Animal patterns for autumn, Advent, Christmas and New Year’s Eve

Dear users, dear authors,
If you’d like to get started on crafts for autumn, Advent, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, you can find suitable animal patterns here in this thread.
Have fun browsing and shopping.

@Authors,
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2–3 patterns per author are sufficient.
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Don’t forget a good photo.
Please also include a few words about the material, the technique, the
difficulty level and what makes the pattern special.

Of course, Rudi the Elk is a must-have during the Christmas season! This cute keychain can also be used to decorate a small package instead of a bow. You can never have too many of these! Crochet several at once, so you’ll have plenty in stock for little Christmas surprises. Here’s the pattern.

Crochet pattern for “Lurchi” the Lizard

Details & Pattern

Lizards are wondrous and extremely graceful creatures, but they must hibernate; otherwise, they’ll grow weak or even get sick. But
how do you do that without the animals staying awake and starving? It’s easy with this crochet pattern! Measuring about 20 cm is Lurchi is very easy to care for.

Hello! Let's crochet this adorable Rudolfine together. She is on her way to a Christmas party and has dressed up so nicely for it.

♥ Difficulty level: Intermediate

♥ The pretty Rudolfine measures 30 cm sitting and 38 cm standing

♥ The pattern includes:

• a step-by-step description of Rudolfine
• I explain every step in words and pictures
• 2 videos to help you with the knitting and sewing steps
• Lots of tips and tricks from me

♥ Materials
Yarn: PRO LANA STAR (50g/135m) in beige, dark brown, red, dark green
Skirt hem: Schachenmayr Baby Smiles (25g/85m) white
Crochet hook sizes 4.5; 4; 3.5; 3 
Knitting needle 3.5
stuffing
Black thread, beige thread or sewing thread
safety eyes (12mm)
Felt: white
Blush for the cheeks
Small brush, scissors, fabric glue, needle with a large eye, pins

-->> Please click here to go to the pattern!

What do the Christmas moose Elmar and his wife actually do in the summer? It’s simple: he puts on shorts, she puts on a little skirt, and together they enjoy the beautiful weather.







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Materials needed:

• Approx. 90 g of cotton per moose, of which approx. 50 g is needed in a base color (here, Catania by Schachenmayr with a length of 125 m / 50 g)
• Crochet hook size 2.5
• Safety eyes or buttons
• stuffing
• a scrap of felt (optional)
• 2 buttons for the clothing (optional)

The little dog named Waldemar is already very excited, because Christmas isn’t far away and he still has to get and deliver all his gifts. The pattern included dog Waldema, overalls, hat, bone, and the
gift bag.





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Material:

• for the dog: approx. 75 grams of yarn (depending on yardage and weight). E.g., Catania by Schachenmayr
• approx. 10 g cotton per gift bag
• pants + hat: approx. 30 g acrylic yarn for pants and hat (here Gabi uni with a yardage of 133 m/50 g
• crochet hook size 2.5
• possibly 2 googly eyes/safety eyes/buttons or similar
• stuffing
• 2 buttons (pants)

Paulchen is an adorable reindeer. When he gets too cold, he wraps his red cozy scarf around himself, and it warms his heart. Paulchen is a cuddly stuffed animal—and not just for the holiday season.

The pattern consists of 23 pages with plenty of pictures.

You’ll need to know how to do: single crochet, half double crochet, magic ring, and increasing and decreasing stitches.

Paulchen’s dimensions: Height: 39 cm (with antlers), Length: 15 cm. Paulchen’s size may vary depending on the yarn and crochet hook size.

Materials used:
acrylic yarn (Bravo by Schachenmayr and Lisa by Gründl), crochet hooks sizes 3 and 4.5, embroidery needle, sewing needle, stuffing, fabric glue, and a piece of medium-brown felt (scrap)

Click here for the pattern

The absolutely perfect candidate for this topic is Manni, the polar bear in a Christmas elf outfit! 
He and his bear friends have decided to lend Santa a hand with gift production. 

This is a step-by-step pattern that explains everything in detail. So the pattern is definitely suitable for ambitious beginners.



You don’t need much at all for the bears:
- crochet yarn in the colors you want
-a matching crochet hook
-stuffing
-safety eyes
-a little bell (if desired)

any enthusiastic crafter is sure to already have a sewing needle and scissors at home anyway! :-)

You should be familiar with the following: 

chain stitches, slip stitches, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, decreases and increases, color changes

As a little extra, the pattern for the gift sack is also included. 



So get the pattern here and get started right away! 
Currently even with 25% off. 

I hope you have lots of fun. :-)



Crochet Pattern Reindeer Erwin

Hello, I’m Erwin the reindeer... My brother is always in the spotlight.
Now it’s my turn too!!!!
With the 11-page pattern in PDF format offered here, you can easily make me yourself. Everything is described in detail and illustrated with pictures.
Please note that the pattern does not include a basic course.

Required basic skills

• Single crochet                        
  
• Chain stitches
  
• Crocheting in rounds and rows
  
• Magic ring
  
• Color changes
  

Erwin will be approx. 25 cm tall sitting and approx. 33 cm tall standing. The lovely Advent season isn’t far away anymore. But you still have enough time to crochet Reindeer Erwin. Wonderfully suitable for decorating, but of course also for giving as a gift.

Materials:

• Catania yarn in the colors (light brown, dark brown, red, green, and a little black)
  
• Stuffing
  
• Small and large sewing needle
  
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
  
• Cartoon eyes (4 cm wide, 2 cm tall), but you can also use other safety eyes
  
• and lots of joy, of course

Have fun, yours Dorigurumi

For little doll mommies and their little doll children.


Dress-up doll plays Mrs. Claus

The pattern consists of a vest, skirt, top, hat, and matching backpack. It was made using single crochet and double crochet.
It can also be made in other colors.

Material:

• “Cuddly yarn” and wool in red and white, 50 g, yardage 55 m, white
• Crochet hook no. 2.5
• Yarn needle
• 3 buttons for the top. Have fun making it

The pattern is suitable for beginners


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Bookmark as Santa Claus

Bookmark

Materials: Wool: yardage approx. 133 m / 50 g, black for the boots, red for the coat, skin color for the face, brown
for gloves, white for the beard, hat, and coat, crochet hook no. 2,
yarn needle. The pattern is also suitable for beginners who have the necessary knowledge of stitches (how to crochet the stitch types
is not explained). Stitches used: sc - single crochet
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Chick with Christmas hat



The chick can be used in many ways: as decoration for Christmas or Easter, as a toy, for a keychain, or also as a bag charm.Material: Wool (red, white, yellow, orange, black), yardage 128 g / 50 m, crochet hook no. 2, scissors, half-round needle, stuffing. Other wool and the matching crochet hook can also be used. This may lead to slight variations.
The pattern is also suitable for beginners who have the
necessary knowledge of stitches (how to crochet the stitch types
is not explained).
Stitches used:
sc - single crochet
the chick


Crochet pattern Hulda, the friendly garden spider 

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I personally am terrified of spiders, and once designed this small, friendly spider with its web as a bit of self-therapy :) With a spider like this in the house, you can live with it :)
Hulda is very easy to crochet and can also be made by beginners with a little practice.



Difficulty level: Easy 

What you need:

Materials: Gründl Happy yarn (250 m per 100 g) (beige– approx. 50 - 60 g - , Gründl Lisa yarn 20-30 g dark brown, a little black, 30 – 40 g white and a little red), stuffing, either buttons or googly eyes, hook size 3.5, yarn needle and scissors
Almost all parts are worked in spiral rounds and joined together later.


What you need to know:

chain stitches, single crochet and half double crochet 

Crochet pattern Rudolf the Reindeer

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Who doesn't know him? Rudolf the Reindeer with his red nose. Yes, that time of year is almost here again, and no living room should be without a reindeer. This sweet guy decorates any shelf and creates a festive Christmas mood.
In a 14-page crochet pattern with lots of pictures, I describe step by step how to make Rudolf so that he can soon decorate your living room too.

The pattern is also very suitable for beginners, since you only need to know the magic ring, single crochet, and chain stitches.

Difficulty level: Easy

What you need:

• Gründl Happy yarn (250 m length per 100 g) beige – approx. 200 g – black or brown, white, red (a little of each), plenty of stuffing
• Googly eyes or white buttons
• Hook size 3.5, yarn needle, and scissors**