Week 4 - The Crochet Nativity Scene - Crochet-A-Long - Camel

 Hello and welcome back to the Crochet-A-Long Nativity Scene, and this is Week 4 and it's Camel week!

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. Wise Men Gifts.

6. Baby Jesus & The Manger.

 The camel is done in a slightly different way from the other bodies, to include a cute little hump!  Inside the hump hides a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate so have that ready to measure as you work.

You will need:

    1 x Camel in Brown

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

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

Pull up a length of scrap yarn into the last stitch (to use as a stitch marker) do this at the end of each round.

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)

Round 4-8. Work 5 straight rounds.  (18)

Round 9. (DC 1 into next stitch, then DC2tog) Repeat all the way around (12)

Round 10. (DC 1 into next stitch, then work 2 x DC's into the next) Repeat all the way around (18)

Round 11. (DC 1 into next 2 stitches, then work 2 x DC's into the next) Repeat all the way around (24)

Round 12. (DC 1 into next 3 stitches, then work 2 x DC's into the next) Repeat all the way around (30)

Round 13. (DC 1 into next 4 stitches, then work 2 x DC's into the next) Repeat all the way around (36)

Rounds 14-25. Work 12 straight rounds (36)

Round 26. (DC 1 into next 4 stitches, then DC2tog) Repeat all the way around (30)

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

Until then... Happy Hooking!

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