Okay guys, today we are finishing up the visitors for our Rustic Nativity CAL! We are moving quickly through the figures and are making the visitors who are kneeling, a Shepherd and a Wise Man. You should have already make the cloak and bag for the kneeling wise man yesterday as indicated. However, if you only made one of each yesterday, you can get the patterns here.
RUSTIC CROCHET NATIVITY CAL – KNEELING SHEPHERD AND WISE MAN
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-Fingering Weight Yarn (Palette Yarn)
[Wheat Heather, Oyster Heather, Almond, Verdant Heather, Briar Heather, Hare Heather]
– 3.5mm Hook
– Darning Needle
– Small Stones
— Polyfil Stuffing
— 12 gauge wire
Head:
Make the head and body the same for both the Wise Man and Shepherd.
Magic Ring with Wheat Heather
1. Ch 1. Sc 8 in ring. Join(8 sts)
2. Ch 1. Work 2 sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
3. Ch 1. Sc in same st. *Sc in next 2 sts, work 2 sc in next st* work 5 times. Join. (21 sts)
4. – 6. Ch 1. Sc in each st. (21 sts)
7. Ch 1. Sc in next 3 sts. *Sc2tog. Sc in next 2 sts* work 4 times. Sc2tog. (16 sts)
Stuff Head.
8. Ch 1. Sc2tog 8 times. (8 sts)
9. Ch 1. Sc in each st. (8 sts)
Join 2nd color
Body:
1. Ch 1. Work 2 sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
2. Ch 1. Sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
3. Ch 1. *Sc in next 3 sts. Work 2 sc in next st* work 4 times. Join. (20 sts)
4. – 6. Ch 1. Sc in each st. Join. (20 sts)
7. Ch 1. Work 2 sc in same st. Sc in next 9 sts. Work 2 sc in next st. Sc in next 9 sts. Join. (22 sts)
8. Ch 1. Sc in each st. Join. (22 sts)
9. Ch 1. Sc in next 11 sts. Work 2 sc in next 3 sts. Sc in next 8 sts. (25 sts)
10. Ch 1. Sc in next 13 sts. Work 2 sc in next 3 sts. Sc in next 9 sts. (28 set)
11. – 13. Sc in each st around. (28 sts)
14. Ch 1. Work 2 sc in same st. Sc in next 25 sts. Work 2 sc in last 2 sts. (31 sts)
15. Ch 1. Work 2 sc in same st. Sc in next 27 sts. Work 2 sc in last 2 sts. (34 sts)
16. Hdc in each st around. (34 sts)
17. Work in the 3rd loop.
Ch 1. Sc2tog twice. * Sc in next 3 sts. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog 3 times. *Sc in next 3 sts. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog. Sc in last st. Join (23 sts)
18. Ch 2. Sc2tog twice. *Sc in next 2 sts. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog twice. Sc in next 2 sts. Sc2tog twice. Sc in last st. (15 sts)
Pause and stuff. Place a few small stones to weigh down the bottom.
19. Ch 1. *Sc2tog. Sc in next 2 sts.* work twice. Sc2tog twice. Sc in next st. Sc2tog. Join. (10 sts)
20. Ch 1. Sc2tog 5 times. (6 sts)
Cape: (Wise Man)
Ch 23.
1. Dc in 3rd ch from hook. Dc across the ch. Turn. (21 sts)
2. Ch 2. Dc2tog. Dc in next 17 sts. Dc2tog. Turn. (19 sts)
3. Ch 2. Dc in each st across. (19 st)
4. Ch 2. Dc2tog. Dc in next 15 sts. Dc2tog. Turn. (17 sts)
5. Ch 2. Dc2tog. Dc in next 13 sts. Dc2tog. Turn. (15 sts)
6. Ch 1. Sc2tog. Sc in next 11 sts. Sc2tog. Turn. (13 st)
7. Ch 2. Dc in each st across. Tie off. (13 sts)
Using a small length of yarn to tie the cape around the neck of the Wise Man.
Crown: (Wise Man)
Ch 21.
Join with the first ch with a sl st, forming a ring.
1. Work in the back bump of the ch, sc in each ch. Join with a sl st. (21 sts)
2. Ch 1. Sc in next 10 sts. Work one picot. Sc in each remaining st. Join with a sl st. (21 sts)
(To make the crook, just bend your 12 gauge wire into a shepherd’s crook shape).
Tomorrow we make a SHEEP! I hope to make more animals for next year!
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Hi Bethany,
What did you use for the Shepherds wooden stick thing? Sorry no idea what it is called. A staff?
Thanks, Aires
Hi Aires! I used a small bit of 12 gauge wire and bend it to look like a crook.
Good Morning,
I have a question for you. On the Kneeling Visitor/Shepard there appears in the picture to be a satchel or something opposite side of the crook, and I couldn’t find the pattern for that portion. It is a satchel? or something else I’m seeing?
It is in the pattern for the standing visitors.
Love these well written patterns. Is there a camel available??????
Thank yoU! No camel, I am sorry!
I LOVE this nativity! I’ve made several as gifts and they are loved and adored. It’s a wonderful and easy to follow pattern. Thank you!
Yay! Glad you like it, you are very welcome!
Love your nativity, is there an angel?
Yes! It was posted yesterday:
https://www.whistleandivy.com/2017/11/nativity-crochet-along-angel.html