This fire truck applique is done quickly and easy.
Yarn: Nizza Steinbach Wolle, 100% cotton, inred, silver, blue, yellow and black.
Hook: 3mm
Stitches: ch, sc, dc, ss. (abbrevations meanings here)
Specials: magic ring
Truck:
1. ch 21, turn, 20 sc (red)
2. – 8. ch1, 20 sc
9. ch 1, 10 sc, ch1 7 sc
10. – 13. ch1, 1 sc in red, 5 sc in silver, 1 sc in red
TIPS on changing colours in rows:
End the last stitch in red with a loop of silver, keep both colours running on the backside of your work and crochet the sc around both threads, so they wont be visible and you wont have to weave in so many ends.
11. ch1, 7 sc in red
fasten off, weave in the ends.
Backside of the truck: draw a loop, 4 sc, ss, end the work, weave in the ends.
Wheels: 2 times
1. magic ring
2. ch 1, 5 sc
3. ch3, 2 dc in each stitch around ( 10 dc), ss in first dc
4. ch 1, *1 sc, 2 sc in one* repeat for the whole round ( 15 sc)
fasten off, leave a long tail to sew the wheels on the truck.
Ladder:
1. ch 16, turn, 15 sc
2. ch 4, *skip 1, 1 Dc, 1 ch* repeat for the row (8 dc total, ch3 counts as first dc)
3. ch1, 1 sc in dc of the prev round, 1 sc in hole between dc’s, last sc in 3rd ch of prev round.
Light: yellow
1. draw a loop in the 4.row of the truck
2. 1 sc, 3 dc in one stitch, 1 sc, fasten off. weave in the ends.
Blue flashlight:
1. draw a loop in 3rd sc on the upper end of the truck.
2. 3 dc in one stitch, ss in next stitch, fasten off, weave in the ends.
Sew the ladder onto the truck. Sew the wheels onto the truck.
And off we go :)