Free Patterns
Snowman Bauble
Easy and quick Christmas make. This happy snowman bauble is great for using oddments. Easy to customise how you wish. A great gift idea. I used this pattern to teach a workshop so I wanted to keep easy.
Once finished find somewhere to hang and admire your work.
Materials used are:
4.00mm hook
stitch marker
white, red, green DK
Oddments of orange and gold DK
10mm eyes
black embroidery thread
This pattern is not hard to make: you will need to be familiar with the following technique
Ch – chain
dc – double crochet (sc single crochet)
BLO – back look only
invdec – invisible decrease
inc – increase
Magic ring – this starting method gives a neat finish.
BAUBLE
Using white make a magic ring with 6 sts
Round 1: inc in every st (12 sts)
Round 2: (1 x inc, 1 x dc) x 6 (18 sts)
Round 3: (1 x inc, 2 x dc) x 6 (24 sts)
Round 4: (1 x inc, 3 x dc) x 6 (30 sts)
Round 5: (1 x inc, 4 x dc) x 6 (36 sts)
Round 6: (1 x inc, 5 x dc) x 6 (42 sts)
Round 7: (1 x inc, 6 x dc) x 6 (48 sts)
Round 8: (1 x inc, 7 x dc) x 6 (54 sts)
Rounds 9 to 19: dc into every st (54 sts)
Place the eyes into position. Put them between the 13th & 14th row and 6 sts apart.
CHANGE TO GREEN FOR HAT
Round 20 & 21: dc into every st (54 sts)
Round 22: (1 x invdec, 7 x dc) x 6 (48 sts)
Round 23: dc into every st (48 sts)
Round 24: (1 x invdec, 6 x dc) x 6 (42 sts)
Round 25: dc into every st (42 sts)
Round 26: (1 x invdec, 5 x dc) x 6 (36 sts)
Round 27: dc into every st (36 sts)
Round 28: (1 x invdec, 4 x dc) x 6 (30 sts)
Round 29: dc into every st (30 sts)
Round 30: (1 x invdec, 3 x dc) x 6 (24 sts)
Add stuffing
Round 31: (1 x invdec, 2 x dc) x 6 (18 sts)
Round 32: (1 x invdec, 1 x dc) x 6 (12 sts)
Add more stuffing
Round 33: (1 x invdec) x 6 (6 sts)
Fasten off and sew up the hole
RIM OF HAT
Using red chain 5
Row 1: starting 2nd ch from hook and BLO dc into remaining 4 sts, ch 1 turn (4 sts)
Row 2: dc in every st BLO, ch 1, turn
Repeat row 2 until it reaches around your bauble. Sew the ends together and sew around your bauble.
NOSE
Using orange chain 6
Row 1: Starting 2nd ch from hook dc into every st, ch 1 turn (5 sts)
Row 2: dc into every st, ch 1, turn (5 sts)
Row 3: 1 x invdec, 1 x dc, 1 x invdec, ch 1, turn (3 sts)
Row 4: 1 x invdec, 1 x dc (2 sts)
Fasten off, fold in half and sew up. Sew it in between the eyes
Using the black embroidery thread sew on a mouth and eyebrows. Using a pink pencil rub on rosy cheeks.
Using white dk sew on the snowflake on the front centre of the hat. Then sew smaller snowflakes around the hat. Using the gold sew a few little crosses on the hat too.
Make a red pompom and attach to the top of the hat.
Using gold attach to one side of the hat underneath the pompom and then chain. Chain until you have enough to hang your bauble. Attach to the hat on the other side under the pompom and fasten off securely.