Welcome back for the Rustic Nativity CAL! We are moving quickly through the new figures, and today we 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 indicate. However,  ff 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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What you need: (affiliate links)
-Fingering Weight Yarn (Palette)
   [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. 2 sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
3. Ch 1. Sc in same st. *Sc 2, 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 3. *Sc2tog. Sc 2* 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. 2 sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
2. Ch 1. Sc in each st. Join. (16 sts)
3. Ch 1. *Sc 3. 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. 2 sc in same st. Sc 9. 2 sc in next st. Sc 9. Join. (22 sts)
8. Ch 1. Sc in each st. Join. (22 sts)
9. Ch 1. Sc 11. 2 sc in next 3 sts. Sc 8. (25 sts)
10. Ch 1. Sc 13. 2 sc in next 3 sts. Sc 9. (28 set)
11. – 13. Sc in each st around. (28 sts)
14. Ch 1. 2 sc in same st. Sc 25. 2 sc in last 2 sts. (31 sts)
15. Ch 1. 2 sc in same st. Sc around. 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 3. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog 3 times. *Sc 3. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog. Sc in last st. Join (23 sts)
18. Ch 2. Sc2tog twice. *Sc 2. Sc2tog* work twice. Sc2tog twice. Sc 2. 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 2.* 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 17. Dc2tog. Turn. (19 sts)
3. Ch 2. Dc in each st across. (19 st)
4. Ch 2. Dc2tog. Dc 15. Dc2tog. Turn. (17 sts)
5. Ch 2. Dc2tog. Dc 13. Dc2tog. Turn. (15 sts)
6. Ch 1. Sc2tog. Sc 11. 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 10. Work one picot. Sc in each remaining st. Join with a sl st. (21 sts)

 

 

I can’t believe we are almost done! Tomorrow we make the last piece, the angel. 

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