Last year I was asked to make an ugly Christmas Sweater for my daughter to wear at a party. This is what I came up with.
I used the Easy Peasy Pullover Pattern for the sweater pattern. You can find the pattern Here for free.
I picked a bright red for the main color and white and two different shades of green for the stripes. The black looking color on the sleeves is actually a hunter green. For the trim on the bottom and sleeves I used fun fur.
After I finished putting the sweater together I made the snowmen.
Snowman Head. ( Make 2)
Materials needed:
Small amount of white, black, and orange Worsted weight yarn.
4.5mm hook
4.00mm hook for nose and hat
Yarn needle
Scissors
with 4.5mm hook
For the snowman head start with a magic ring or loosely chain 2
Round 1: Chain 3 ( counts as DC) 11 DC in ring or first chain
Round 2: Chain 3, DC in same space as Chain 3, 2 DC in each of the Dc from round 1. You will have a total of 24 DC
Round 3. Repeat round 2. You will have a total of 48 DC
Round 4. Chain 1, SC in the next 47 Dc from the previous round.
Fasten off leaving a long enough tail to sew the snowman head onto the sweater.
Snowman nose (make 2)
You will need a 4mm hook for this.
Orange worsted weight yarn
Chain 12 and join to form ring. Be careful not to twist the chain
Round 1: chain 2 (counts as a HDC) HDC in each chain. You will have a total of 12 HDC including the first chain 2. Join to top of beginning chain 2
Round 2: chain 2 ( counts as a HDC) HDC in each chain. Join to top of beginning chain 2
Round 3: repeat round 2
Round 3: chain 2 (counts as a HDC) HDC 2 together, 1 HDC in each of the next 2 HDC, HDC 2 together, HDC in each of the next 2 HDC, HDC 2 together, HDC in next HDC, join to the to of the beginning chain 2. (9HDC)
Round 4: chain 2 (counts as HDC) HDC 2 together, 1 HDC in next HDC, HDC 2 together, 1 HDC in next HDC, HDC 2 together, slip stitch to join to to the top of the beginning chain 2.
Slip stitch across from the previous slip stitch to close off top of nose.
Finish off leaving a Tail long enough to attach nose to the snowman.
With yarn needle take top end that you just finished off and pull through the center to the bottom,
Snowman Hat ( make 2)
Leaving a long Tail for sewing the Hat onto the snowman Chain 15.
Row 1: Sc in second chain from hook and in each chain across (14 Sc total)
Row 2: turn, chain 1, SC in each SC across for a total of 14 SC
Row 3: turn, slip stitch in first 4 SC, Sc in next 6 Sc (leave the last 4 stitches uncorked)
Row 4: turn, chain 1 ( does not count as stitch) HDC In the next 6 stitches
Row 5: repeat row 4
Row 6: turn, Sc in each stitch across, finish off
With black yarn sew on eyes and a mouth on the snowman.
Attach nose to center.
Attach hat.
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