Materials & tools:
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (106) Snow White
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (110) Black
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (115) Hot Red
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (510) Sky Blue
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (248) Champagne
Crochet hook size 1.25
White card board
The ambulance is made of 6 parts, the body of the ambulance, front, doors, wheels, sirene and ears. The sirene and wheels are worked in rounds and the body, front and doors are worked in rows, after each row ch 1 and turn. It measures approximately 5,5×3.5×3,5cm.
Body:
With white ch25
r1: From 2nd ch from hook sc in the next 24 ch. (24sc)
r2-r18: sc across (24sc)
r19: sc across in back loop only (24sc)
Now you are facing the right side.
r20-r22: sc across (24sc)
r23: change to red, sc across (24sc)
When changing colors, always keep the yarn on the wrong side.
r24-r25: change back to white, sc across (24sc)
r26: sc with white, sc next 3 with champagne, sc next 14 with white, sc next 2 with red, sc in last 4 with white (24sc)
r27: sc first 4 with white, sc next 2 with red, sc next 14 with shite, sc next 3 with champagne, sc last with white (24sc)
r28: repeat r26
r29: sc first with white, sc next 8 with red, sc next 11 with white, sc next 3 with champagne, sc last with white (24sc)
r30: sc first with white, sc next 3 with champagne, sc next 11 with white, sc next 8 with red, sc last with white (24sc)
r31: repeat r27
r32: repeat r26
r33: repeat r27. Finish off red and champagne.
r34:-r36: sc across (24sc)
r37: sc across in back loop only (24sc)
r38-r39: sc across (24sc).
From here repeat r26-r35
r40: repeat r23
r41-r43: with white sc across (24sc)
Front:
With white ch 17
r1-r3: sc across (16sc)
r4: with red sc across (16sc)
r5-r6: with white sc across (16sc)
r7-r14: sc first with white, sc next 14 with champagne, sc last with white (16sc). Finish off red and champagne
r15:-r16: sc across (16sc)
sc around; 16sc on the sides and 2 on each corner. Finish off, leave long end for sl st to body.
Doors (make 2):
With white ch 18
r1-r3: sc across (7sc)
r4: with red sc across (7sc)
r5-r6: with white sc across (7sc)
r7-r14: sc first with white, sc next 5 with champagne, sc last with white (7sc). Finish off red and champagne
r15:-r16: sc across (7sc)
sc around; 16sc on the long sides, 7 on the short sides and 2 on each corner. Finish off, leave long end for sl st to body.
Sirene:
With Sky Blue make a magic ring or ch3 and sl st.
r1: 6 sc in mr
r2: sc across (6sc)
Finish off, leave a yarn to attach to top of the body.
Wheels (make 8):
With black make a magic ring or ch3 and sl st.
r1: 6 sc in mr
r2: 2 sc across (12sc)
r3: [sc in first, 2sc in next] repeat 6 times (18sc). Finish off
Place two wheels together, with white sc around in front loop of one side and in the back loop of the other side. stitch the weels on the body of the ambulance.
Bunny ears (make 2):
With white ch2
r1: 2sc in 2nd ch from hook (2sc)
r2: 2sc in both sc (4sc)
r3: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in last sc (6sc)
r4-r6: sc across (6sc)
r7-r8: sc in first 2 sc with white, sc in next 2 sc with red, sc in last 2 sc with white (6sc)
r9-r11: sc in first sc with shite, sc in next 4 sc with red, sc in last sc with white (6sc). Finish off red.
r12: sc2tog, sc in next 2sc, sc2tog
ch1, sc around. Finish off and leave long end to sew on front top of the body.
To create a strudy ambulance with defined edges cut out from a card board 3,5×3,5cm square for the front and 5,5×3,5cm rectangle for each side of the body. optional: to keep the card board into place I have put a few stitches with white yarn.