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I made 7 Nativity Sets. Well, they aren't complete YET. Since I am making so many, I have scheduled this as a 3 year project. This year, my family received these:
Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Angel, and stable carrier case.
You can find the original patterns here:
Mary
Joseph
Baby Jesus
Manger
Angel
Stable Carrier Case (Crocheted Cheche) (Update: this pattern can now be found on Ravelry! Yay!)
And then I made my own adjustments:
For the figures, I didn't want finger puppets, and I wanted to make them bigger. So I used a G hook, and then I used the stuffing option that the pattern gives.
Mary: I gave her some white trim.
Joseph: I used a darker green, and I added a belt for him.
Baby Jesus: I made the baby with the smaller hook required in the pattern, I tried it with the G but the baby was WAY to big! Then I made the manger from the magazine pattern -- but I made the straw a little more loopy. AND the manger is reversible... so I can turn the straw in and put baby on top if I want.
Angel: I didn't like the pattern wings -- I thought they looked more like a butterfly's. So I designed my own. I wanted them to look graceful and "falling".
Stable Carrier Case: I actually made this a little bigger than the pattern asks for. I also made the star bigger too.
NEXT YEAR
This project is the first installment of a 3 year project. This next year (2014) I will be adding the shepherds, some sheep (my own design), and a donkey (which will be my own design as well), and my family members will get to add them to their collections.
In 2015, I will be doing the 3 wise men, and a camel (again, will be my design). I will be including the patterns for FREE on this site when I get them done so you will be able to add them to your own nativity sets... yay!
-Cat
2015 UPDATES!!!!
The Nativity Part 2 is up!!! It includes the links to the shepherds and my own patterns for FREE for the Donkey and the Sheep!! Click here!!
