This little guy has been on my "to crochet" list for about 3 years now and I finally got around to making him.
He fits in well with the rest of my Christmas decor!
I absolutely fell in love with The Enchanted Ladybug's Scarecrow Cat and Halloween Cat. I've made my very own Scarecrow and Halloween kitties and then decided to take artistic liberty and make my own versions of her original cat pattern.
Today I am sharing my Christmas cat with you! It was actually a quick project...what took long was waiting for the blue safety eyes to arrive. I typically buy my safety eyes and noses from the 6060 Etsy Shop, which I highly recommend as they ship and delivers very quickly, but they were out of blue ones, so I had to use a different shop and it took quite a bit of time to arrive.
But all the waiting was worth my while because this kitty looks adorable! My goal was to make him as sparkly as possible and I think I achieved just that!
You will need:
(I purchased the small flag chalkboard at Michael's)
Chain 23 with Vanna's Glamour Lion Brand yarn.
Row 1-
hdc in 2nd ch from hook and in each chain until the end. Ch1, turn.
Continue until work measures between 30-34 inches.
It will be shorter than the wreath but it will stretch out once you sew it around it.
To sew your work around the wreath, I found it helpful to pin it in place on the foam:
Now, make 15 stars. The tutorial can be found HERE.
Once you are ready to assemble everything, use a hot glue gun to secure each star to the wreath in whichever color order you decide.
Then I added a long pin to the wreath, about halfway between the first and last star, towards the bottom of the wreath. This is where the chalkboard will be hung:
To make it look a little nicer, I used my hot glue gun to secure a sparkly button to cover the pin:
Just make sure the sign is hanging from the pin and not from the button, otherwise it might not hold.
And there you have it! A sparkly and colorful New Year's Wreath to welcome the New Year, every year!
I completed this wreath a few of years ago and have been using it to decorate my house around this time every year since.
Here is the free, step-by-step tutorial, with tons of photos to help you along the way!Please remember I am using US terms.
You will need:
- Hook: 5.5mm
- Yarn: Sugar 'n Cream Twists Barnboard; Vanna's Glamour Lion Brand Red Stone; Vanna's GlamourLion Brand Diamond
- 14in. Foam Wreath
Chain 23 with Sugar 'n Cream Twists Barnboard
Round 1: HDC in 2nd
chain from hook and for rest of chain. Ch1, turn.
Continue until work
measures approximately 17 inches or a little over halfway of the total desired
length.
Switch colors. You will
be working with Vanna's Glamour Lion Brand Red Stone AND Diamond yarns together
as if they were one.
Continue HDC until
entire work measures approximately 30 inches or until you get to a point where
your work will fit snug around the foam wreath.
Fasten off.
Sew crocheted work onto
14in. foam wreath.
- Hook: 3.5mm
- Yarn: Caron Dark Sage
- You will be making 3 Holly Leaves
Chain 20
Round 1: SC in 2nd ch.
from hook and in next 3 sts. HDC in next 3 sts. DC in next 2 sts. 4DC in next
st. DC in next 2 sts. HDC in next 3 sts. SC in next 4 sts:
Repeat the same pattern
on the opposite side of your work:
Again, that's SC in the
first 4 sts. HDC in next 3 sts. DC in next 2 sts. 4DC in next st. DC in next 2
sts. HDC in next 3 sts. SC in next 4 sts. The last stitch should be a slst.
For the little leaf spikes, ch4, slst in next st. Slst in next st. Slst in next st and SC in same st. Ch4. slst in next st. Slst in next st. Slst in next st and SC in same st.
Repeat this until you
have 7 holly leaf spikes. Your last spike should end with one slst in the next
st.
Start with a slst in the next st.
Slst in next 2 st. Slst in next st and SC in same st. Ch4.
The pattern is the same as it was on the other side. Once again, you will want to complete 7 spikes on this side.
So just to review: slst,
slst, slst + Sc + Ch4. Repeat.
Once you Ch4 to complete
your 7th spike, slst in the next st. Slst in the next stitch again.
The leaf will have 7
spikes on each side plus the top spike.
Now you will work on the
holly leaf vein that will travel all the way down.
Insert your crochet hook
through the space on the top spike, yarn over and pull through (this will be a
slst)
Like so:
7 spikes on either side - 1 top-most spike - Slip stitches all the way down, forming the middle leaf vein
This picture above made it look so that there are only 6 spikes on the right side, but it's because one of the spikes folded in a funny way. Oops!
- Hook: 4.5mm
- Yarn: Caron White; Caron Dark Sage
- You will be making 2 Bells
- 6 small jingle bells (save for later, when entire project is being assembled)
With Caron White, Ch4, join with slst in 1st ch to form a ring.
Round 2: Ch3, DC in next st, 2 DC in next st. *DC in each of next 2 sts, 2 DC in next st,
Repeat from * all the way around, join with a slst on top of first DC (16 DC).
Round 3: Ch3, DC in each st around, join with a slst on top of first DC (16 DC).
Round 4: Repeat Round 3
Round 5: Ch3, DC in same st, 2 DC in next st and in each st around, join with a slst on top of first DC (16 DC).
Round 6: Change colors
(you are now using Caron Dark Sage), slst in first st, SC in same st, SC in
next st and in each st around. Finish off.
Darn in your ends.
- Small PomPom Maker
- Yarn: Lion Brand BonBons Party Red
- Scissors
- You will be making a total of 3 pompoms.
There is no secret to
making these pompoms. All you need are the materials above and a little
patience.
Wrap your yarn in the
pompom makers. The more yarn you use, the fluffier your pompom will be.
I made one pompom
slightly bigger than the others simply by wrapping the yarn around the pompom
maker a few more times.
- Hook: 4.5mm
- Yarn: Vanna's Glamour Lion Brand Diamond
- Hot Glue Gun
Ch.80
Round 1: HDC in 2nd ch
from hook, HDC in each ch all the way down, ch1, turn.
Round 2-7: HDC in each
st, ch1, turn.Round 8: HDC in each st, fasten off, darn in ends.
To assemble the bow, fold each end towards the middle of your work
Using the hot glue gun, glue the ends together, as pictured above.
Now you will wrap a single strand of the same yarn several times around the center of the bow.
This is the funnest part: assembling everything together!
Let's start with the
bow, since it will be the anchor for all the other parts of the wreath.
I wanted the two
different colors of the wreath to be kind of off-center, so I chose to place
the bow towards the end of the sparkly half of the wreath. I attached it to the
wreath with the hot glue gun.
I played around with the positioning of the Holly Leaves until I was happy with the results. I pinned them in place and used the hot glue gun to secure them. I gave it some time to dry and then removed the pins.
I placed a dab of hot
glue to the inside of the bells in order to secure the string, allowing the
bells to dangle from the wreath.
And
for the final product...
Please let me know if
you have questions about this project. I would love to see how yours turns out!
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