You will need

Sport weight cotton or cotton belnd yarn
Chunky weight yarn for hair
Black embroidery thread
Textile pen (red)
8 mm safety eyes
Fiberfill
Tapestry needle
Pins
2.5 mm or a hook that fits your yarn
Scissors

Abbreviations

sc: Single crochet
inc: Increase
dec: Decrease
tr: Treble/Triple crochet dc: Double crochet
Dc: Double crochet
DCinc: Double crochet increase
sl-st: Slip stitch
ch: Chain
st/sts: stitch/stitches
FLO: Front loop only.
BLO: Back loop only.
BL: Bobble Stitch: (Yarn over insert your hook into the st and pull up a loop.Yarn over again and pull through 2 loops) repeat the steps in the same st until you have a total of 5 loops on your hook.Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops at once.
Reverse single crochet: Ch 1, working from left to right, insert your hook into the next st,turn hook to the left side, grab yarn and pull through. There are now 2 loops on your hook. Draw up a loop, bring yarn over the hook again and draw this loop through both loops.
(…)- x times: Repeat the instructions between parantheses x times.
(…): Reprensents the number of sts you should have at the end of the round.

Legs ( Make 2)

Start with green color.
1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
2: (inc)- 6 times (12)
3: (1 sc, inc)- 6 times (18)
4: (2 sc, inc)- 6 times (24)
5: 24 sc
6: 2 sc, (dec)- 10 times, 2 sc (14)
7: 3 sc, (dec)- 4 times, 3 sc (10)
8-9: 10 sc
10: Work FLO: (Ch 3, 1 sc)- 10 times
Change to red color. (Change between red and white color in every or every other round for one of the legs. Crochet the second leg in red.)
11: Work BLO: 10 sc (10)
12-22: 10 sc (10)
Crochet the second leg, do not break yarn after Round 22.

Body

With red color.
23: Join two legs by chaining 2 (24)
24: 24 sc (24)
25: (3 sc, inc)- 6 times (30)
26: 30 sc (30)
Change to green color.
27: inc, 24 sc, (inc)- 5 times (36)
28: 36 sc
29: Work BLO: 36 sc
30: 36 sc
31: (4 sc, dec)- 6 times (30)
32-33: 30 sc
34: (3 sc, dec)- 6 times (24)
35-36: 24 sc
37: (2 sc, dec)- 6 times (18)
Change to skin color.
38: Work BLO: 18 sc
39: 18 sc
40: (1 sc, dec)- 6 times (12)
41-42: 12 sc

Head

With skin color.
43: (inc)- 12 times (24)
44: (3 sc, inc)- 6 times (30)
45: (4 sc, inc)- 6 times (36)
46: (5 sc, inc)- 6 times (42)
47-54: 42 sc
55: (5 sc, dec)- 6 times (36)
56: (4 sc, dec)- 6 times (30)
57: (3 sc, dec)- 6 times (24)
58: (2 sc, dec)- 6 times (18)
59: (1 sc, dec)- 6 times (12)
60: (dec)- 6times(6)

Arms ( Make 2)

With skin color.
1: 5 sc in a magic ring (5)
2: (inc)- 5 times (10)
3-5: 10 sc
Change to green color.
6-17: 10 sc
18: (dec)- 5 times (5)

Collar

With green color. Join your yarn into the first st of Round 38 on the body.
1: (DCinc)- 18 times (36)
2: (3 dc in each st)- 38 times (108dc)

Skirt

Start with green color.Join your yarn into the first st of Round 29 on body.
1: (DCinc)- 36 times (72)
2: (DCinc)- 72 times (144dc)
3-4: 144 dc
Change to red color.
5: Ch 1, 144 sc
6: (Ch 3, 1 sc)- 144 times

“Attach safety eyes between Round 50 and 51 with 7 sts between them.
Color sides of eyes with textile pen to form the cheeks.
Embroider eyebrows and lashes with black thread.”

Beanie

Work dc sts, change between red and white color at the beginning of each round.
1: 6 dc in a magic ring (6)
2-3: 6 dc
4: (1 dc, DCinc)- 3 times (9)
5: 9 dc
6: (2 dc, DCinc)- 3 times (12)
7: (1 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (18)
8: (2 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (24)
9: (3 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (30)
10: 30 dc
11: (4 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (36)
12: (5 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (42)
13: (6 dc, DCinc)- 6 times (48)
14-15: 48 dc
16: Work 48 reverse single crochet.

Hair

With chunky weight yarn. Cut 12 pieces of yarn in equal length. Divide each strand into two. Attach each of them on the head using your hook starting from the top. Form the hair and braid them.

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You will need

DK (8ply) weight Cotton Light (100% cotton; 50g / 105m) – white, red and green
small amount of woollen yarn for embroidering the hair
crochet hook 3 mm
polyester fiberfill
safety eyes (Ø 6mm)
pink felt
snowflake button
3 tiny buttons for the coat
black embroidery thread for the face and clothing
darning and embroidery needles

Abbreviations:

ch – chain, sc – single crochet, st(s) – stitch(es), rep – repeat

*WORK IN CONTINUOUS ROUNDS. DO NOT JOIN OR TURN UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.
*IT WOULD BE WISE TO USE A STITCH MARKER AND PLACE IT IN THE FIRST STITCH OF EACH ROUND TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF IT.
*LEAVE EACH PIECE A LONG TAIL FOR SEWING.

Head

Crochet from top to bottom.
R1: White color. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
R2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
R3: (Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [18]
R4: (Sc in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [24]
R5: (Sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [30]
R6: (Sc in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [36]
R7: (Sc in each of next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [42]
R8-R16: Sc in each st around
Fasten safety eyes between round 12. and 13. Insert the first eye between them, then count 3 holes to the left and insert the second eye in the next hole. Close the washers from the inside of the piece.
R17: (Sc in each of next 5 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [36]
R18: (Sc in each of next 4 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [30]
R19: (Sc in each of next 3 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [24]
R20: (Sc in each of next 2 sts, sc2tog) rep 6 times [18]
Fill the head with fiberfill.

Ear (Make 2)

R1: White color. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
R2: Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts [8]
R3: Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts, sc in next st [10]
R4: Sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts [12]
R5: Sc in each st around
R6: Sc2tog around [6]
Attach the ears at rounds 14 and 15. Embroider a huge mouth and stitch tiny eyebrows. Cut cheeks of felt and sew them to the corners of the mouth.

Hat

R1: White color. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
R2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
R3-R4: Sc in each st around
Stuff the tassel.
R5: (Sc in next st, skip next st) 6 times [6]
R6: Continue in red color. Sc in each st around
R7: Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st [7]
R8: Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts [8]
R9: Sc in next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st [9]
R10: Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts [10]
R11: Sc in next 9 sts, 2 sc in next st [11]
R12: Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts [12]
R13: Sc in next 11 sts, 2 sc in next st [13]
R14: Sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 sts [14]
R15: Sc in next 13 sts, 2 sc in next st [15]
R16: Sc in next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 7 sts [16]
R17: Sc in next 15 sts, 2 sc in next st [17]
R18: Sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 sts [18]
R19: (Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 3 times [21]
R20: Sc in each st around
R21: (Sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 3 times [24]
R22: Sc in each st around
R23: (Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [30]
R24: (Sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [36]
R25: (Sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 6 times [42]
R26-R29: Sc in each st around
Add a small amount of stuffing into the hat. Attach the hat to the head slightly off to one side. Embroider some hair. Attach a snowflake button to the hat.

Legs and Body

Crocheted in one piece, from the bottom up. The body starts with two legs, which are later crocheted together.
R1: White color. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
R2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
R3: (Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) rep 3 times [15]
R4-R8: Continue in green color. Sc in each st around
Fasten off, leaving a short yarn tail. Put the first leg aside and crochet the second leg with the same instructions. Do not fasten off the second leg, we will continue crocheting on this leg to make the body.
R9: In this round we will join the legs. Sc in the next 2 sts on the second leg, sc in each of next 15 sts around the first leg, continue 13 sc around the second leg. In the end of the round you have joined the legs into one piece [30]
R10: Sc in each st around
Close the hole between the legs using the short yarn tail left for the first leg.
R11: (Sc in the next 8 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [27]
R12-R13: White color. Sc in each st around
R14: Red color. Sc in each st around
R15: (Sc in the next 7 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [24]
R16: Sc in each st around
Fill the legs and body, keep stuffing as you go.
R17: (Sc in the next 6 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [21]
R18-R19: Sc in each st around
R20: (Sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [18]
R21: Sc in each st around
Sew the head to the body. With black thread emboider two lines – between rounds 11 and 12 and between rounds 13 and 14. Stitch a buckle on the front.

Arm (Make 2)

R1: White color. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
R2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
R3: Sc in each st around
R4: Red color. Sc in each st around
R5: (Sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog) rep 3 times [9]
R6-R7: Sc in each st around
Fill only the tip of the arm.
R8: (Sc in next st, sc2tog) rep 3 times [6]
R9: Sc in each st around
Sew the arms to the body. Embellish the coat with 3 little buttons.

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