Week 5 - The Crochet Nativity Scene - Crochet-A-Long - Gifts

 Hello and welcome back to the Crochet-A-Long Nativity Scene, and this is Week 5 and it's time to make the Gifts that the Kings bring.

If you have just landed and would like to know more about this, the material list and the weekly schedule, then please visit my earlier blog post....https://soozintheshed.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-crochet-nativity-scene-crochet-long.html

A reminder of the weekly schedule..

1. Body Shape.

2. Headdress, Crowns and Halos.

3. Angel Wings, Noses and Ears.

4. Camel.

5. The Wise Men Gifts.

6. Baby Jesus & The Manger.

The gifts are formed around Quality Street chocolates, but you can take the format and use it to work around other sweeties if you don't have a box of QC.  

You will need:

    3 x Gifts in Rich Colours.

You can find the video here....

And if you prefer the written instruction, you can find that here....

Stitches explained:

CH  = Chain Stitch - Yarn around hook (from the back) and pull the new yarn through the loop on your hook.  This is ONE chain.  Repeat as needed.

Double Crochet (DC) - Put hook through work, draw yarn back through (2 loops on hook) yarn around hook (from the back) draw yarn through the 2 loops on the hook.

SS  = Slip Stitch - Put hook through work, draw yarn back through both loops on your hook

Gifts

Quality Street Blue Coconut Eclair

Row 1. CH 8, DC into the 2nd CH from the hook and into each stitch following. (7)

Row 2-14. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 13 rows. (7)

Turn to work down the side of the piece...

Row 1. CH 1, DC in next 4 stitches. (4) 

Row 2-5. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 4 rows. (4)  Break yarn.

Rejoin yarn to the opposite side to create a 'T' shape...

Row 1. DC in next 4 stitches. (4)

Row 2-5. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 4 rows. (4)  Break yarn. 

Sew the long strip around the three ends of the short arms to make a cube.  Repeat on other side.

 

Quality Street Green Chocolate Block

Row 1. CH 7, DC into the 2nd CH from the hook and into each stitch following. (6)

Row 2-14. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 13 rows. (6)

Turn to work down the side of the piece...

Row 1. CH 1, DC in next 3 stitches. (3) 

Row 2-5. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 2 rows. (3)  Break yarn.

Rejoin yarn to the opposite side to create a 'T' shape...

Row 1. DC in next 4 stitches. (4)

Row 2-5. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 3 rows. (4)  Break yarn. 

Sew the long strip around the three ends of the short arms to make a cube.  Repeat on other side.

Quality Street Orange Crunch

Round 1. CH 2, then work 6 x DC's into the 2nd CH from your hook. (6)

Round 2. Work 2 x DC's into EACH of the 6 stitches  (12)

Round 3. (DC 1 into next stitch, then work 2 x DC's into the next) Repeat all the way around (18)

Rounds 4-6. Work 3 straight rounds (18)  End yarn.

Make 2 pieces of the following...

Row 1. CH 2, then work 3 x DC's into the 2nd CH from your hook. (3) Turn.

Row 2. Ch1, Work 2 x DC's into EACH of the 3 stitches  (6)

Row 3. Ch1, (DC 1 into next stitch, then work 2 x DC's into the next) 3 times (9)  End yarn.

Sew the two flaps to the bottom of the top part.

Tie all of the gifts with coloured yarn

Hope you enjoy this week, bookmark this blog and I will see you next week for Part 5.

Until then... Happy Hooking!

Oh, and just for transparency, if you buy anything from Amazon using the links I provided I get a small commission. just pennies if I remember rightly, but it doesn't cost you a bean  :)