The final puppet of our Read Across America Crochet-a-Long is finally here!! Glinda the Good Witch Hand Puppet will complete The Wonderful Wizard of Oz puppet collection. She makes the perfect addition to the gang, bringing her “rich red hair,” and magic that Oz himself, couldn’t duplicate. Glinda encompasses all that is good and pure, in this story, and helps Dorothy and her friends to find that magic too.
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Materials:
Worsted Weight (4) Yarn
- Buff, approximately 28 yds
- White, approximately 70 yds
- Lion Brand Homespun – Claret , approximately 42 yds
Small amount of worsted black
Crochet hook size H – 5mm
Scissors
Terms and abbreviations to know:
magic ring
rnd, rnds – round, rounds
st, sts – stitch, stitches
sl st – slip stitch
sk – skip
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – increase, 2 sc sts in same st
invsc2tog – invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother, and the decrease not as noticeable.
- Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
- Insert hook into front loop of second stitch.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.
dc bobble – double crochet bobble
- Yarn over, and insert hook into designated st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 2 loops on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 3 loops on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 4 loops on hook.
- Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull up a loop.
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops, leaving 5 loops on hook.
- Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops.
Notes:
The body of the Glinda the Good Witch Hand Puppet is worked from the top down, in the rnd, with no joining, beginning at the head. The arms and hair are made separately and sewn on. The eyes and nose are sewn on as well.
Size: This is one size, fitting child through adult, but if you wish to make it smaller for a smaller child to play with, simply tighten the gauge or go down a hook size.
Gauge: 6 sts across and 7 rnds down = approximately 2 inches
Glind the Good Witch Hand Puppet
Body – beginning at the head, with skin color – A
Begin with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st)6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (3 inc, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 30 sts
Rnds 6-14: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 15: (3 invsc2tog, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 24 sts
Attach white (B), and fasten off your skin color. Continue with white.
Rnd 16: (ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 30 sts, counting the chs
Rnd 17: (sc into each of the 7 chs, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 30 sts
Rnds 18-23: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 24: (3 invsc2tog, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 24 sts
Rnd 25: loosely sl st in each st around; 24 sts
Rnd 26: work behind the sl st into sts from rnd 24, (6 inc, sc in next 6 sts)2x; 36 sts
Rnd 27: [(inc, sc in next st)6x, sc in next 6 sts]2x; 48 sts
Join to first st with sl st. Now, working turning rows, perpendicular to the last rnd.
Ch 6
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each ch across, sl st into next 2 sts of rnd 27; 7 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, sk 2 sl sts and sc in next 5 sts; 5 sts
Row 3: ch 1 and turn, sc in next 5 sts, sl st in next 2 sts of rnd 27; 7 sts
Rows 4-48: repeat rows 2 and 3
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew closed. Sew the beginning ch of row 1 to the last row, 48. Knot and weave in ends.
Arms, Make 2 – begin with color A
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 st in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st)3x; 9 sts
Rnds 3-4: sc in each st around; 9 sts
Rnd 5: dc bobble, sc in next 8 sts; 9 sts
Rnd 6: sc in each st around; 9 sts
Pull white (B) through to complete the last st of rnd 6, and fasten off A.
Continue in white
Rnd 7: sc in each st around; 9 sts
*Note, this is the only time we will be turning the work. This portion is to work on the length of the sleeve that goes over the hand
Rnd 8: do not join, but ch 1 and turn work so that you are working the wrong way around the arm, now use the BLO based on what’s facing you, and (3 sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st)4x, 3 sc in last st; 15 sts and 5 ch-1 sps
Continue in the same direction until told to fasten off.
Rnds 9-10: sk the first st of the previous rnd, and join with sl st to the 2nd st, ch 1, 3 sc in same st as sl st, ch 1, (sk the next st, the ch-1 sp, and the next st, 3 sc in next st, ch 1)4x; 15 sts and 5 ch-1 sps
Fasten off, and weave in all ends up to this point.
Reattach white into the unworked loops of rnd 7, now going the same direction you did for the hand.
Rnd 11: sc in each st around; 9 sts
Rnd 12: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)3x; 12 sts
Rnds 13-17: sc in each st around; 12 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Use the tail to sew into the arm holes with the thumbs (bobbles) inward toward the head. Weave in ends.
Hair with Lion Brand Homespun (C)
Ch 7
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 5 chs; 6 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 4 sts, inc; 8 sts
Row 3: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 6 sts, inc; 10 sts
Row 4: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 8 sts, inc; 12 sts
Rows 5-11: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 12 sts
Row 12: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 8 sts, dec; 10 sts
Row 13: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 6 sts, dec; 8 sts
Row 14: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 4 sts, dec; 6 sts
Do not turn.
Rnd 1: continue to work 40 sc evenly around the hair until you get back to where you started. This amounts to 14 sc down each side, and 6 sc across the bottom, and the top.
Do not turn or fasten off, but begin to work the curls around rnd 1.
Sl st into the 1st st of rnd 1 and ch 6, turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook inc in each ch, sl st into the next 2 sts of rnd 1, (ch 8, turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook inc in each ch, sl st into the next 3 sts of rnd 1)2x, (ch 13, turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook 6 dec, sl st into the next 2 sts of rnd 1)2x, ch 11, turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook 5 dec, sl st into the next 2 sts of rnd 1, sl st into next 3 sts of rnd 1 and begin longer curls around the sides and back, [ch 13, turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook inc in each ch (24 sts per curl), sl st into the next 3 sts of rnd 1]8x
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew with the short curls around the top and sides of the head, and the longer ones in the back, with 2 longer ones on either side of the head. Use pins to place the hair where you want before sewing! Weave in ends.
Nose, in skin color
Using your tapestry needle and about 12 inches of the skin colored yarn, sew the nose over a few sts, center of the face, about rnd 12. Knot and weave in ends inside the puppet.
Eyes, in black
Using your tapestry needle and about 12 inches of black yarn, sew the eyes over about 3 sts, above and to each side of the nose, about rnd 10. Knot and weave in ends inside the puppet.
*Optional: Add a little blush to her cheeks, to give your Glinda hand puppet a little life!
I hope you have enjoyed making Glinda the Good Witch hand puppet! If you love this design, be sure to check out some of my other hand puppets, always free on the blog! This is the fifth puppet of our 2nd annual Read Across America Puppet Crochet-a-Long. Find Dorothy HERE! Find the Scarecrow HERE! Find the Tin Woodman HERE! Find the Cowardly Lion HERE! Find the Wicked Witch of the West HERE! Find the Wizard of Oz HERE! Follow me along on Instagram for more puppet and toy inspiration! If you loved making any of these patterns, and show them off on Instagram, please be sure to tag @ekaygdesigns to let me know, and I will share in my stories!
