The Valentine Puffy Stuffy Snowman is the perfect quick Valentine’s Day gift for your little one or their friends! Aside from just stitching on the eyes and closing it up, it is completely NO-SEW! I am in love with this variation of the bobble stitch, which makes the snowman’s buttons look like hearts. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Did you know that February is the month when we typically get the most snow? People think of snowmen as belonging to the holiday season, and deck them out for Christmas decorations, and for the last two Christmases I was desperate to find the time to release this pattern for Christmas, but here we are in January, again. So this month I decided it wouldn’t be a Christmas snowman afterall, it would be a Valentine snowman, and it is the perfect quick gift for your littles and their friends!
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Materials:
Bernat Baby Blanket, White (A) – approximately 32 yds
Big Ball Bernat Blanket, Pumpkin Spice (B) – approximately 1 yd
Big Ball Bernat Blanket, Crimson (C) – approximately 28 yds
Bernat Baby Blanket, Sand (D) – approximately 2 yds
Bernat Blanket Super Bulky Petal Pink (E) – approximately 4 yds
Worsted Weight black acrylic yarn for the eyes – 1 yd
Terms and abbreviations to know:
magic ring
rnd, rnds – round, rounds
st, sts – stitch, stitches
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase, work 2 sts into same st
BLO – back loop only
Special Stitches:
popcorn st – popcorn stitch
- Make 5 dc sts in same st
- Drop loop of the last dc.
- Insert hook into the top of the 1st dc sts.
- Pick up dropped loop from the last dc.
- Pull dropped loop through the top of the 1st dc.
heart bobble st – heart bobble stitch (with color change at the end) This st is essentially a bobble decrease, but it makes it look like a heart!
- Yarn over and insert hook into next st.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and insert hook into same st you just used.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (3 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and insert hook into next st.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops. (4 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and insert hook into same st you just used.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (6 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (5 loops on hook)
- Yarn over with white yarn to change colors, and pull through all 5 loops.
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 st.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.
Notes:
The Valentine Puffy Stuffy Snowman is worked in the round from the top, down, with no joining. It begins at the top of the head and the optional hat is attached later. Use a st marker to mark each rnd. The body, arms, nose, and heart buttons are made all in one piece. The scarf ends are crocheted directly onto the piece toward the end, and the hat is made separately but attached with crochet. The blanket yarn can be tricky to work with, so here are some tips: to be sure you’re not missing any sts, always count each rnd, until you’re more comfortable. Because the yarn is so thick, the sts will be very close together, especially during the increasing rnds. Do NOT pull yarn too tightly while sewing or closing, because it can break. Pull gently.
Puffy Stuffy Snowman Pattern
Body, in White
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: inc in each st around; 24 sts
Rnd 4: (inc in next st, sc in next 3 sts)6x; 30 sts
Rnds 5-6: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 7: BLO sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnds 8-9: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 10: sc in first 14 sts, pull orange (B) through to complete the last st, in orange make a popcorn st in the next st, pull white back through the loop after the completed popcorn st and sc the remaining 15 sts around; 30 sts *Note: This is the only time we will use orange for the carrot nose, so fasten off and knot inside the body.
Pull pink (E) through to complete the last st of rnd 10, but do not fasten off white.
Rnd 11: (invsc2tog, sc in next 3 sts)6x; 24 sts
Pull white through to complete the last st of rnd 11. Fasten off pink, and continue with white.
Rnd 12: inc, sc in next 3 sts, inc, pull color brown (D) through to complete the last st, in brown make a popcorn st in the next st, pull white back through the loop after the completed popcorn st and continue in white, sc in next 2 sts, (inc, sc in next 3 sts)2x, inc, pull brown through to complete the last st, in brown make a popcorn st in the next st, pull white back through the loop after the completed popcorn st and inc, sc in next 3 sts; 30 sts *Note: after each popcorn st, fasten the color off and knot inside the body.
Rnd 13: sc in next 13 sts, pull red (C) through to complete the last st, in red make a heart bobble st in next st, pull white through to complete the bobble st, and sc in remaining 15 sts around; 29 sts
Rnd 14: sc in next 13 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 15 sts; 30 sts
Rnd 15: repeat rnd 13: 29 sts
***Before you continue on to close, you will make the eyes, and complete the scarf.
Eyes in worsted black
Use the tapestry needle to sew your eyes in place between rnds 7 and 8. The sewn eyes span about 4 sts, with 2 sts between them above the nose. It helps to hold the curve of the eye in place by wrapping the yarn around itself before pushing the black yarn through to the inside of the body. Knot and fasten off all pieces inside the body.
Scarf in pink
With pink in a sl knot on your hook, insert hook through the side of one of the sts of rnd 11, just in front of the arm, and sl st to attach there, *ch 5, turn and sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of the next 3 chs, pull pink through to complete last st, sl st into the side of the next st of rnd 11,* possibly above the arm (this does not have to be exact), and repeat in pink *to.* Fasten off and send the ends into the inside of the body, and knot them.
Begin stuffing. Body will stretch as you stuff, so stuff a little more after each rnd here before closing.
Continuing in white.
Rnd 16: (invsc2tog, sc in next 3 sts)2x, sc in next 4 sts, (invsc2tog, sc in next 3 sts)3x; 24 sts
Stuff with polyfil and continue stuffing as you finish.
Rnd 17: invsc2tog 6x; 12 sts
Rnd 18: invsc2tog 6x; 6 sts
Complete stuffing, if you can put any more through the middle.
Fasten off and weave the end around the hole to close. Weave in the end.
Hat in pink
Ch 8
Row 1: turn and beginning in the 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch across; 7 sts
Rows 2-20: ch 1 and turn, sc in BLO of each st across; 7 sts
Fold row 20 over to connect to the beginning chain, and sl st 7 across together to close off the circumference of the hat.
Then working in a round, you will sc the bottom rim of the hat, crocheting through the end sts of the 20 rows:
Rnd 1: (inc, sc)10x, sl st into the 1st st to join; 30 sts
Rnd 2: ch 1, insert hook back into the same st as last sl st AND through the first unworked front loop from rnd 6, and sc through both, work around the whole hat and head in this way, single crocheting the sts on the hat to the front loops on the head to join, then join with sl st to the first st; 30 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave the tail up through to the top of the hat, and sew around the ends to close the top of the hat. Weave in ends.
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