Welcome to Day 11 of our #XmasAmiCAL! Today, we’re going to learn how to crochet a delightful Snowman Christmas ornament.

Day 11: Snowman Christmas ornament

This charming little snowman will surely add a touch of handmade joy to your Christmas tree.

Snowman ornament amigurumi pattern

Abbreviations (US)

Before we dive into the pattern, let’s take a moment to familiarize ourselves with some of the crochet abbreviations we’ll be using:

R – round/row
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in same stitch)
dec – invisible decrease
ch – chain stitch
slst – slip stitch
st (sts) – stitch (stitches)
[…] – repeat instructions within […]
(…) – total number of sts per round

Materials

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Yarn: Cotton 8/4
• Crochet Hook: Size 2.5 mm
• Stuffing (fiberfill)
• Markers, needle and scissors

The Pattern

Head

Start by creating the snowman’s head using white yarn. Follow these rounds:

R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: inc in all (12)
R3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6 (24)
R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
R6: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 6 (36)
R7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
R8-14: sc in all (42)
R15: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)
R16: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6 (30)
R17: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)

Stuff

R18: BLO [sc, dec, sc] x 6 (18)
R19: dec in all (9)

Fasten off

Facial features

Next, create the snowman’s facial features. For the nose, use orange yarn.

R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: sc in all (4)

After you’ve completed the nose, fasten off and sew it to the face.

Embroider the eyes in round 10 and the cheeks between rounds 11 and 12. Use brown yarn to embroider French knots to form the smile.

Hat

Now, it’s time to crochet the snowman’s hat. Start with green yarn and follow these rounds:

R1: 8 sc in magic ring, slst in first st (8)
R2: inc in all (16)
R3: [sc, inc] x 8 (24)
R4-6: BLO sc in all (24)

Change to color black

R7: BLO sc in all (24)

Change to color green

R8: BLO [sc, inc, sc] x 8 (32)
R9: BLO inc in all (64)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing to head. There is no need to stuff but if you want you can stuff lightly.

Collar

Finally, crochet the collar with red yarn. Pull up a loop in any of the front loops of R18 from the head and follow this pattern:

R1: [ch 4, slst in next] x 24 (24 ch4)

And there you have it! A handmade snowman Christmas ornament. We hope you enjoyed this pattern from Nordic Handmade and that your Christmas tree will be a bit merrier with this new addition. Stay tuned for more fun and free patterns in our #XmasAmiCAL series!

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