This simple Elf is posable and quick to make.
You
will need:
- Yarn needle
- Soft toy filling.
- 3mm crochet hook
- 4mm safety eyes
- Pipe cleaner to make posable
- DK Yarn
- Approx. 70m
Stitches
and abbreviations used:
(I am from England but use US crochet
terms)
- MC - Magic circle/ring (sc unless otherwise specified)
- Ch - Chain
- SC - Single crochet
- Inc - Increase stitch (2 single crochets into one stitch)
- Dec - Decrease stitch (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- ST - Stitch
- DC – Double Crochet
- SLST - Slip stitch
- BLO – Back Loop Only
- FLO – Front Loop Only
- R – Round or Row
- FO - finish Off
Other things to note....
- This is worked in continuous rounds. It is helpful to use a stitch
marker to keep track.
- The number in ( ) at the end of each round indicates the total
stitch count for that round.
- * * indicates repeated series of stitches.
- Use invisible decreases for a neater finished product.
- Stitches in [ ] are worked
into one stitch.
- Remember to stuff the product little and often as you work.
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Legs x2, body and
head – starting in red
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1.
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MC (6)
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2.
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*Inc, 2sc * (8)
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3-17.
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Sc (8)
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FO 1st leg with 1slst into the same st as the
last sc of the round. Leave a long yarn tail to close any joining gaps.
Continue the 2nd leg.
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18.
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[2sc] into 1st st of 1st leg, 6sc
around 1st leg, [2sc] into last st of 1st leg, [2sc]
into 1st st of 2nd leg, 6sc around the 2nd
leg, [2sc] into last st of 2nd leg (20)
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19-31.
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Sc (20) – Put pipe cleaner in the legs to make them
posable. Fill the body and head with stuffing as you go.
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32.
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*8sc, dec * (18)
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33.
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*1sc, dec * (12)
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34.
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*1sc, dec * (8)
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35.
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Change to skin tone – BLO – sc (8)
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36.
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*1sc, inc * (12)
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37.
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*1sc, inc * (18)
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38.
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*2sc, inc * (24)
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39.
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*11sc, inc * (26)
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40-43.
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Sc (26)
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44.
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*11sc, dec * (24)
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45.
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*2sc, dec * (18)
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46.
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*1sc, dec * (12)
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47.
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*dec * (6)
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FO – add any extra stuffing needed. Close hole.
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Neck Ruffle –
White
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1.
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Join yarn in FLO left from R35 of the body. – *INC * (16)
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2.
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*slst, [1dc, ch1, 1dc] *
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FO – Leaving yarn tail to sew down once arms are sewn onto
the body.
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Arms x2 –
Starting in white
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1.
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MC (4)
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2.
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*inc * (8)
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3-4.
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Sc (8)
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5.
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*dec, 2dc * (6)
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6.
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FLO - *Inc * (12)
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FO white.
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7.
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Join red in BLO left from previous round – sc (6)
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8-16.
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Sc (6) – put pipe cleaner inside the arms to make them
posable.
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17.
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Fold flat – 3sc through both sides to close the arm
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FO – leaving yarn tail to sew to body.
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Hat – Starting in
red
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1.
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MC (4)
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2.
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*Inc, 1sc * (6)
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3.
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*Inc, 2sc * (8)
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4.
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*Inc, 3sc * (10)
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5.
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*Inc, 4sc * (12)
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6.
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*Inc, 5sc * (14)
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7.
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*Inc, 6sc * (16)
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8.
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*Inc, 7sc * (18)
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9.
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*Inc, 8sc * (20)
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10.
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*Inc, 9sc * (22)
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11.
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*Inc, 10sc * (24)
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12.
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*Inc, 11sc * (26)
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13.
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*Inc, 12sc * (28)
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14-15.
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Sc (28)
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16.
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Change to white – sc (28)
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17-19.
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Sc (28)
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FO – Leave yarn tail to sew to head
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