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Hey Lovelies! Day 1 of Blogmas is here!! Or you could call it advent if you prefer. It just means that we have 24days(!!) full of Christmas related amigurumi’s this year only! EVERY DAY an amigurumi! Are you ready for that?! I hope you are! Cause they are all very cute, at least I think so. We kick this year’s countdown off with a Christmas Elf! Isn’t he cute?! Let’s see how to make him.

Today also means all Blogmas patterns are already available on my Etsy right now, if you wanna enjoy ad free patterns. Or just wanna make them all now. Patterns are in both English (US terms) and Dutch!

For this pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors Green, Red, Beige, Black and Brown. (I used Stylecraft Special DK)
♥ Tiny bit of Grey yarn for the belt detail.
♥ Crochet hook. ( I used 3mm)
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Stitch Marker.
♥ Safety Eyes, 6mm.
♥ Small Bell. (Optional)

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
Crab st = Crab Stitch.
Picot = of 3SlSt.
ST = Stitch.
FL = Front Loops.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

This pattern is made with continues rounds, unless stated otherwise. Use a stitch marker to mark your first/last stitch of your row.

♥ Pattern Christmas Elf

Head
Use the color Beige.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (5SC, inc) 3 times. [21]
5: 21SC. [21]
6: 21SC. [21]
7: 21SC. [21]
8: (5SC, dec) 3 times. [18]
Place the eyes between row 6&7, about 5st apart.
9: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
Stuff the head.
10: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make 2)
Use the color Beige.

Ch3, insert in second ch from hook, 1SlSt, 1SC.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body
Start with the color Black.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
Change to the color Green.
2: 6SC. [6]
Break the yarn and make another leg using row 1&2. Keep the yarn attached on the second leg.
3: 3SC, make the next SC in the other leg, 6SC, go back to the first leg, 3SC. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: 12SC. [12]
6: 12SC. [12]
7: 12SC. [12]
8: (2SC, dec) 3 times. [9]
Change to the color Red.
9: Fl, (1SC, Picot, 1SC) 5 times. [15]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the body as well.

Arms (Make 2)
Start with the color Beige.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
Change to the color Green.
2: 6SC. [6]
3: 6SC. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Belt
Use the color Brown.

Ch13, SlSt in the first st. [13]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. (You can also weave in the ends and just attach the belt with the Grey yarn).

Hat
Start with the color Green.

1: 4SC in a Magic Ring. [4]
2: (Inc, 1SC) 2 times. [6]
3: (2SC, inc) 2 times. [8]
4: (Inc, 3SC) 2 times. [10]
5: (4SC, inc) 2 times. [12]
6: (Inc, 5SC) 2 times. [14]
7: (6SC, inc) 2 times. [16]
8: (Inc, 7SC) 2 times. [18]
9: (8SC, inc) 2 times. [20]
10: (Inc, 9SC) 2 times. [22]
11: (10SC, inc) 2 times. [24]
12: 24SC. [24]
13: 24SC. [24]
Change to the color Red.
14: 24SC. [24]
15: 24Crab St. [24]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

♥ Assembling

Whenever I start assembling Amigurumi, I’d like to use sewing pins to position all parts first until I’m happy. Then I will sew them on. I recommend you do so as well.

Start with sewing the body to his head. Then sew on the arms and add the belt as well, with the Grey yarn create the buckle of the belt.
To his hat, add the bell to the tip and put it on his head. Now you can also figure out where you want his ears, sew those on too.
With a bit of Black yarn, make a little mouth.
If you want to hang it, don’t forget to add a loop to the top.

I hope you enjoyed today’s pattern of this little Christmas Elf! I think it’s adorable. If you decided to make any of the blogmas amigurumi, please show me on Twitter or Instagram  with #DelinleaDIY. I’d love to see what you make using my patterns.

And don’t forget that you can get all Blogmas patterns ad free in a PDF bundle in my Ko-Fi shop (English US terms and Dutch). The link you can find on the Blogmas Page here! (Etsy Might follow later).

Have a wonderful day and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those Blogmas patterns, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2020 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.