Crochet Angels
I used 8 ply acrylic yarn to make the angels, and a 4mm hook, producing a 15cm high x 12cm wide figure. Use whatever ply pleases you, but choose a hook which will give a close, dense finish or the stuffing will show through. The stuffing was polyester hobby fill(hollow fibre). The halo was made using silver sewing thread, doubled, but again there are many options from using a single thread of something thicker to attaching a wire haloinstead. This pattern is worked in a continuous round, I use a piece of yarn to mark the start of each round. When you start to make the increases under the wings you need to go past the end of the row by one stitch at the end of the increase rows otherwise there will be a twist. (While it's just a cone, the twist doesn't matter) Around round 5 or six you will want to turn the cone inside out so you're working on the outside of the ring . SC = single crochet (US) DC = double crochet (US) Round 1. SC 6 in a magic circle (6) Round 2. SC 6 (6) Round 3. SC 6 (6) Round 4. SC inc, SC x 2, SC inc, SC x 2 (8) Round 5. SC 8 (8) Round 6. SC 8 (8) Round 7. (SC inc, SC) 4 times (12) Round 8. SC 12 (12) Round 9. SC 12 (12) Round 10. (SC inc, SC) 6 times (18) Round 11. SC 18 (18) Round 12. SC 18 (18) Round 13. SC 3, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 6, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 4 (marking the advanced start to the round) (27) Round 14. SC 26 (26) Round 15. SC 5, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 10, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 6 (marking the advanced start to the round) (35) Round 16. SC 34 (34) Round 17. SC 7, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 14, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 8 (marking the advanced start to the round) (43) Round 18. SC 42 (42) Round 19. SC 9, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 18, DCx2 in next st, DCx3 in next st, DCx2 in next st, SC 10 (marking the advanced start to the round) (51) Round 20. SC 50 (50)
Stuff the angel 2/3 of the way with hollow fibre filling. Use you crochet hook to push the filling into the tail. Flatten the round out with your hook on the right side and start stitching the top/shoulders of the angel closed by chain stitching front and back stitches together. As you stitch and stuff, the arms willrise at the tips to look more like spread wings. Keep stuffing (again use the hook to push stuffing into tips) as you stitch the shoulders closed. Tie off and weave the end into the body. Make Head (also crocheted in continuous round) Round 1. SC 6 in magic circle (6) Round 2. SC inc in each st (12) Round 3. SC, SC inc, SCx2, SC inc, SCx2, SC inc, SCx2, SC inc, SC (16) Round 4. SCx3, SC inc, SCx3, SC inc, SCx3, SC inc, SCx3, SC inc (20) Round 5. SCx4, SC inc, SCx10, SC inc, SCx4 (22) Round 6. SCx22 (22) Round 7. SCx4, SC dec, SCx10, SC dec, SCx4 (20) Round 8.SC dec,SCx3,SC dec,SCx3,SC dec,SCx3,SC dec,SCx3(16) Round 9. SC, SC dec, SCx2, SC dec, SCx2, SC dec, SCx2, SC dec, SC (12) Round 10. SC dec 6 times (6) Stuff head with hollow fill and stitch to top of body I used some silver thread to chain stitch a halo 2/3of the way up the head.
