Hello and welcome back to the Crochet-A-Long Nativity Scene, and this is Week 6 - the last week! This final instalment should finish your Nativity Scene.... so I hope you have all your chocolates ready.
The final tutorial is for the Baby Jesus, all wrapped up in a cosy blanket, laying on the Manger.
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..
You will need a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate for the Baby Jesus and a bar of Turkish Delight for the Manger.
You will need:
1 x Baby Jesus in Skin
1 x Blanket in
White
1 x Manger 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
Baby Jesus
Round 1. Skin 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)
Rounds 4-9. Work 6 straight rounds (18)
Round 9. (DC 1 into next stitch,
then DC2tog) Repeat all the way around (12)
Blanket
Row 1. CH 11, DC into the 2nd CH from the hook and into each stitch following.
(10)
Row 2-34. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 33 rows. (10)
Wrap the blanket around Baby Jesus and sew into place.
Manger
Row 1. CH 14, DC into the 2nd CH from the hook and into each stitch following.
(13)
Row 2-27. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 26 rows. (13)
Turn to work down the side of the piece...
Row 1. CH 1, DC in next 10 stitches. (10)
(you are working across the first 11 DC rows only)
Row 2-4. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 3 rows. (10)
Break yarn.
Rejoin yarn to the opposite side...
Row 1. DC in next 10 stitches. (10) (you
are working across the first 11 DC rows only)
Row 2-4. CH 1, DC in each stitch for 3 rows. (10) Break yarn. Sew up the sides to make a pouch.
Well, thank you for joining me on this journey to make your very own Nativity Scene, one that you can bring out year after year - not to mention being able to enjoy all the chocolates that it requires too!
Hope to see you soon on another Crocher-A-Long, but until then... Happy Hooking!
