Hi everyone it’s Cindy here. Today I’m joining the Hookin on Hump Day blog hop to show you part 3 of the crochet nativity I finished recently. You can read all about the first part here and the second part here. Today I’m showing you the three wise men and their camels.
The pattern for the wise men is from Let’s Knit Magazine, a magazine published in the UK, and can be found here. It contains the patterns for Baby Jesus, two shepherds, a sheep and the three wise men. This pattern is written in UK terms.
The original pattern for the wise men calls for you to use some sort of bead for the gifts but I couldn’t find anything that I thought was the right size. Never fear because Charlie came to the rescue. He made some cubes and cut a dowel and then stained them to match the wise men (we just happened to have the right stain colors to match the wise men). He topped them with some walnut and then drilled a hole through that I used to sew them to the wise men’s hands. I think they are perfect!
I decided that the wise men needed to have camels. I found this pattern from Canal Crochet. The same site I found the mule and ox pattern.
Just like the mule and ox pattern this one is written in Spanish. She does provide a key to translate the stitches to English but some of the longer phrases took a bit of work.
The great thing about these patterns is that the author also has full length videos of the entire process. Between the video and Google Translate I was able to decipher the patterns. I’m very happy with how the camels turned out. The original pattern calls for some fancier details on the camels blanket but I decided to just go with the two color look.
I used Knit Picks CotLin™ for all the pieces in this project.
If you like to do amigurumi you should definitely check out Canal Crochet’s blog and YouTube channel. There is a wide variety of patterns and they are all free! With just a little bit of work you can easily translate them.
I found the perfect sized box to hold all the figures. They were packed up and sent on their way a few weeks ago.
With Christmas just around the corner I’m sure these ami will be out of the box and on display soon.
I hope I didn’t put some of my non-hooking blog friends to sleep with this post. If you are interested in seeing more crochet creations please visit the Hookin on Hump Day blog hop.
I didn’t receive any compensation for any of the links in this post but include them for anyone that is interested in finding the products and patterns.
Looks fabulous! Love those camels. We know that is going to be a loved gift for many years!
that are artpieces, I love it… I can’t wait to see them all under your tree…
Oh wow!
I love them, the camels are amazing! What a wonderful pattern and you have made a superb job of them Cindy, they are crocheted perfectly.
Lynne x
They’re wonderful! Bless Charlie for his creative gifts☺
They are AMAZING!!!!
I sooo wish my Mum could crochet
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
WOW !!! THAT is a FABULOUS Nativity Set… WELL DONE.
Those are incredible!
Wow! Now that is talent!
Lily & Edward
Wow! That’s so clever and cute!
Oh wow Cindy…I’m about as speechless as a Southern gal gets…these are absolutely lovely…WOW. did I read correctly you sent them to someone they are not for you? Oh my I can hardly wait to hear how much the recipient loves them.
Hugs Cecilia and Madi
What a wonderful nativity set!
hugs
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
Such a beautiful project – you did a fantastic job, and we know the set will be treasured for years and years and passed on through the generations.
Woos -Lightning and Misty
WOW! We are beyond impressed. Those are so cool!!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
OMD, those are just amazin’!!! Again, Ma is all kinds of jealous of your talent! You should sell those! We have all kinds of arts and craft shows here, and you could make tons and tons of green papers!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
Those are ADORABLE!! So cute
Wags
Oreo
Beautiful job, they look great
Wonderful job, very cute!
Great project. Well done and so cute. Good idea to add the addition anipals .
These are amazing! Your crochet work is so even and neat! Sam
so cute!!!!
What a wonderful job you did on those Cindy! Truly…an art! You are so incredibly talented!!
hello millie and walter its dennis the vizsla dog hay wow wot a kyoot set of nativity figyoors!!! my mama sez wen she wuz yunger her kat liked to bat arownd the nativity figures in there set i bet theez wood be eeven mor fun to play with!!! altho dada sez a nativity is not a toy!!! silly dada wen yoo ar a dog or a kitty evrything is a toy!!! ha ha ok bye
Absolutely too cute. I so hope my sister will be able and willing to make them for me…