Crochet Candy Cottage Gingerbread House Tutorial Part 3

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Carolyn 26.11.2015

Happy Thanksgiving! Today we are ready for the third and final installment of the crochet Candy Cottage
Gingerbread House. Its time to add the decorationsdoor with heart, candy stick doorposts, gumdrops and icicles.
I went pretty simple with this gingerbread house. My others, Gingerbread Cottage for example, are festooned with
lots of candies, peppermints, candy canes and more. I decided this time to go with a simple tan, pink and white
confection. OK so lets go!

By Carolyn Christmas

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Notes
Finished house size: 9 tall x 10 wide x 8 deep

Yarn: I used I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby in toasted almond, pink, soft pink and white.

Gauge: 4 x 4 rows sc = 1

Crochet terminology: This pattern is written in American terminology.

Special Stitches
How to crochet 2 sc together: Pull up a loop in each of next 2 sc, yo and pull through all 3 lps on hook.

Posting schedule

Thursday November 19: Part 1: Gathering materials and making the chipboard support structure

Monday, November 23: Part 2: Crocheting and affixing the gingerbread parts

Thursday, November 26: Part 3: This postfrosting and candy decorations

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Instructions
Icicles

Side icicle strip (make 2)

Icicle #1 (medium length): With white, ch 7, sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across, do not turn. (6 sc)

Icicle #2 (short length): Ch 5, sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across, do not turn. (4 sc)

Icicle #3 (long length): Ch 9, sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across, do not turn. (8 sc)

Continue to make icicles in this manner, following this pattern for 11 icicles:

#4 medium

#5 short

#6 medium

#7 short

#8 long

#9 medium

#10 short

#11 medium

Do not fasten off or turn. Work a row of sc evenly across top edge of icicles. Piece will curl and twist; dont worry
about this.

Roof peak icicle strip (make 2)

Begin and work 11 icicles same as side icicles. Add the following:

#12 short

#13 long

Work row of sc across top edge as before.

Joining two roof peak strips together

Holding sc rows wrong sides together, and working through back lps only of both thicknesses, sl st together forming
roof peak center.

Front and back icicle strips (make 2)

Begin and make same as roof peak piece, continuing pattern of (medium, short, long, medium, short) across until
you have 25 icicles. Work sc row across top as before. Fasten off.

Door

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Row 1: With light pink, ch 16, sc in second ch form hook and in each ch across, turn. (15)

Rows 2-10: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. (15)

Rows 11-14 (decrease rows): Ch 1, skip first sc, sc in next sc, sc in each sc across to last 2 sc, sc last 2 sc
together, turn. (13, 11, 9, 7 sc)

Fasten off after last row.

Border row

Join soft pink at bottom right corner of door; working up side, across top and down remaining side to left bottom
corner, sc in end of each row and in each sc across. Fasten off.

Door frame

Join with with sl st in first st in border row, sl st in each st of border row. Fasten off.

Doorknob

For doorknob, embroider French knot with white at doorknob position on right side of door.

Heart for door

Rnd 1: With pink, ch 5, join with sl st in first ch to form ring (or make a magic ring), ch 1, 8 sc in ring, join with sl st in
first sc. (8 sc)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sts, (sc, ch 1, sc, ch 1, sc) in next st, sc in next 2 sts, 5 dc in next st, sl st in next st, 5 dc in
next st, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Doorjamb and corner candy sticks

Chains (make 5 pink and 5 white)

Ch 20. Fasten off leaving 4 tail.

Tie yarn tails of one pink and one white chain together with square knot at each end of chain. Repeat for remaining
pairs.

Door post candy sticks

Chains (make 2 pink and 2 light pink)

Ch 12. Fasten off leaving 4 tail.

Tie yarn tails of one pink and one light pink chain together with square knot at each end of chain. Repeat for
remaining pair.

Gumdrops (make 14 pink and 12 light pink)

Ch 4, 4 dc in fourth ch from hook; remove hook from lp, insert hook in top of ch 4, pull dropped lp through, ch 1.
Fasten off. Tie yarn tails together in square knot to create rounded shape. Bring yarn tails to inside of gumdrop and
out top. Trim so that ends recede inside gumdrop.

Assembly

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Note: Allow glue a moment to cool and set after each bit of gluing.

Door

Glue door to center front of house with bottom edge of door even with bottom edge of house. Glue heart at center
top of door.

For door jamb, glue one square knot of one pair of chains securely to one bottom corner of door. Let glue cool
completely. Twist chains to form candy stick; run a line of glue across bottom of door. Press twisted candy stick into
glue. Be sure to glue remaining square knot securely. Thread tapestry needle and take yarn ends to inside crochet
for a short distance; trim so yarn ends recede behind crochet.

Remaining candy sticks

For house corner candy sticks, apply in same manner as door jamb along each corner of the house.

For doorpost candy sticks, use shorter pairs of chains; apply in same manner as previous candy sticks vertically
about -3/4 on each side of door.

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Icicles

Step 1: Using hot glue gun and glue sticks, stretching strip slightly if needed, glue the sc row of one side icicle strip
up under overhang of roof. One at a time, uncurl icicles so they lie flat and place a dot of glue on underside of tip of
icicle; press in place. You can use a popsicle stick or something similar for this step if needed so you wont burn your
fingers. Repeat across until all icicles are glued in place along side. Repeat for remaining side piece.

Step 2: Stretching crochet slightly if needed, glue center of roof peak icicle strip to center of roof peak. Then smooth
icicles down as before and glue in place one by one on each side.

Step 3: Locate center icicle of back of house icicle strip. Glue center of sc strip in place up under point of roof. I used
a chopstick to poke this up into the corner. Then glue sides of sc row along slope under overhang, one side at a
time. Smooth icicles down as before and glue in place one by one, stretching icicles as needed to make them
random lengths. The way the roof slopes this stretching is necessary to get random icicle lengths on front and back
of house. Repeat for front of house.

Gumdrops

Roof peak: Alternating colors, beginning with pink at front of roof peak, glue gumdrops at roof peak and between
overhanging shells on front slopes of roof. There are 9 gumdrops on front of roof. Repeat for back of house.

Door posts: Glue one pink gumdrop at bottom of each door post; glue one light pink gumdrop at top of each.

Ive ended my decorations here preferring to keep it rather understated as gingerbread houses go, but if you want
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more decorations you can glue alternating gumdrops along roof peak, add more short candy sticks and gumdrops to
sides and back of house, and make some kind of candy dot to go above door. You can even add alternating
gumdrops all around bottom edge of house.

And thats it! I hope its been fun for you and hope you will enjoy having this as a Christmas decoration this year!

Until next time!

Carolyn xo

PS My Gourmet Crochet Christmas patterns, including two of my previous gingerbread house patterns here and
here, are on sale 40% off through December 10 exclusively on Ravelry and Etsy! See this post for details.

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