Carlito El Calaca
£3.99
Fetch your needles, brightly coloured yarn and get ready to celebrate the Day of the Dead with Carlito el Calaca. Head into Mexico, guide the spirits with your marigold decorations.
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This is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern
Join Carlito el Calaca to celebrate El Día de los Muertos, The Day of the Dead a Mexican festival to remember dead ancestors. His head is knitted flat in stocking stitch starting with ear flaps, then working intarsia to shape the skull and introduce his facial features, the hat is finished by decreasing to shape the crown. Carlito is topped with a stuffed hat decorated with marigolds and his mouth is then embroidered to create his wicked smile.
Difficulty Rating
Intermediate
The basics have been mastered and ready for something a bit more intricate, this pattern uses colourwork in intarsia and/or stranded knitting. This pattern will use advanced shaping and may introduce lacework.
Yarn in Photos
Marriner Super Chunky Black
Marriner Super Chunky White
Marriner Super Chunky Claret
Marriner Super Chunky Cinnamon
Marriner Super Chunky Red
Marriner Super Chunky Mustard
Marriner Chunky Black
Size
| Circumference Approx. | |
| Large | 60 cm |
| Medium | 56 cm |
| Small | 50 cm |
| Baby | 41 cm |
What We're Reading
Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston
A charming story of how a Mexican family prepares for the celebrations and how patient the children must be before they can taste the sweet treats.
Dia De Los Muertos by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
This beautiful picture book describes with rhymes what takes place during the Day of the Dead dropping in a few Spanish names for important traditions.
The Day of the Dead/ El Dia de Los Muertos: A Bilingual Celebration by Bob Barner
This delightful rhyming story explains the true meaning of the Day of the Dead and how it is celebrated in both English and Spanish.Great for little ones to teach them the true meaning.
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