold the sock so that both
vertical edges of the heel meet; then using pink,
join with a sc), sc 4 along the edge of the heel,
sc 8 across the main body, sc 4 along the edge.
Before working on the next round, sew the gap
in the heel.
Round 14-21: Sc around.
Round 22-23: Join contrasting color and sc
around.
FO. Tack stocking to paws with a few stitches.
POMPOM
Wrap yellow yarn around two fingers several
times. Carefully slide the yarn off your fingers
and tie a piece of yarn around the center in a
knot. With a pair of scissors, cut through the
loops on both sides of the pompom. Take your
scissors and trim the pompom into a round
shape using the scissors. Sew on top of the hat.
