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Guiding Angel

Materials Required;

• one ball ecru/gold crochet cotton (makes 11-12 angels)
• small amount blue crochet cotton for halo and belt
• size 10 steel crochet hook for halo
• one 50 mm (1/2") bead for head
• 35mm (1 3/8"wired ribbon) for wings (cut into 9" piece, a 2.7 M roll makes 10 angels)
• one 25mm (1") pin back
• two 10mm bells for belt
• a piece of cardboard cut into a 6cm (2 1/2") by 8cm (3") rectangle
• glue gun and glue sticks

Making the Body (ecru/gold thread)

• cut two 15cm (6") lengths of the cotton and set aside
• wrap the thread around the 8cm side of the cardboard 75 times
• slip one of the pre-cut threads under the wrapped thread and tie tightly at the top edge ~ cut the threads at the bottom edge
• put the bead in the centre of the threads under the knot
• use second piece of pre-cut thread and tie it tightly right under the bead
  
  You now have the head and body of your angel
  
  Making the Arms (ecru/gold thread)
• cut three 15cm (6") pieces of thread and set aside
• wrap the thread around the 15cm (2 1/2") side of the cardboard 30 times
• carefully slip off the cardboard without cutting or tying
• using two of the pre-cut threads tie around the wrapped cotton about 25mm (1/4") from each end to make the wrists
• open the body threads in the centre and slip arms up under the head
• use last piece of pre-cut thread to tie under them making the upper body and skirt
  
  Making the Halo (blue cotton)
• using the size 10 steel crochet hook chain 14
• tie together to form a circle HINT- if you don't want to crochet the halo use a small plastic ring and paint it blue.
  
  Making the Wings
• cut a 9" piece of the wired ribbon
• bend it into a bow shape
• tie in the middle with a piece of thread making the bow Finishing
• glue halo to the top of the head
• for belt cut a 35cm piece of the blue thread.
• Leaving 8cm at the front wrap the thread around the waist 4 times and tie in the front with a square knot.
• Tie a bell to each end of thread
• glue wings to back of body and pin to back of wings
  
  If you want to you can now pin the angel on to a piece of coloured heavy paper or a card with the poem that I wrote attached.

Poem;

Angel wings come in all colours,

All shapes and sizes too,

And since you are a "Guiding Angel",

Yours are BIG and BLUE!

Instructions By Terri Bouvier

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