Make three cheerful crochet Christmas ornaments: a round red bauble with a tiny face and gold cap, a red-and-white striped candy cane, and a puffy red heart.
The pieces are worked in spiral rounds with sport cotton and a 2.5 mm hook. Add a gold loop to each ornament, then hang them on your Christmas tree.
Christmas Ornament Trio Free Crochet Pattern
What You’ll Need
- Sport / fine (size 2) cotton yarn: sport cotton in red, white, gold and black, plus a small piece of pipe cleaner for the candy cane
- 2.5 mm crochet hook (a hook smaller than the yarn label suggests keeps the stitches tight)
- 8 to 10 mm safety eyes (or black yarn to embroider them)
- Fiberfill stuffing
- A pipe cleaner for the candy cane
- Tapestry needle, sewing pins and a stitch marker
The finished size depends on your yarn and hook: thicker yarn and a bigger hook make a bigger piece.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- MR magic ring
- sc single crochet
- inc increase: 2 sc in the same stitch
- dec decrease (an invisible decrease gives the smoothest finish)
- ch chain
- sl st slip stitch
- R round; Row row worked flat; the number in brackets is the stitch count at the end
Round Bauble and Gold Details
Shape the bauble as a stuffed sphere, then sew on its cap and add a tiny embroidered face.
Bauble (red, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
- R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
- R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
- R7-9: sc around (36)
- Stuff firmly and keep stuffing as you close.
- R10: (4 sc, dec) ×6 (30)
- R11: (3 sc, dec) ×6 (24)
- R12: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18)
- R13: (1 sc, dec) ×6 (12)
- R14: dec ×6 (6)
- Fasten off and close the small opening. Embroider two tiny black eyes and a simple smile on the front.
Gold cap (gold, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3-4: sc around (12)
- Fasten off, leaving a tail. Sew the open cup over the top of the bauble.
Gold hanging loops (gold, make 3)
- Ch 18. Row 1: sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (17)
- Make three chain cords. Tie the ends of each cord together to form a loop, then sew one loop to each ornament.
Striped Candy Cane
Change color every two rounds to make even stripes. A pipe cleaner inside helps hold the curved top.
Candy cane (red and white, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2-3: sc around (6)
- Change to white.
- R4-5: sc around (6)
- Change to red.
- R6-7: sc around (6)
- Change to white.
- R8-9: sc around (6)
- Change to red.
- R10-11: sc around (6)
- Change to white.
- R12-13: sc around (6)
- Change to red.
- R14-15: sc around (6)
- Change to white.
- R16-17: sc around (6)
- Change to red.
- R18-19: sc around (6)
- Change to white.
- R20-21: sc around (6)
- Change to red.
- R22-23: sc around (6)
- Fasten off. Thread a short pipe cleaner through the tube, tuck in the ends, then bend the top into a candy-cane hook.
Puffy Heart
Make two open bumps, join them together, and decrease the joined piece to a point.
Puffy heart (red, make 1)
- R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- R2: inc ×6 (12)
- R3: (1 sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- This is the first open bump. Fasten off. Make a second identical bump and leave its yarn attached; lightly stuff both bumps.
- R4: join to the first piece; sc 18 around piece 1, then sc 18 around piece 2 (36)
- Join the two bumps across their inner edges, working around both openings.
- R5: sc around (36)
- Stuff the joined heart firmly before the opening gets too small.
- R6: (4 sc, dec) ×6 (30)
- R7: (3 sc, dec) ×6 (24)
- R8: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18)
- R9: (1 sc, dec) ×6 (12)
- R10: (dec) ×6 (6)
- Fasten off and close the opening at the point.
- Sew the gold cap to the top of the bauble and embroider its tiny face on the front.
- Insert the pipe cleaner into the candy cane tube and bend the top into a hook.
- Tie the three gold chain cords into loops and sew one securely to the top of each ornament.
- Arrange the bauble, candy cane and heart on the tree, with their hanging loops over the branches.
Make a Blue and silver trio Version
Make the bauble and heart blue, use silver for the cap and loops, and alternate blue and white on the candy cane.
FAQ
Can I make the candy cane without a pipe cleaner?
Yes. The tube can be bent by hand, but it may not hold its hook shape as firmly.
How do I make the face?
Use black yarn to embroider two small eyes and a simple smile on the front of the bauble.
Can I change the ornament colors?
Yes. Try blue and white stripes on the candy cane, with blue ornaments and silver caps and loops.
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