MATERIALS:
2-3 ounces Red Heart yarn in Royal, small amount Red Heart yarn in White, Cherry Red, Spring Green and Light Periwinkle, White, Orange, Pink and Black fabric paint, needle to take yarn and H crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge.
FINISHED SIZE: 7-1\2” X 8-1\2” and 2” deep.
Gauge: 4 hdc = 1”, 4 rows hdc = 1-1\2”
FRONT/BACK:
ROW 1: With Royal and H hook ch-26, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (24 sts)
ROW 2-23: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 23 fasten off.
-Make 2
SIDE/BOTTOM:
ROW 1: With Royal and H hook ch-8, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (6 sts)
ROW 2-63: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 63 fasten off.
HANDLES:
ROW 1: With Royal and H hook ch-5, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (3 sts)
ROW 2-30: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 30 fasten off.
-Make 2
CENTER SNOWMAN:
With White and H hook ch-3, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-1, work 8 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (8 sts)
RND 2: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (12 sts)
ROW 3: Hdc next 3 sts, leave remaining sts unworked, ch-1, turn. (3 sts)
ROW 4: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn.
ROW 5-7: 2 hdc next st, hdc ea st across to last st, 2 hdc last st, ch-1, turn. (5 sts)(7 sts)(9 sts)