Two cheerful Christmas gift bags – a reindeer with a red nose and a penguin with a yellow beak – with sturdy handles and button details. Fill them with sweets, books or little presents for a gift that is a present in itself.

Pattern by Svetlana Zabelina with step-by-step photos. Only the penguin and the reindeer bags are included.

This listing is for an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF PATTERN, not a finished project.

LANGUAGE:

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The pattern is in English.

SKILL LEVEL:

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Easy

FINISHED SIZE:

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Approx. 23 cm (9 inches) high, bottom 4 × 17 cm (1.6 × 6.7 inches). Use thicker yarn for a bigger bag.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

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Crochet in rounds

Single crochet

Increasing

Decreasing

Slip stitch

MATERIALS AND TOOLS:

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•    Fingering cotton yarn (approx. 425–430 m / 100 g), worked with two strands together; eyes with one strand.

•    Reindeer: 5 g beige, 5 g dark brown, 40 g red, 80 g brown, 90 g green and a little white and black.

•    Penguin: 30 g white, 35 g red, 55 g black, 90 g green and a little yellow.

•    Per bag: 16–20 round buttons (10–12 mm) and 4 white round buttons (18–20 mm).

•    Crochet hooks 1 mm and 2 mm.

ABOUT THIS PATTERN:

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The pattern is written using US terminology (UK differences are explained).

19 pages of step-by-step instructions with tips and photos illustrating the process.