holiday SNOWMAN crochetalong!

[leesespieces]

my momma's been through some stress this year, so i want to surprise her and do our whole christmas tree in snowmen, because they're her favorite thing around this time of year.

 

2nd part of the inspiration for this crochetalong is that, in case you haven't read my other posts around the site, i work at michael's, and i do the kids club craft class every saturday. last saturday we did little clay snowmen. it started out as just a basic snowman with a hat and scarf, but the kids were really having fun with it so i encouraged them to get creative and make their snowman unique and do whatever they wanted to it. one little girl even made a mom and baby snowman with little gifts sitting under a little pipecleaner trellis. SO cute!!

 

soo i thought this would be a fun crochetalong to get everybody ready for the holidays!! let's all make little snowmen and personalize them however we want and see how many different ones we can come up with! there's tons of simple patterns for snowmen on crochetpatterncentral.com, under christmas, and then under winter stuff.

 

so who's with me?!

[darski]

I have been planning to make the melting snowman anyway so I'm in I guess

 

I want a mr and mrs melting for my hallway - it's going to be too too too cute

 

http://www.crochetnmore.com/meltingsnowman.htm

 

I am going to make mine a tad larger so they show up in a long hallway

[Cocoa Cream]

If I can find the time and the scraps of yarn, I would love to join you in this CAL! My mom collects snowmen, and it's kind of a tradition to get her at least one every Christmas. This year I want to make her one...so I found a simple looking pattern that I think I can do. It's pretty big (19 inches tall), so I'm thinking of filling the bottom with a bag of rice/bean/sand to make it a doorstopper instead of just stuffing it with fiberfill. If anyone wants to see the pattern, I've linked to it below.

This will be my first CAL, so I'm looking forward to it!

 

http://www.freepatterns.com/fp_pdfs/Other/Crochet/Folk_Art_Snowman.pdf

[MyGirlFriday]

Is there a specific one that we do or do we select our own?? I should read the entire post! I will find a cute one!! I do like the ones that have been posted!!

I adore the melting snowman~I have a friend I would love to do that one for!

Count me in!

mgf~

[andrea2006]

Oh I have so much going on I did copy down the melting snowman just a ? though what is orange cardstock? I saved the one that is snow ppl to I got the link from

http://www.myhq.com/public/c/h/chunkiecochetmunkie/links.html

 

If you go to xmas it has lots of different patterns all in one place so its easier for me to look there, I even bought little shovels and presents and small carrots for the nose to make em all different but alas I am in so much now I pry wont get it done. Maybe I will have some time in a couple weeks right before xmas.

[andrea2006]

Here i found the direct site that I thought was cute and pretty easy.

 

http://members.aol.com/maglizrd/private/crochet/crochetsnowmen.html

[darski]

I collectd the links for us from the myhg listing - it isn't all of them I suppose but it's what I found;

 

http://members.aol.com/SAG55/sman.html

 

http://members.aol.com/lffunt/snowmanbm.htm

 

http://members.aol.com/SAG55/smjar.html

 

http://www.geocities.com/pmshc/snowmandoorgreeter.html

 

http://members.aol.com/SAG55/snowloll.html

 

http://www.craftown.com/xmascrochet/pat14.htm

 

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/Snowpot.html

 

http://www.craftown.com/xmascrochet/pat9.htm

 

http://www.crochetnow.com/mr-snow-man.php

 

http://granny2shoes2.tripod.com/03crochetsnowmen.html

 

http://members.aol.com/SAG55/flatsnow.html

 

http://www.wrights.com/class/12_xmas/crosnowman/crosnowman.htm

 

http://www.roxycraft.com/crochet_bo_snowman.htm

 

The last one - Bo snowman is brand new to cpc this week.

[angelfire]

I have a few patterns that I purchased that I will work with.

also here is a rolypoly ornament

http://www.freepatterns.com/fp_pdfs/Other/Crochet/Roly_Poly_Charcters.pdf

[darski]

Orange cardstock is just a weight of card that is fairly firm. I plan to use plastic canvas in mine

[minwifeof4boys]

I'm In!!! I need encouragement to do the little snowman greeter plus if it works then I might make a few

[thel]

I'd love to join! I am not sure what I'll make- I'll have to take a look at the patterns tonight.

[ch2crochet]

I think I'll join in on this one. I love snowmen and have been collecting them every year if I can. I was thinking of doing the door greeter one. I seen it on here somewhere before. But I like some of the others as well, I might have to do more than one:hook I'll have to get some white yarn, and I might have to wait until after the 6 day charity square cal.

[rosette]

I would love to join in on this one, but I have to finish my secret project first. But maybe by next week I can join in with the rest of you. Love Snowmen!!! and I do my living room in them and one of my Christmas trees is all snowmen!! I must hurry up and finish other project first. I love the melting one and the doorknob one. But I also have one in a pattern book here that is made with strips of material crocheted. Its adorable and I have made it in the past with yarn and giving them away as gifts. Time to make one for me!!

[goaliemom33]

I am so in on this one. I have more snowmen than the law should allow but none that are crocheted. I think I will start with the melting snowman.

 

 

[thel]

I have the head and body of a tiny snowman completed. I just need to stitch them together and add the face details. The pattern I am using is in the crochet today magazine- Oct/Nov issue. I'll post pics tonight.

[qupid]

I think I will join this one. It will be a great way to use all of the white and black yarn form the mystery ghost project that I never finished.

[QueenOfCrochet]

:lurk I have so many projects going on but I love snowmen so I thought i'de pop in & torture myself.

 

Good Luck everyone with your .

[rosette]

Now TABBY! You know you want too! Come on... Next week I will be all set to make some :2snowman up! That gives you from now til at least Monday to get some else finished up.....

 

You know ya me!!! Hehehehe!!!!

[Debbi-a1]

Wish I had thought of crocheting some. I found some cute, cheap, plastic ones with names on them. Bought a "family" for my friend and her family. So that may be an idea, embroidery an initial on the tummy of them for the family. Or even spell out a family name (if short enough). These are such cute patterns I may make one to add to this family, maybe with their last name initial since the plastic ones has the first names. That would be cute and tie it all together. A bigger one for the table or something.

Just thought I'd suggest the idea.

Debbi

[QueenOfCrochet]

Brandy~You are just evil girl, lol. But, I will try to finish something up. That ripple only has 7 more rounds & I keep stalling on it. Maybe......

[Mom w/a Motif]

I would love to join too! I need to join another CAL like I need another hole in my head, but.... it's too much fun!! And it's not like I'm spending money or doing anything *bad* (charging things...) It's all free, thanks to CPC! So...

 

I'm in! I have a really cute snowman I've done a couple of in the past, I think I might do one again. But, thank you for all the links everyone- especially Darski! I might have to make one of those, too. Like this one! It's sooo cute!

 

Tina

[darski]

Check out this cute tote with a string of lights

 

http://homepage.mac.com/coxsalida/Personal22.html

 

hope that link works. it did for me

 

It's white, yeah ...it's what's left of a snowman who died laughing at anything this cute.

[QueenOfCrochet]

Darski~I came along that pattern once too & thought it was just so cute. Someone got pretty creative! Thanks for the link, now I saved it.

[darski]

I'm trying to figure out how to string the lights across a snowman. could be cute.

[Mom w/a Motif]

Did you all know that Diamond from Crochetville is the person who designed that?

 

Tina