Knit Snowman Family

By: Debra Dooley for Damsel Quilts & Crafts

You can create an adorable snowman family without having to step one foot outside. This sweet Knit Snowman Family makes a great winter decoration for your home and creating these cool knitting patterns is a great way to spend a snowy afternoon indoors. Create this cute ensemble as a stocking stuffer or use them to decorate your mantel for the winter. This easy knitting pattern is simple enough for any knit wit to master...and you'll love making a whole snowman family to show off and display!

Easy

Knitting Needle Size5 or 3.75 mm

Materials List

6 Styrofoam balls: 3 and 4 inches for large snowman, 2-1/2 and 3 inches for medium, 2 and 2-1/2 inches for small
4 ounces white yarn for bodies
4 ounces blue or whatever color you choose for hats and scarves
Small amount of black and red felt for eyes and mouth
#5 standard knitting needles
Large eye sewing needle for yarn to sew up edges of snowman body and hat
Hot glue or craft glue of your choice
2-inch piece of cardboard

Instructions:

Take top and bottom styrofoam balls and press firmly together to flatten, pull apart and glue in place to make snowman body form for all three.

Mr. Snowman

With white yarn cast on 30 stitches for body.
Work pattern as follows:
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Purl
Rows 3-4: Purl to last 3 stitches, turn and knit back and count as Row 4. This makes a decrease row.
Row 5: Knit
Rows 6-8: Purl

Hat

With blue yarn cast on 44 stitches.
Work 5 rows ribbing; knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch.
Then stockinette stitch; knit 1 row, purl 1 row until piece measures 2-1/2 inches.
Across next row knit 2 together, work 3 rows stockinette and 1 row knit 2 together.
Draw up stitches.
Sew seam and add pom-pom.

Pom Pom

Wind 20 strands of yarn over 2-inch piece of cardboard.
Cut a piece of yarn and tie around center.
Cut ends and trim into ball.

Scarf

With blue yarn cast on 50 stitches.
Work 4 rows of seed stitch (knit the purl, purl the knit).
Bind off.
Add tassels.
Note: For tassels, cut four 4-inch lengths of blue yarn, pull ends through halfway end of scarf and tie. Repeat for other end of scarf.

Mrs. Snowman

With white yarn cast on 22 stitches for body.
Work pattern 8 times as for Mr. Snowman except there are 8 decrease sections.
On decrease row, knit to last 2 stitches and turn.
Finish just like Mr. Snowman.

Hat

With blue yarn cast on 34 stitches.
Work 4 rows of ribbing, then stockinette for 2 inches.
Finish decrease and hat as for Mr. Snowman's hat.

Scarf

With blue yarn cast on 40 stitches.
Work 2 rows of seed stitch.
Bind off.
Add tassels.
Note: For tassels, cut four 2-inch lengths of blue yarn (half the size of Mr. Snowman's), pull ends through halfway end of scarf and tie. Repeat for other end of scarf.