Christmas deer by Ekaterina Tarasenkova

Christmas deer

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Knitting
September 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
US 000 - 1.5 mm
English Russian
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Very detailed and Easy PDF PATTERN for creating knitted christmas reindeer!

More than 90 pictures! The file contains 40 pages.
The pattern includes a deer, hat and scarf description!
Step-by-step instruction in English.

Level: for beginners. Basic skills of crocheting are needed.
When finished, the deer is roughly 7-8 cm (3.15-4 inches) tall if you take the same yarn

You need for work:

Yarn.

  • Alize merino royal fine.
  • Kid mohair Vento d’italia
  • Alize Angora gold. The metric area of you yarn can be varied in a range from 170 to 225 m in 50 g (for body and jacket). If a thread is thin, you can mix and knit with two threads. You can knit a jacket with any yarn. The yarn gazzal baby wool and alize baby wool will suit well.
  • To decorate the sweater and the sleeves I used the fluffy yarn Alize Softie.
  • For nose and antlers I used Alize Miss (brown)
  • Double pointed needles 4 pcs 1,5 mm. I was knitting nose needles 1 mm, if you have the same - use them, if not, knit nose needles 1.5 mm.
  • Stuffing. Synthetic fluff or hollofayber.
  • White chenille wire for a frame of the legs. (if you have no wire, you can make the legs without frame)
  • Eyes-beads or eyes with stalks (I have the second one)
  • Transparent moment glue or a glue for a fabric. (if you sew the eyes and nose, than you will not need a glue)
  • A device which help to insert a thread in a needle.
  • A sewing needle, a piece of black thread, pins, 2 pcs.
  • Hooks 1 mm и 1,5 mm ( The hook 1 mm for antlers). The hook 1,5 mm for enlighten the process of knitting the decreases.)
  • Oil pastel for tinting of a toy.
  • A thin brush.
  • A piece of white thread to decorate the eyes.
  • Scissors.