In today’s video tutorial, we will crochet a delicate fairy from Drops Kid-Silk mohair yarn. This time, we will again use the technique of crocheted pulled-up loops made with the help of a ruler.
Drops Kid-Silk is a beautifully fluffy yarn made of 75% mohair and 25% silk. One ball weighs 25 g and has 210 m. It is suitable either as an additional strand held together with another yarn, or for crocheting garments directly. The silk beautifully softens the mohair content. The yarn has a slight halo, so if you need to frog your work, I recommend using slow movements and gently lifting the stitches one by one. From Drops Kid-Silk, or yarns with a similar yardage, you can crochet a trendy oversized striped vest and an elegant narrow scarf called Pírko. When crocheting garments, it is useful to choose a larger hook. The material becomes wonderfully light and airy, and the finished piece feels like a little cloud.
We unboxed the Drops yarns in the podcast Povídání u klubíčka #127, and you can read the article here.
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- PIN it for later – Crochet Tutorial Mohair Fairy Ruler Crochet
VIDEO TUTORIAL PREMIERE May 21 at 19:00 with automatically English generated subtitles added. Did you know that you can slow down a YouTube video and adjust it to your own crocheting pace?
Do you know the ruler crochet technique? It is a very simple and effective method where crocheted loops are placed onto a wide ruler and then worked in the following row. The result is a beautiful pattern that stands out especially well when made with fine mohair yarns.
Together, we have already learned how to crochet with a ruler from a chain, worked straight. You can find the video tutorial for the Mohair Rose here. We have also tried ruler crochet worked in the round. With this technique, you can crochet the Mohair Flower, and the video tutorial is available here.
I liked the flower so much that I thought of turning it into a fairy. We gather the centre of the flower, which creates the body. Then we crochet a semicircle with hair using the ruler technique. We connect everything with the head and body, and at the same time create a hanging loop. In the final step, we crochet the arms and legs from chains and picots.
The fairy’s little arms and legs curl sweetly, which gives her a sense of movement. You can use the fairy as a lucky charm, as a pendant for a backpack or handbag, or as a decoration for a summer wreath. This project is also suitable for beginners, and I believe that both beginners and children will be able to make the Kvítek Fairy successfully.
I hope your Kvítek Fairy turns out beautifully. If you would like to inspire others or share your experience with crocheting or styling the fairy, I would be very happy to see your photos. You can share your photos in the Krampolinka Facebook group. On Instagram, please use the hashtag #vilakvitek so they are easy to find. If you tag me in projects made from my patterns, I may reshare them in my Instastories to inspire others.
KVÍTEK FAIRY
Yarn: Drops Kid-Silk, colour 40 Ice Pink
Yarn usage: 1 ball makes approx. 8 fairies
Hook: 2 mm
Size: approx. 10 cm tall
Other supplies: a yarn needle with a large eye, a straight ruler approx. 4 cm wide, a wooden head with a painted face or a wooden bead
Time required: approx. 90 minutes
Skill level: for adventurous beginners
Abbreviations
ch – chain stitch
sc – single crochet
MR – magic ring
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
picot – three chain stitches joined with a single crochet
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- PIN IT – Free crochet patter KVITEK FAIRY Ruler Crochet
SKIRT, 2 mm hook
Row 1: Into a MR, crochet 3 ch instead of the first dc, then 19 dc. Join with a sl st. (20)
Row 2: Into each stitch, crochet two pulled-up loops and place them onto the ruler. Insert the hook once into the back loop and once into the front loop. Once you have about half of the loops on the ruler, slide the loops off and place the last pulled-up loop back onto the ruler. Continue with this technique to the end of the row. At the end of the row, slide all loops off the ruler.
Row 3: Pull the yarn up to the length of the first loop, insert the hook into the loop and crochet 1 sc. Crochet 1 sc into each loop. Above every third sc, you can make a picot, i.e. 3 ch and 1 sl st. Finish the row with a sl st. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
BODY, 2 mm hook
Row 1: Into a MR, crochet 1 ch instead of the first sc, then 15 sc. Join with a sl st. (16)
Row 2: Into each stitch, crochet two pulled-up loops and place them onto the ruler. Insert the hook once into the back loop and once into the front loop. Once you have about half of the loops, approximately 17, slide the loops off and place the last pulled-up loop back onto the ruler. Continue with this technique to the end of the row. At the end of the row, slide all loops off the ruler.
Row 3: Pull the yarn up to the length of the first loop, insert the hook into the loop and crochet 1 sc. Crochet 1 sc into each loop. Finish the row with a sl st. Leave a sufficiently long yarn tail, thread it onto a needle and sew the skirt and body together at the first-row area. Fasten off.
Thread a piece of yarn onto a needle, sew a running stitch around the edges and pull it tight to shape the body. Weave the loose ends through the centre.
LOOP HAIR, 2 mm hook
Row 1: Leave a sufficiently long yarn tail. Into a MR, crochet 1 ch instead of the first sc, then 14 sc. Join with a sl st. (15)
Row 2: Into each stitch, crochet two pulled-up loops and place them onto the ruler. Insert the hook once into the back loop and once into the front loop. Once you have about twenty loops on the ruler, slide the loops off. Weave in the starting yarn tail at the first-row area and leave a sufficiently long final yarn tail.
ARMS, double strand of yarn, 2 mm hook
Crochet 3 ch, insert the hook into the third chain and crochet 1 sc to create a picot. Then crochet 18 ch. Insert the hook into the third chain from the hook and crochet 1 sc to create another picot. Fasten off, tighten the loose ends and trim them.
LEGS, double strand of yarn, 2 mm hook
Crochet 3 ch, insert the hook into the third chain and crochet 1 sc to create a picot. Then crochet 15 ch and attach it to the centre of the skirt with a sl st. Continue with 18 ch, insert the hook into the third chain from the hook and crochet 1 sc to create another picot. Fasten off, tighten the loose ends and trim them.
FINISHING
Thread the loose yarn ends from the hair onto a needle. Pull them through the centre of the head, then through the centre of the body and sew through the centre of the skirt. Tighten gently, then work back in the opposite direction — skirt, body, head, hair — and pull the loose ends out at the top. Tie them together to create a hanging loop. Do not pull too tightly, as the yarn may break if pulled too hard. Pull the arms through the centre of the body using the crochet hook.
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