Victorian Snow Lady

This is another pattern I can attribute the starting points to Annie's Crochet Newsletter Nov-Dec 1986, Tiny Snow People. This is the wife of the Victorian Snowman I promised I would post after Christmas. She and her husband found happy new homes Christmas Eve and will be making their trek to Florida on New Year’s Eve, weather permitting.

These snowmen are a combination of the original pattern, Barbie, and Hello Kitty all wrapped up with some inspiration from some yarn I picked up at a Church sale.



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Snowman Lady Green Hat

I continue to keep my winter decorations out even after I put away my Christmas decorations after the first of the year. That is one of the reasons I have collected snowmen for years. There is something festive about keeping something up after the holidays have ended. I usually put the winter decorations away as I am getting the Easter stuff out. It keeps the winter blues away.

This lady was made for a family member. My original intent was to make another colonial lady. However, I ended up with more rows in her hat and she had a different look to her. Her nose also was longer and must represent a good carrot growing season. It just continues to demonstrate that I will never have a static ami line. Each one I make is always an original, no matter how many times I repeat the pattern.

As with the other snowmen ami's I have written about they all started with Annie's Crochet Newsletter Nov-Dec 1986, Tiny Snow People.

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Victorian Snowman

For those of you who have been following my blog you know I found and fell in love with a snowman pattern from Annie's Crochet Newsletter Nov-Dec 1986, Tiny Snow People. I adapted the pattern and have been making a variety of these snow people for Christmas presents. I wanted an old world look for this one. I labeled it Victorian because it reminded me of the capes and tall hats, but I could be off on the historical period. It might actually be an earlier time.

The hat is actually recycled from my failed attempt to finish Ken's Christmas Caroler outfit. I will never find the hat when I start on the project for next year, so I decided to use it for this project. I had some black shimmer yarn and decided to experiment with that for the cape. I have found the dishcloth yarn makes great noses. I experimented with regular orange worsted and found the dishcloth yarn stood a bit firmer.

This one had to be wrapped quickly because he was starting to look at home on the piano and I was afraid he might not make it into the intended package.

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Snowman Boy Crochet

As I have mentioned many times I have been collecting vintage patterns and magazines. This snowman was made from a vintage Annie's Crochet Newsletter Nov-Dec 1986 pattern, Tiny Snow People.

I have had a great deal of fun experimenting with this pattern and have had several requests to make more. The pattern comes with directions for a boy and girl with winter outfits. The boy has a winter hat and scarf, the girl an winter hat and cape. As you will see in later blogs, I opted to do a historical look with the girl while doing the winter look with the boy.

One skill I have never been good with is making good French knots. I have moved to using safety eyes and noses on my amigurumi projects. However, this project called for knots for the "coal buttons." I experimented with safety eyes. One downside is that it was tough to get the crochet holes to line up straight to make the rows look straight. Even looking at the pattern picture, you can see where the French knots have been "adjusted" to account for the holes and even then, they do not line up exactly.

I also changed from worsted weight yarn to cotton dishcloth yarn to make the noses and it worked out well. I had orange left over from some Halloween dishcloths and it made stronger noses for the snowman than the worsted orange I had to use.

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