advent calendar. day twenty three. snowman.

I was so happy with the way this little snowman turned out. Like Santa he was quite a bit bigger than he was supposed to be so I may be working on another snowman next year but this one will look cute as a real tree ornament or something!!! I used a whole bunch of pinterest pictures for my inspiration but made the actual pattern up myself.

Materials:

Size 3 double pointed needles. 
I was using this project as a way of using up yarns from my stash so while these are the yarns that I used, it is OK to use different yarns (for example all fingering or all lightweight), be aware that the size of the finished snowman may change however.
Fingering (weight 2) yarn for the body and hat (I used this in bark for the belt and in cream for the body) .
Lightweight (weight 3) yarn for the scarf (I used this yarn and this yarn).
Polyfil stuffing.
Black embroidery thread.

Abbreviations:
k = knit.
m1 = make 1 stitch, from the front, lift the loop between stitches with left needles, knit into the back of the loop.
kfb = knit front and back.
k2tog = knit two stitches together
ssk = slip slip knit (Slip the next 2 stitches knitwise to the right needle. Insert the left needle into the fronts of these two stitches and knit them together). 

Head/Body:

Use size 3 needles. Starting at the top of the head cast on 9 stitches in cream and divide between 3 needles. Join to work in the round.

Round 1 knit.
Round 2 k1 (m1, k1) repeat to end (17 stitches).
Round 3 knit.
Round 4 k1 (m1, k2) repeat to end (25 stitches).
Round 5 knit.
Round 6 k1 (m1, k3) repeat to end (33 stitches).
Rounds 7-18 knit.
Round 19 k1 (k2tog, k2) repeat to end (25 stitches).
Round 20 knit.
Round 21 k1 (k2tog, k1) repeat to end (17 stitches).
Round 22 knit.
Round 23 k1 (m1, k2) repeat to end (25 stitches).
Rounds 24-31 knit.
At this point darn in the cast on thread and stuff firmly .
Round 32 k1 (k2tog, k1) repeat to end (17 stitches).
Round 33 knit.
Round 34 k1(k2tog) repeat to end (9 stitches).
Finish any stuffing, cut the yarn, thread it on a yarn needle and draw it through the remaining stitches, pulling tight to close the hole. Darn in end. 




Hat:

Use size 3 needles. Cast on 6 stitches in brown and divide between 3 needles. Join to work in the round.

Round 1 knit.
Round 2 kfb in every stitch (12 stitches).
Round 3 knit.
Round 4 (k1, m1) repeat to end (18 stitches).
Round 5 knit.
Round 6 purl.
Rounds 7-12 knit.
Round 13 (k1, m1) repeat to end (36 stitches).
Round 14 knit.

Cast off and darn in ends


Scarf:

Use size 3 needles. Cast on 4 stitches using turquiose yarn, keep them on one needle and work back and forth between two needles.
Row 1 knit.
Row 2 purl. 
Switch to orange.
Row 3 knit.
Row 4 purl.
Switch to turquoise.
Repeat these 4 rows until you have about 3 inches and cast off.

Repeat the above pattern to make a scarf piece which is 2 inches long.   


Nose:

Using orange yarn make three knots around a small needle which is pushed into a pincushion. Remove from the needle and sew onto the snowman's head using the long tails.


Finishing:

Using a yarn needle sew the hat to the top of the head. To make the scarf put the longer piece around the neck of the snowman in a loop and sew the two ends together. Then take the shorter piece pass it under the loop so one end hangs down on one side and one on the other as shown in the picture (this makes it look like the scarf is tied but is less bulky). Secure the two ends to the snowmans body.   

Embroider eyes using french knots and a mouth according to the picture.