Jingle Santa Claus' Christmas elf ragdoll-free pattern -

Twenty-eight days left to the Christmas, and the rush in Santa Claus’ house at the North Pole has already started. In preparation for this big day, we cannot forget Santa’s Elf, often said to make the toys in Santa’s workshop and take care of his reindeers, among other tasks.

Jingle the Santa’s Elf is the second ragdoll pattern from the Xmas collection.

As we remember from the movies about Santa, there are always elves, which are not big but take care of the most important thing – making the toys he will deliver on Christmas. It is not possible to finish our Christmas collection without our Elf- Jingle, of course. Let’s start our workshop helper and make our gifts for people we love and would like to make happy for this special night. I hope you enjoy all the patterns as much as we do.

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Materials for the Elf ragdoll pattern:

Paintbox Simply DK – vanilla cream ( 107 )- head , ears, hand
Paintbox Simply DK– light brown – soft fudge (109)- boots, belt
Paintbox Simply DK– red – rose red (113)- vest, hat
Paintbox Simply DK– dark green- evergreen (130)- jacket
Paintbox Simply DK– bright green – neon green (159)- pants, hat
Crochet hook size – 3,5mm – US crochet hook size – E
Safety eyes – 12mm – black or you can use the instructions for the crochet ones.
Poly fiber fill for stuffing
Tapestry needle
Scissors

Final measurements in height:
Mrs. Santa – 39 cm
Mr. Santa – 35 cm
Reindeer – 41 cm with the horns
Elf – 41 cm
Gingerbread cookies – 31 cm each

Special stitches :
sc2tog- insert your hook in the indicated stitch, YO, pull through ( 2 loops on the hook ), insert your hook in the next st, YO, pull through ( 3 loops on the hook ), YO, pull through all the loops.

dc3tog- YO, insert your hook in the indicated stitch, YO, pull through, ( 3 loops on the hook ), YO, pull through the first 2 loops ( 2 loops on the hook ), * YO, insert your hook in the same stitch, YO, pull through ( 4 loops on the hook ), YO, pull through the first 2 loops, ( 3 loops on the hook ) * rep 1 more time ending with 4 loops on the hook, YO pull through all the loops.

Abbreviations:
dec= sc2tog
sc2tog- single crochet 2 together
sc- single crochet
st(s) stitch(es)
dec- decrease
inc- increase

or ** repeat whatever follows the * or **
inc= make 2 single crochet to the same
stitch
prev- previous
YO- yarn over
Rnd- round
dc- double crochet
sk- skip
ch(s)- chain(s)
MR- magic ring
sl.st- slip stitch
sl. knot- slip knot
dc3tog- double crochet 3 together
rem- remaining

Color Legend :
R – red color
CR- cream color
W – white color
B- brown

Joining all the pieces :
When you join two body panels, make sure that the right side of the front panel is facing you while you are crocheting with a single crochet stitch around . As you crochet along the outside, you will need to switch colors where appropriate.
Stuffing – Stuff the toy when you crochet along. When you go around the leg with sc, fill it.

The dolls are made of flat pieces that we will join with a single crochet stitch later. The dolls are made of 6 panels – 2 for body and 4 for hands.

Color changing – When you switch colors, do it always before you finish your last st of the prev color yarn. Just change color before your last YO of prev st and YO with new color, then pull through the hook with the new yarn. Here is an example with colors – insert your hook into the last stitch of Color A. Pull up a loop in Color A. Then yarn over in Color B to complete the stitch. Continue with Color B until you need to switch again. When you change color, make sure that you are dropping the yarn in the back of your panel. If you wish, you can put a stitch marker on the Right Side of the panel or piece of string, so you will never wonder which one is the correct side.
Incorporating different colors – You can use the fair isle crochet technique when changing colors or pulling them from the back without cutting the yarn. Be sure that you keep the yarn at the backside of the panel. When we make the head, we will need to work on different color stitches of some rows in the pattern. The whole design is made using a single crochet stitch, so when we incorporate different colors, the stitches will be indicated with the letter of the color.

For example – “ 6W, 12CR, 6W ” – means that you should crochet the first 6 stitches with White color, the next 12 with Cream color, and the last 6 stitches with White color. When it says “ decW,” – it means you should decrease with white color yarn.

Do not forget – Make ch 1 and turn at the end of each row. For each doll, first, we will crochet both legs for each panel, and after that, we will join them and continue to crochet the body and the face.

Front body panel :
Body and head panel. The front panel is worked from row 1 till row 82. The back panel is worked from row 1 till row 67. Rows 68-82 are for the hat, and we are making it only for the front panel as we need the head to be slouchy, not straight pointing upwards.

Legs: make 4 pieces
Start with brown color yarn.
Row 1: Ch 15, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 3, sc2tog, sc1, hdc 2, dc 5 ( 13 )
Row 2: sc 5, hdc 2 ( 7 )
Row 3: sc2tog, sc 5 ( 6 sts )
Row 4: sc 4, sc2tog ( 5 sts )
Row 5: sc across ( 5 sts )
Switch to neon green color. The following 4 rows are worked in neon green.
Row 6-9: sc across ( 5 )
Switch to red color. The next row is worked in red.
Row 10: sc across ( 5 )
Switch to neon green color yarn. Row 11- 14 is worked in neon green color yarn.
Row 11-14: sc across ( 5 sts )
Switch to red color yarn. The next row is worked in red.
Row 15: sc across ( 5 sts )
Tie off.
Repeat rows 1-15 tie off. Now you will have two pieces which, in the next row, we will join as 2 legs of the front body panel. We have two identical pieces before joining turn 1 of the leg to point to the opposite side.

Switch to green color yarn.
Row 16: Insert the hook in the 1st of right leg that is facing you, pull a loop and ch 3, sc 2 along rem chs, sc
5 along prev row of 1st leg, ch 3, now continue on the 2nd leg and make sc 5 along the prev row ( 13 sts )
Row 17: ch 3, inc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 1 along rem chs, sc 5 along prev row, sc 3 along prev row ch-3, sc 6 along prev row, inc in last st ( 19 sts )

Row 18: inc, sc 17, inc ( 21 )
Row 19-29: sc across ( 21 )
Row 30: dec, sc 17, dec ( 19 )
Row 31-32: sc across ( 19 )
Row 33: dec, sc 15, dec ( 17 sts )
Row 34-35: sc across ( 17 sts )
Row 36: dec, sc 13, dec ( 15 sts )
Row 37-38: sc across ( 15 sts )
Row 39: dec, sc 11, dec ( 13 sts )
Row 40: sc across ( 13 sts )
Row 41: dec, sc 9, dec ( 11 sts )
Switch to cream color. Rows 42-57 are worked in cream color yarn.
Row 42: sc across ( 11 sts )
Now we will start the head.
Row 43: Ch 4, sc 3 along rem chs, sc 11 along prev row ( 14 sts )
Row 44: Ch 4, inc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in rem 2 chs, sc 13 along prev row, inc in last st ( 19 sts )
Row 45: inc, sc 17, inc ( 21 sts )
Row 46: inc, sc 19, inc ( 23 sts )
Row 47-57: sc across ( 23 sts )
Switch to red color yarn. Rows 58-60 are worked in red color.
Row 58: dec, sc 19, dec ( 21 sts )
Row 59: sc across ( 21 sts )
Row 60: dec, sc 17, dec ( 19 sts )
Switch to neon green color. The following 4 rows are worked in neon green.
Row 61: sc across ( 19 sts )
Row 62: 2 dec, sc 11, 2 dec ( 15 sts )
Row 63: sc across ( 15 sts )
Row 64: 2 dec, sc 7, 2 dec ( 11 sts )
Switch to red color yarn.
Row 65: sc across ( 11 sts ).
Switch to neon green color yarn. Row 66-69 are worked in neon green color yarn.
Row 66-68: sc across ( 11 sts )
Row 69: dec, sc 7, dec ( 9 sts )
Switch to red color yarn.
Row 70: sc across ( 9 sts )
Switch to neon green color yarn. Rows 71-74 are worked in neon green.
Row 71-73: sc across ( 9 sts )
Row 74: dec, sc 5, dec ( 7 sts )
Switch to red color yarn.
Row 75: sc across ( 7 sts)
Switch to neon green color yarn. Rows 76-79 are worked in neon green.

Row 76: sc across ( 7 sts )

Row 77: dec, sc3, dec ( 5 sts)

Row 78: sc across ( 5 sts )

Row 79: dec, sc1, dec ( 3 sts )

Switch to red color yarn. The following 3 rows are worked in red.
Row 80: sc across ( 3 sts )
Row 81: dec, sc1 ( 2 sts )
Row 82: dec ( 1 sts ). End.

Body’s back panel :
The back panel is worked the same from rows 1-65. When you get to row 65, cut the yarn off.
We work the back panel shorter than the front as we need our hat to be slouchy and not pointy straight up.

Nose: with cream color yarn
Row 1: Start with a magic ring and
make 6 sc into it
Row 2: * inc, sc1 * rep 3 times ( 9 )
Row3-4: sc across ( 9 sts ). Tie off.
Leave long tail for sewing.

Hands : ( make 4 pieces )
Start with cream color yarn.
Row 1: Ch 3, sc 2 ( 2 sts )
Row 2: inc 2 ( 4 sts )
Row 3-5: sc across ( 4 sts )
Switch to green color yarn.
Row 6-17: sc across ( 4 sts )
Tie off.

Eyes : ( make 2 pieces ) with black
color yarn
Start with a magic ring and make 7 sc into the ring ( 7 sts ). Switch to white color, join on top of first st.
Rnd 2: ch1, 2 hdc in same st, * 2hdc * rep 3 more times, sl.st in next 2 sts.Tie off

Ears : ( make 4 pieces) with a cream color.
Row 1: Ch 2, inc in 2nd ch from hook
( 2 sts )
Row 2: 2 inc ( 4 sts )
Row 3: sc across ( 4 sts )
Row 4: inc, sc 2, inc ( 6 sts )
Row 5-6: sc across ( 6 sts )
Row 7: dec, sc 2, dec ( 4 sts )

Row 8: sc across ( 4 sts )
Row 9: 2 dec ( 2 sts )
Row 10: sc across ( 2 sts )
Row 11: dec ( 1 sts )
Row 12: sc 1 ( 1 sts )

Belt: with brown color yarn.
Ch 22, dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in
next 18 sts. End.

Belt clips: make 1 piece with yellow
color yarn.
Ch 20, join with sl. st in 1st ch to form a circle.
Rnd 1: ch1, sc in same ch, sc in next 2 sts, inc, sc in next 5 sts, inc, sc in next 3 sts, inc, sc in next 5 sts, inc, join with sl. st in 1st st. End. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Vest: with red color yarn.
Row 1: Ch 13, sc 12 ( 12 sts )
Row 2: inc, sc 10, inc ( 14 sts )
Row 3: * ch 7, work along chs and make- sc 2, hdc 2, dc 2, skip 2 sts of prev row, sl. st in next st, * rep the
sequence around the row. You should have 5 small triangles.

Hat’s pom pom: with yellow color
Start with MR, ch3 and make 11 dc into the ring, join with sl. st on top of the first st. ( 12 sts )

Assembling pieces:
1. First assembly hand pieces together 2 by 2. 2 pieces for each hand.
2. Sew the eyes 2 rows below the first row of the hat.
3. Sew the nose in the middle between eyes but 1-row below.
4. Make the mouth using black string and a tapestry needle.
5. Sew hands and ears to the back panel.
6. Sew vest onto row 42. If you wish, you can sew the edge of the mini triangles pointing downwards. I left
my as 3D without sewing. We have 2 different length panels; as we said, we need the front panel to
have a slouchy hat, so we will start joining from the left side of our Elf and continue
downwards till the other side of the head. We will sew the upper part later as we can’t join both parts with sc st.