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YOU WILL NEED
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I use 4-medium weight yarn.. You will need one skein of each color or just use scraps that you have around.
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Colors- Jeep: Red, white, black. Tree: Dark green and brown.
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US 5mm crochet hook
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A hot glue gun and glue sticks
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Tapestry needle
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Felt for backing
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String to hang ornament— I use this cotton cord:
All items linked here:
The stitches/ skills you will need to know and KEY:
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Chain (ch)
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Slip Stitch (sl st)
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Single crochet (sc)
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Half double crochet (hdc)
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Increase (inc)
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Decrease (dec)
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Magic ring
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Surface crochet
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Weave ends and finish off.
Final Dimensions:
Volkswagen: 5 x 7 inches
Volkswagen
With one strand of red on a 5mm hook, chain 6
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [5 sts]
Row 2: sc in the first four stitches, inc in the last stitch [6 sts]
Row 3: inc, sc across [7 sts]
Row 4-7: sc across [7 sts]
Row 8: 6 sc, inc [8 sts]
Row 9: inc, 7 sc [9 sts]
Row 10: 8 sc, inc [10 sts]
Row 11: inc, 9 sc [11 sts]
Row 12: 10 sc, inc [12 sts]
Row 13: inc, 11 sc [13 sts]
Row 14- 18: sc across [13 sts]
Row 19: Dec, 11 sc [12 sts]
Row 20: 10 sc, dec [11 sts]
Row 21: dec, 9 sc [10 sts]
Row 22: 8 sc, dec [9 sts]
Row 23: dec, 7 sc [8 sts]
Row 24: 6 sc, dec [7 sts]
Row 25: sc across [7 sts]
Row 26: 5 sc, dec [6 sts]
Row 27: dec, 4 sc [5 sts]
Row 28: 3 sc, dec [4 sts]
Row 29: dec, dec [2 sts]
Row 30: sl st the last two stitches together.
Instead of finishing off, sc evenly along the top of the car to make the top look smoother. Once you get to the bottom of the front bumper, finish off and weave ends.
Front Bumper: Using red and a 5mm hook, attach with a sl st to the last stitch in row 1, chain 2. Make two hdc in the same stitch. Sl st into that same stitch. Finish off and weave ends.
Windows- MAKE 2
With white on a 3.75 mm crochet hook, chain 6
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [5 sc]
Row 2: sc in the first three stitches, dec [4 sts]
Row 3: sc across [4 sc]
Row 4: sc in the first two stitches, dec[3 sts]
Finish off and weave ends.
Hot glue the windows in place using the pictures as a guide.
Wheels- MAKE 2
With white on a 5mm hook, make a magic loop
Round 1: Work 5 sc into ring – 5 sc. Do not join, continue in a spiral.
Round 2: (2 sc) in each st — 10 sc
Round 3: Switch to black [(2 sc) in next sc, sc in next sc]— 15 sts
Finish off and weave ends.
Wheel Covers- MAKE 2
With red on a 5mm hook, chain 9
Row 1: *2 sc in the second chain from the hook, sc in the next chain.* Repeat from *—* all the way across. Finish off and weave ends. [12 sts]
Door Details:
To make the indents on the car that give it the door details make three chains with red on a 5mm hook. The front most and back most chain are 5 chains. The middle vertical and horizontal indent are chains of 12. Hot glue these chains in place after you glue the windows and before you glue the wheels.
Use a tapestry needle and black yarn to sew a little door handle.
The Tree
Top of the tree: with dark green on a 5mm hook, chain 4
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [3 sts]
Row 2: dec, sc [2 sts]
Row 3: dec. Finish off and weave ends.
Middle of the tree: with dark green on a 5mm hook, chain 5
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [4 sts]
Row 2: dec, dec [2 sts]
Row 3: sc across [2 sts]
Row 4: dec in the last two stitches. Finish off and weave ends.
Base of the three: with dark green on a 5mm hook, chain 7
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [6 sts]
Row 2: dec, sc in the next two stitches, dec [4 sts]
Row 3: sc across [4 sts]
Row 4: dec in the last two stitches. Finish off and weave ends.
Stump:
With dark brown on a 5mm hook, chain 4
Row 1: sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across [3 sts]
Row 2: sc across [3 sts]
Finish off and weave ends.
Hot glue the tree together and then hot glue it to the top of the car. I used thin twine to make it look like there was rope attaching the tree to the car. That is optional.
Glue the entire piece to felt and cut it out to make it sturdier. You can also glue a tied piece of string in-between the felt and the piece to use as an ornament.
