Tuesday, December 01, 2009
SUZIE’S LITTLE ANGEL
SIZE: Angel 2.75 inches
MATERIALS:
Size 3 crochet thread
Size E (3.5 mm) crochet hook
Needles with eye large enough for crochet thread
NOTE:
If crocheted of size 10 thread and appropriate hook angel will be about 1.75 inches.
INSTRUCTIONS:
HEAD: Ch 3, 12 dc in 3rd ch from hook. Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (12 dc)
NECK:
Ch 1, slipstitch in next head st, sc in next st, slipstitch in next st. Don’t pull these slipstitches tight.
WINGS:
1st wing: Ch 8, sc in 2nd st from hook, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc across the next 6 chains.
Twist work and slipstitch, sc, slipstitch in 3 sts of the neck.
2nd wing: Ch 8, sc in 2nd st from hook, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc across the next 6 chains.
Twist work and 2 sc in first st sc in next st, 2 sc in last st of neck. Ch 2, turn.
SKIRT:
Row 1: 2 Dc in first st, dc in 3 sts, 2 dc in last st. Ch 2, turn. (7 dc)
Row 2: 2 Dc in first st, dc in 5 sts, 2 dc in last st. Ch 2, turn. (9 dc)
Row 3: 2 Dc in first st, dc in 7 sts, 2 dc in last st. Ch 1, turn. (11 dc)
Row 4: 3 dc in first st, *slipstitch in next st, 3 dc in next st. Repeat from * four times. Slipstitch in last st.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
STIFFEN:
Stiffen with your choice of stiffener. I use Vano liquid starch. I mix it 50/50 with water. Soak your angel, squeeze out the excess. I don't pin mine down just lay on a towel and shape. Allow to dry.
