fairy garden - Top Crochet Patterns

SKILL LEVEL
Þ
use your
yarn kit
PLUS
stuffing, pipe
cleaner, felt,
small button,
one 7cm and
three 2.5cm
cardboard
circles
fairy
garden
Use your Glacier yarn kit to
The LGC team fully believes
that you’re never too old to
enjoy a bit of magic. In fact –
the more, the better! In popular
folklore, toadstools were thought
to be a sign of good fortune,
wealth and prosperity. Here,
SARAH SHRIMPTON’S sweet
designs are sure to enrich your
repetoire and who knows, may
even send luck your way!
make a whimsical woodland set
SIZE
Fairy house:
17cm height
Toadstool: 8cm
height
Garden base:
9cm x 13cm
Great Advice
ATTACHING THE FELT
When embellishing the fairy
house, ensure your felt isn’t so
thin that it will tear. Trace a shape
onto paper, pin this to the felt,
and use sharp scissors to cut it
out. Glue the felt piece in place
on your work. Thread a sharp
sewing needle with co-ordinating
thread and sew around the
perimeter in running stitch
fairy house
base and
sides
Using 3.5mm hook
and Crisp Lilac
make a magic ring,
2ch, work 8dc into
ring, join with a
sl st to first st.
Eight sts
Rnds 1-2: (3ch,
1tr) in next st, 2tr in
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each st to end, join
with a sl st to first
st. 32 sts
Rnd 3: (1tr, 2tr in
next st) to end, join
with a sl st to first
st. 48 sts
Change to
Winter White
Rnd 4: working in
back loops only 1dc
in each st to end
Rnds 5-9: 1dc in
each st to end
Rnd 10: (6dc,
dc2tog) to end.
42 sts
Insert 7cm
cardboard circle
Rnd 11: (5dc,
dc2tog) to end.
36 sts
Rnds 12-13: 1dc in
each st to end
Rnd 14: (7dc,
dc2tog) to end.
32 sts
Rnds 15-17: 1dc in
each st to end
Change to
Frosty Silver
Rnd 18: (3ch, 1tr)
in next st, 2tr in
next st, 1tr, [(2tr in
next st) twice, 1tr]
three times, (2tr in
next st) five times,
[1tr, (2tr in next st)
twice] four times,
1tr, 2tr in next st,
1tr. 54 sts
Fasten off
Crochet
roof
Using 3.5mm hook
and Brisk Blue
make a magic ring,
6dc into ring. Six sts
Rnd 1: (1dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
Nine sts
Rnds 2-3: 1dc in
each st to end
Rnd 4: 2dc in each
st to end. 18 sts
Rnd 5 and every
odd-numbered
rnd: 1dc in each st
to end
Rnd 6: (1dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
27 sts
Rnd 8: (2dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
36 sts
Rnd 10: (3dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
45 sts
Rnds 11-12: 1dc
in each st to end
Rnd 13: (4dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
54 sts
Rnds 14-16: 1dc
in each st to end
Rnd 17: working in
front loops only 1dc
in each st to end
Rnd 18: 1dc in each
st to end
Fasten off
Rnds 8-9: 1dc in
each st to end
Rnd 10: (3dc,
dc2tog) to end.
Eight sts
Change to Winter
White (Frosty
Silver, Cosy Red)
Rnd 11: (3ch, 1tr)
in next st, 3tr in
next st, (2tr in next
st, 3tr in next st)
to end, join with
a sl st to third of
first 3ch. 20 sts
Stuff
Change to Cosy
Red (Fresh Teal,
Frosty Silver)
Rnd 12: working
in back loops only
(1dc, 2dc in next st)
to end. 30 sts
Rnd 13: (1dc,
dc2tog) to end.
20 sts
Rnd 14: 1dc in each
st to end
Rnd 15: (dc2tog)
to end. Ten sts
Rnds 16-17: 1dc in
each st to end
Stuff
Rnd 18: (dc2tog)
to end. Five sts
Rnds 19: 1dc in
each st to end
Fasten off
toadstool
to make up
Make three
Using 3.5mm hook
and Frosty Silver
(Cosy Red, Crisp
Lilac) make a magic
ring, work 5dc into
ring. Five sts
Rnd 1: 2dc in each
st to end. Ten sts
Rnd 2: (1dc, 2dc
in next st) to end.
15 sts
Rnd 3: working in
back loops only 1dc
in each st to end
Rnds 4-6: 1dc in
each st to end
Insert 2.5cm
cardboard
circle into two
toadstools only
Rnd 7: (1dc,
dc2tog) to end.
Ten sts
Sew in ends. Cut
door and window
shapes from felt
and sew to side
of Fairy House
(see Great Advice
panel). Sew button
to door. Sew
Toadstool without
cardboard circle
to Roof of House.
Stuff House and
Roof. Using Frosty
Silver sew Roof to
House, working in
back loops of Rnd
17 of Roof
garden
Using 3.5mm hook
and Fresh Teal
make a magic ring,
work 8dc into ring.
Eight sts
Rnds 1-2: (3ch,
1tr) in next st, 2tr in
each st to end, join
with a sl st to first
st. 32 sts
Rnd 3: (3ch, 2tr) in
next st, (1tr, 2tr in
next st) to last st,
1tr, join with a sl st
to first st. 48 sts
Rnd 4: (3ch, 1tr) in
next st, (2tr, 2tr in
next st) to last two
sts, 2tr, join with
a sl st to first st.
“These little
toadstools are
perfect for using
up oddments in your
stash, and will instantly
brighten up a room!”
Sarah Shrimpton, Designer
64 sts
Row 5: 2dc, 2htr,
17tr, 2htr, 2dc, one
sl st in next st,
turn. 25 sts
Row 6: one sl st
in each of next
two sts, 2dc, 2htr,
1tr, (2tr in next st)
twice, 6tr, 2htr, 2dc,
one sl st in next st,
turn. 19 sts
Row 7: one sl st
in each of next
two sts, 2dc, 2htr,
1tr, (2tr in next st)
twice, 2tr, 2htr, 2dc,
one sl st in next st,
turn. 15 sts
Row 8: one sl st
in each of next
two sts, 2dc, 2htr,
(1tr, 2tr in next st)
twice, 1tr, 2htr, 2dc,
one sl st in next st
Fasten off
(1tr, 2ch, one sl st)
in next ch
Fasten off, leaving
a long tail
Sew in ends
st to end. Ten sts
Fasten off, leaving
a long tail
Sew in ends
flower
Wrap Fresh
Teal around a
20cm pipe cleaner
and twist into
shape. Insert
approx 5cm of
pipe cleaner
bottom through
base and sew
on underside
using Fresh
Teal. Sew Leaves
to stem. Sew
Flowers on base
Make six (one
in Cosy Red,
two in Winter
White, three
in Crisp Lilac)
Using 3.5mm hook
and chosen yarn
make a magic ring,
work 5dc into ring.
Five sts
Rnd 1: 1dc in each
st to end
Rnd 2: 2dc in each
to make up
leaf
Make five (one
each in Frosty
Silver, Winter
White, Cosy Red,
Brisk Blue and
Crisp Lilac)
Using 3.5mm hook
and chosen yarn
make 5ch
Rnd 1: 1dc in
second ch from
hook, 1htr in next
ch, 1tr in next ch,
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