Make your own Volvo-toy!

I friend of mine asked me if I would like to do a car for a childs baptism. And here is the result!

 

And because I was so pleased with the result I wanna share my own pattern with you! You can make how many you want and give away as gift or sell, but please refer to this page and give me credit for the pattern. Please dont change the pattern and call it your own!

Here is how you do it:

 

You’ll need about 100 grams of a yarn with these preference -> 50 g/180 m. And some white and black yarn of the same type aswell for the windows and tires. You will also need 2 yellow buttons and 2 red buttons. And of course some wadding! I use US-terms!

sc- single crochet

st- stitch

ch- chain

2sctog- 2 single crochet together

2in1- 2 single crochet in 1 stitch

The car’s long side: (make 2 pieces)

With the blue yarn, add up 70 +1 ch. Turn.

Row 1-17: Sc in every st and turn with 1 ch

Round 18: Change color. 8 sc, * 1 sc in the row below, 1 sc in 2 rows below, 1 sc in the row below, 14 sc * repeat from * to * 3 times. 1 sc in the row below, 1 sc in 2 rows below, 1 sc in the row below, 8 sc.

Row 19-20: (Change color on row 19. )Sc in every st

On each long side, continue to crochet two windows side. Use the following procedure on both long sides of the components. Count in 15 st on the car’s long side from each direction and indicate with markers / safety pins or something like that. Then begin to crochet sc (a total of 40). Turn with 1 ch.

Row 21-22: 15 st into the work. 40 sc. faces.

Row 23-28: Reduce the beginning and end of each row by crocheting 2 sctog. Now you do not turn with 1 ch. When I did that the result was not as evenly on the edges as i would like.

Row 29-30: Sc in every st, turn with 1 ch.

Cut off and leave a tail for the assemblage

Window: (makes 4 pieces)

Add up 12 +1 ch.

Row 1-3: Sc. Turn with 1 ch.

Varv4: 10 sc, 2sctog. Turning (NOT with 1 ch)

Varv5: 2sctog, 8 sc. Turning (NOT with 1 ch)

Row 6: 6 sc, 2sctog. Turning (NOT with 1 ch)

Row 7: Sc.

Leave a long thread for sewing on the windows of the car’s long sides above the white line.

  

The middle part:

Turn with 1 ch after each row.

Add up 20 ch +1 ch

Row 1-19: 20 sc. Turn.

Row 20: crochet sc in the back loop.

Row 21-35: 20 sc.

Row 36: crochet sc in the front loop.

Row 37-49: 20 sc.

Row 50: crochet like row 20

Row 51-71: 20 sc.

Row 72: crochet like row 20

Row 73-85: 20 sc.

Row 86: crochet like row 36

Row 87-101: 20 sc.

Row 102: crochet like row 20

Row 103-122: 20 sc.

Row 123: crochet like row 20

Lap 124-206: 20 sc.

Leave a superduper long thread that should be enough to sew the long edges along the entire middle portion. Cut the thread.

First, sew one long side all the way around the middlepart, bind the mesh. Once done, attach the 2 yellow buttons where you want then at the front and the two red buttons where you want it back.

  

Rear window and windshield (make 2 pieces):

Add up 15 +1 ch.

Row 1-10: 15 sc, turn with 1 ch.

Cut so that you have a long thread to sew the windshields. Sew them onto the car.

License plate (make 2 pieces)

Add up 10 +1 ch.

Row 1-4: 10 sc, turn with an air cast.

Leave a long thread so you can sew the license plate. Before doing that, embroider the number, name, or such that you want.

Wheels (makes 4):

Start with the white yarn

Row 1. Magic ring. Make 6 sc.

Row 2: 2 sc in each stitch. (12)

Row 3: 1 sc, 2in1. (18)

Row 4: Change to black color. 2in1 , 2 sc. (24)

Row 5: 3 sc, 2in1 (30)

Row 6: 2in1, 4 dc. (36)

Row 7: 5 sc, 2in1. (42)

Row8: sc in every st in the backloop.

Row 9: Sc in every st. (42)

Row 10: Crochet like row 8

Row 11: 6 sc, skip 1 stitch. (36)

Row 12: 5 sc, skip 1 stitch. (30)

Row 13: 4 sc, skip 1 stitch. (24)

Row 14: 3 sc, skip 1 stitch. (18)

Row 15: 2 sc, skip 1 stitch. (12)

Fill wheel firmly with wadding.

Crochet in everyother st and then sew the wheel together. Put the needle through to the other side round the white ring to make it the shape as you want. Then leave a long thread and attach the wheels on the side of the car.

When the wheels are sewn on the long side which is mounted together with the middle part, you start to sew the other cars longside. First,  sew the bottom corner and work your way up, thus leaving the base open so you can sew the wheels on the 2nd longside of the car without any problems. When you done all you can start sewing all round. When it is about 5-7 cm left, fill the car with cotton wool. Sew it up.

Now your new car is ready for the road! TUT TUT!