Hello there, it's Anna here. Welcome to Weedle Craft Farm
Today I will show you how to make Mrs. Claus. She is the first one of the Christmas ornaments
that you will see here later. The pattern is in the description below
and the penguin, this one, is also part of the collection. The nutcracker, the royal soldier
also will be here soon and the gingerbread man, look at this, how happy he is. All of these patterns
you can find here in this YouTube channel and also the written pattern that is in the description
below this video. Now let's start by setting this little one. Okay, so for her we will start preparing the skirt or the dress that we will crochet together later on
And here with the red you can 24. All the materials you need is in the written pattern
in the description below this video. It will take you to the blog and there you will see
the list of materials I used, the size of the story, everything is there. Okay, all right, so here now
we will start crocheting in the first chain of the foundation chain here, closing a circle. So you see
here is the V of the chain and we will start crocheting the third loop which is this bump
over here. You see, this one is the third loop over here. I like to crochet in the third loop
because the chain stitch leaves off so you can see it better later on. But it is okay, you don't need to
crochet in the third loop, I just advise you to do so. So here you work your 24 single crochet
right, you chain 24 and you will start crocheting in the first stitch of the foundation chain
working 24 single crochet. So we're here on the third loop and this is the result I want to see. You see the V's from the
chain here? This is what we want and that's why we work in the third loop of the chain
all right? So work your chain here and I will catch you up once you're done
And this is how this should be looking like. Now we have a full circle, okay? We'll add here a stitch
marker. I like to use just a different piece of color, different piece of yarn and this will mark
the last stitch of my chain of the round and now for the second round here you will start working
increases. You will work for here three single crochet, one increase, repeat six times and you should have a total of 30 stitches at the end of the round
Here work your first three stitches and then increase. You can see it here, one, two, three and then increases here
When I say increase means two single crochet inside the same stitch, all right? And this is
how it should be looking like once the chain is the round number two. Moving forward to round number
three you'll work four single crochets, one increase, repeat six times and you should have
30 stitches stitches at the end of this round. And remember when you work increases means you'll work
two single crochet inside the same stitch, okay? For this skirt this is the last round with
increases, one, two, three, four and here is the increases. Repeat all the way around and
I will catch you up at the end. Okay, so we are done here now with the increases and now we'll
work a couple of rounds here so we have the length of the dress we want. So for round four to six
you will work 36 single crochet and that's it. Just work your 36 single crochet and you will be done
okay? So stop the video here and I will catch you up at the end of round number six
All right, so here I am in the last stitch, okay, of the round number six and you will work a color
change before moving on for round number seven and number seven is the last round here
So change the color here to the white and here I will just cut this yarn, we won't
we will not need it anymore and you can here give a simple knot here for now
We will raise in this end later on but now I will just give a tight knot so this tail of the white
color is not moving, okay? Just a simple knot. Great. Now you will work here with 36 half double
crochet and for this round again we will work in the third loop of the stitch, okay? I will show
you where is the third loop here, it's a bit different than in the foundation chain. You see
this bump over here, it's tight and my tension is very tight so it's a bit hard to get but this
one is the third loop, okay? This is the third loop, I will show you here the next here, this one
this one, you see all of these straight lines, let's say that behind the stitch is the third
loop and you will work your half double crochets there. So yarn over inside the third loop
okay? Yarn over again, pull it through, yarn over inside all the three loops of your needle
and like this you will work all the way around here. I will show you why we are working the
third loop in a moment and why is this effect. Once again, if the third loop is too hard for you
you can work in the back loop for example, you know, but you see it gives a nice effect when
you work on the third loop. So if you are a complete beginner, try to work here, take your
time, it's a nice effect, okay? What is gonna happen here is that this stitch will be
pushed outside and the half double crochet will look like it's inside
Once you're done here, let me just join with a slip stitch and I will show you the effect now
Okay, so we're joining with a slip stitch and you see it looks like you have an underneath skirt
with the white and this is the effect that we are searching for. So you have this change on the outside and the white part it looks like it has two
rounds here of skirt. Anyway, this is a nice effect. I just wanted to show you this. Now we
can cut this yarn and fasten this off. So I'll just show you here real quick how you do it
with one yarn here. We will weave in this end, this will be also facing inside of the toy
but it's nice to give a nice ending for this one because, you know, if you look under
this is called skirt, it's the guy who looks underneath, you will not see
some ends, some tail left over. So just weave in here a little bit and then you can cut the yarn
Okay, this is enough and you should do this with all the tails as well. So this one
so weaving inside and the red one, you're weaving on the other side and that's it
Okay, this is the finished skirt, looks nice, everything, all the ends are done
We will save it for now. Here we will start working the body. So the body will work from
the feet to the head and you will start here with a magic ring, all right
And inside a magic ring for the first round you will work six single crochet
If this video is too fast for you and if you don't know how to make the magic ring
check the description box below here this video, there is links of dedicated tutorials to all
stitches and techniques I used to make this toy, all right? So there is one full tutorial
only about the magic ring. One, two, three, four, five, six. Great. And then you can see all the
stitches and techniques in the description if you need, if this video is too fast
if it's not too beginner friendly for you, all right? There is all the videos in this channel
Now we'll pull it through, we close this magic ring and moving on for a second round
you will work six increases. You will have a total here of 12 stitches
So again, when you work increases that means you'll work two single crochet inside the same
stitch. So at the end of this round here you will have 12 stitches
I will work a bit faster so we can move on with this round
And here I want to show you one thing. I like to double secure the beginning of my toy just
to make sure that this magic ring will remain nice tight and close. And this is how I do it
I just weigh in inside the first round the beginning of the tail
Okay, now let's move on for the next round. Here you can add the stitch markers that I'm used to
it and there are small details that I will not add, but you'll work with the back post
single crochet. So here you can see how you do the back post. You insert your needle from the back
to the front and from the front to the back on the next stitches, grabbing the post between the
stitches, all right? Once again, there is a link in the description of this video only with a
tutorial only about the back post single crochet. Once you're working your last back post single
crochet, we will work a color change, okay? There is also a dedicated tutorial showing you the four
most used ways to change colors in crochet toys. You can check that out and work the color change
that suits you the best. Here I'm doing the most basic one and you will work round four and five
and you will work round four and five, just 12 single crochet, okay? So work your rounds here
I will catch you up at the end. Great! So here we'll have the first leg of our beautiful Mrs
Claw and now here I will just give a simple knot, hide those inside leg and like this one
you will work another one following the same impression, but this one you're going to finish
off, the second one we will continue working on it. So take your finish off leg
take, grab one stitch from that leg and pull the loop of your needle inside one stitch of this leg
okay? Now you have this connected and you will work 24 single crochet here
which is 12 from one leg and 12 from the other leg, all right? So I will move fast here in the
beginning of this round and I will catch you up here in the middle when we are going to the other
leg. Great! We are here on the other side, this stitch where you introduced the loop of your
needle is one stitch that you need to work a single crochet from the other leg, so this is
what I wanted to show you. So you make sure here in count that you have 24 stitches at the end of
this round, all right? And this is how it should be looking like. Now I'll add here my stitch marker
and we'll work a couple of rounds here with the length of the body. So for round 7 to 11
you will work 24 single crochet, 7, 11. Okay, so work your round 7 to 11 and I will catch you up at the end of round 11, okay
Great! Look at this, we have some hems here, we have some sides and now we will grab the skirt
and we will crochet together, okay? You dress, you see here this is the beginning of the skirt
and you put with the beginning of your round and dress the body in the skirt from top to
down like this, so your yarn is free for you to work
Super good, make the positions here correct and you have 24 from the skirt and 24 from the body
right? So you will work 24 single crochet here, crocheting these two pieces together
all right? So I'll show you here the beginning, you grab the first stitch from the skirt and the
first stitch from the body and you make your single crochet and now you go so on, so on like
this, one stitch from the skirt, one stitch from the body and because you have the same amount of
stitch count, you will work 24 single crochet here, crocheting these two pieces together
I'm sorry if I'm moving too much, it's a new setting for me, I'm trying to shoot in something
new but I see that I am off the camera but you know, I'm still new on shooting this, I'm learning
techniques for shooting. Great, once you finish, look at this, so cute, you see all your 24 stitches
here, let's add here the stitch marker and you'll work a couple of rounds more here
with a single crochet, okay? So you work around 13 to 15, only 24 single crochet
so very easy, all right? So work your rounds here and I will catch you up once you're done
with the round 15, yes, once you're done with the round 15. All right, look at this
very nice, this is how it should look like. I add a little bit of stuffing material so it's more firm for me to grab and work with
so here you can add also some stuffing material and we add now the stitch marker
and for round 16 we work one round with decrease, two single crochet, one decrease
you repeat this for six times and you should have a total of 18 stitches at the end of this round
okay? So here I show you for an even only we work invisible decrease
it's when you grab only the front loop of the next 20 stitches. All right, one, two and this
is the decrease, repeat all the way around and this is how it should be looking like. If you
don't know how to work the invisible decrease check the description below, there is a video
only about invisible decreases, okay? Here for round 17 you'll work 18 single crochet
very simple, okay? Working round here