Clue #5 - Let's give him a face!

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It’s finally time to give our reindeer a face. Follow our tips - or design your reindeer to fit your own style. Everything is possible!

Don’t forget that if you have any doubts you’ll find a list of resources at the bottom of the clue, and that you can also leave questions to our experts using the comment form at the bottom of the page.

We really hope you enjoyed knitting this jumper with us - make sure to send pictures of your finished jumper to the KAL gallery!

Children jumper
Adult jumper

Children jumper

HAIR:
Fasten 3 fringes both on the front and the back of the head.

1 fringe = cut 2 strands of medium brown (colour e), each approx. 8-9 cm. Lay the strands together and pull them around a stitch at the top of the reindeer’s head, between the beige (colour d) on the head and the brown (colour e) on the antlers - middle of head. Tie a double knot. Fasten another fringe on each side of the middle-fringe – see photo.

EYES:
Make 2 eyes with medium brown (color e) as follows: 1 eye: Cut 3 strand of approx. 40 cm. Make 4 knots around a needle size 5 mm - see diagram A.3 (i.e. make 3 LOOSE knots, make 1 more knot and tighten the strand on this knot = 1 knot). Make 1 more eye. Place the eyes on the front of the reindeer’s head, just above the light beige section - see photo. Pull the strand-ends through the garment on each side of one stitch and tie them at the back.

NOSE:
Make a pom pom with red (colour a), approx. 5-6 cm in diameter, remember to leave 2 strands to fasten the pom pom with. Fasten the pom pom to the front of the reindeer’s head in the middle of the light beige section. Thread the strand ends through the garment on each side of one stitch and tie together on the wrong side.

NECKLACE BACK (for back piece with reindeer):
Work a row of chain stitches of approx. 14 cm with hook size 4 mm and goldenrod (colour f). Place the necklace across the reindeer’s neck on the back piece. Fasten the strand-ends on the wrong side of the garment.

NECKLACE FRONT:
Work a row of chain stitches of approx. 16-18 cm with hook size 4 mm and goldenrod (colour f). Thread a red heart, or something similar, onto the row of chain stitches and tie a knot so that the heart stays in the middle of the row. Place the necklace across the reindeer’s neck on the front piece. Fasten the strand-ends on the wrong side of the garment.

Diagram

= single knot

Adult jumper

NOSE:
Make a pom pom with red (colour a) of approx.7 cm in diameter. Shape the pom pom into an oval, so that it is approx. 7 cm one way and approx. 5 cm the other way; remember to leave 2 strands to fasten the pom pom with. Place the pom pom on the front of the reindeer’s head, just above the middle of the light beige section – see photo. Thread the strand ends through the garment on each side of one stitch and tie together on the wrong side.

EYES:
Make 2 eyes with medium brown (color e) as follows: 1 eye: Cut 3 strands of approx. 40 cm. Make 4 knots around a needle size 5 mm - see diagram A.3 (i.e. make 3 LOOSE knots, then 1 more knot and tighten the strand on this knot = 1 knot). Make 1 more eye. Place the eyes on the front of the reindeer’s head, just above the light beige section - see photo. Thread the strand ends through the garment on each side of one stitch and tie together on the wrong side.

HAIR:
Fasten 4 fringes for hair both on the on front and back of head.

1 fringe = cut 2 strands medium brown (colour e) of approx. 8-9 cm. Lay the 2 strands together, thread them around one stitch at the top of the head, between the beige (colour d) on the head and the medium brown (colour e) on the antlers - middle of the head itself. Tie a double knot. Fasten the other fringes in the same way – see photo.

NECKLACE IN FRONT:
Work a row of chain stitches of approx. 18-19 cm with hook size 4 mm and goldenrod (colour f). Thread a red heart or something similar onto the row of chain stitches and tie a knot so that it stays in the middle of the row. Place the necklace across the reindeer’s neck on the front piece. Fasten the strand ends on the wrong side of the garment.

NECKLACE AT BACK:
Work a row of chain stitches of approx. 15 cm with hook size 4mm and goldenrod (colour f). Place the necklace across the reindeer’s neck on the back piece. Fasten the strand ends on the wrong side of the garment.

SNOW:
Make approx. 16 knots with off-white (colour b) for the snow. 1 knot: Cut 1 strand of approx. 40 cm. Make 4 knots around needle size 5.5 mm - see A.3 (i.e. make 3 LOOSE knots, make 1 more knot and tighten the strand on this knot = 1 knot). Place the snowflakes on the top section of the yoke, i.e. 4 snowflakes on the front piece, 5 snowflakes on the back piece, 4 snowflakes on the left sleeve and 3 snowflakes on the right sleeve. Thread the strand ends through the garment on each side of one stitch and tie together on the wrong side.

Diagram

= single knot

Finished

We are all done! And we cannot wait to see how your reindeer jumper looks. Make sure to use the hashtags when posting your pictures online: #DROPSChristmasKAL and #RedNoseJumper (if you are making the adult jumper) or #RedNoseJumperKids (if you are making the kids’ jumper) - and don’t forget to send your pictures to the DROPS-Along gallery!