I am afraid that this pattern can only be considered as an addition to the pattern found here – Christmas Crib from a book by Jean Greenhowe. You will need this book to complete the pattern.
I have tried to keep my layout consistent with hers.
Now available as a pdf – Christmas Angel pattern
Angel
Make basic figure, using light yellow for body, skin colour for neck and head and light yellow for hair.
Overskirt & top
Cast on 73 stitches in white
K 1 row.
Next row: K1 (K2tog, yrn, K1, yrn, Sl1, K1, psso, K1) 12 times
Next row: P to end
Repeat last two rows 16 times
Next row: K1, K2 tog to end. – 37 sts
St-st 9 rows
Next Row: (waistline) K11, K2tog, K12, K2tog, K10 – 35 sts.
St-st 6 rows.
Next Row: K1, K2tog to end – 18 sts
K 2 rows.
Cast off.
[NOTE: psso is abbreviation for ‘pass slipped stitch over’ – Sl1, K1, psso gives a mirror image to K2tog.]
Join, leaving enough of a gap at top to go over the head. Put over body and complete joining up the back.
Waistband
Cast on 36sts in white.
1st row: P.
2nd row: K1, (yf, k2tog, K1) 11 times, yf, K2tog.
3rd row: P.
Cast off.
Join row ends and sew round waist with st-st side out.
Sleeves
Make two basic sleeves in white and basic hands to match face. Sew in place.
Knit ‘Main hair piece’ as for Joseph in light yellow.
Face
Complete as for Mary with blue eyes and red mouth.
Halo
Cast on 36 stitches in gold.
Beginning with K row st-st 5 rows.
Work picot edge
Next row: K2tog, (yrn, K2tog) to end – 35 sts.
Beginning with a K row, st-st 5 rows. Cast off.
Oversew row ends together. Fold in half, join cast on edge to cast off and placing seam at lower centre back catch round head.
[I think you need 5 rows after picot but do how many you need to fold evenly for picot and join cast on and cast off edges.]
Angel Wings
To make one wing.
Cast on 35 stitches in white.
1st row: Repeat (P1, K1) to last stitch P1. This is the right side.
2nd row: Repeat (K1, P1) to last stitch K1.
3rd row: Repeat (P1, K1) to last stitch P1.
4th row: Cast off first two stitches then purl to end.
5th row: Cast off first two stitches. Repeat (K1, P1) to last stitch K1.
6th row: Repeat (P1, K1) to last stitch P1.
7th row: Repeat (K1, P1) to last stitch K1.
8th row: Cast off first two stitches then purl to end.
9th row: Cast off first two stitches. Repeat (P1, K1) to last stitch P1.
Now repeat 2nd to 9th rows three more times.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows once.
Cast off.
Fold in half and oversew edges.
Make a second wing and sew both at centre back, just below garter stitch neckline.
Exactly what I was looking for to complete the set. Thankyou.
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Glad you like it!
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after the Knit2 rows at the end of the top and overskirt do you then cast off. love the pattern you are so clever
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You are right I left out the ‘cast off’ line! Thanks for pointing it out.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write out this pattern. Too late for our travelling Nativity this year, but plenty of time to get it ready for next!
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Glad you find it useful!
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Thank you so much for this pattern ,,my husband and I have done the ,Greenhowe nativity for our grandchildren ,but we’re so disappointed not to have camels or an angel,thanks to you one part is solved ,there are patterns available but don’t match in with this set ,,,,,
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Glad you found it helpful. That is why I published it! 🙂
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Susan Edge has a lovely matching camel pattern for sale on eBay… very cheap too! http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321903822223
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I will have a look. Did you know there was a donkey in another JG book? I never finished it because I couldn’t get the right colour yarn for the hooves!
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Many thanks for this pattern. My knit and natter group are knitting the Christmas crib pattern for this coming Christmas. I had been trawling the web for a suitable angel. But couldn’t find one the right size and in keeping with the other figures. So many thanks. It was easy and looks lovely
Sara
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Glad you like it and found it easy. I tend to go for putting together patterns I hope are straightforward.
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Thank you so much for this. Will definitely give it a go! Wouldn’t have had a clue how to go about doing the wings but that seems straightforward enough… it would need to be for me!! I think I’m going to keep the dress plain though. Lovely and all as it is, I feel it would be more in keeping with the rest of the crib that way… and a bit easier 🙂
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I wanted to make the angel seem other worldly with light suffusing from their robe but you are right about it matching the others better if plain and the outer skirt was never quite as I wanted it to be.
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please can you explain how to do angels wings
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sorry mean on 3 small angel pattern thanks
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I can only think that your problem is one I have met which is knowing how many rows to do. Basically, you cast on the number of stitches indicated. Row 1: you cast off two then knit to the end. Rows 2-5: you follow the instructions as given, which basically increases the number of stitches by one either side of the centre. After this for row 6: you cast off 2 then knit to end and you continue each row casting off 2 and knitting to end until all you have is two stitches left and then you cast them off and you are done. I have known people in my craft group who stop after row 5. Hope this is what you need.
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