Crochet Christmas Ornament

Decorate your home with some beautiful crochet Christmas ornaments. The best part is that these projects work up pretty quickly and in no time, you have so many Christmas ornaments! If you have loads of ends or unused skeins in your house, now is the time to get those out and wip up some cute ornaments.

What about handing your gifts this Christmas in style? Make some cute appliques using this free crochet Christmas ornament pattern.

The good thing about the ornament is that you can make them with any yarn weight and in colors of your choice. Also, this pattern works up super fast.

You could make these as ornaments on your Christmas trees also. I bet I would be busy in the days to come as I would be making them in threads.

Talking about crochet ornaments, do you make any or prefer store-bought ones? You could make some cute gifts items from this crochet ornament pattern.

You should also check out my Christmas Tree pattern, this would make a cute tree decoration for your tables or as a gift to your loved ones or for your kid’s teachers.

How about a crochet wall mounted Christmas tree? Here is the free pattern

Section 1: Materials for this free Crochet Christmas Present pattern

YARN
Lion Brand Truboo, DK, #3, (100% Bamboo, 241 yards/220 m per 3.5 oz/100g Ball)
1 Ball in Green = A
1 Ball in White = B
ESTIMATED YARDAGE
60 yards
HOOK AND OTHER
MATERIALS

4.5 mm Crochet Hook

Yarn needle

GAUGE
5 dc clusters over 10 Rows = 10cm/4” Square
Adjust hook size if necessary, to obtain gauge.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL – Easy
TERMS – US Terminology
ADJUSTMENTS

Increase/decrease your starting chains for a wider/smaller finished item.

You can increase or decrease the number of chains for a longer or shorter coil.

Here is a link for the Crochet Present on Ravelry

PATTERN NOTES

Please kindly read through the pattern before starting.

Any #3 weight of yarns can be substituted

Chains at the beginning of Rows do not count as a stitch.

Each dc cluster is worked stacked on previous dc clusters.

STITCH ABBREVIATIONS
Chain(s) – ch(s)
Slip Stitch – sl st
Single Crochet – sc
Double Crochet 2 stitches together– dc2tog
Repeat – rep

SPECIAL STITCH
Double crochet Cluster = [dc2tog, ch 1, dc2tog] in indicated stitch.

FINISHED MEASUREMENT
12” x 5”

Instructions for the Christmas crochet present applique

Row 1: With A, chain 20, sc in 2nd ch and in each ch across, turn. 19 sc
Row 2: Ch 2, dc in first st, *skip next 2 sts, dc cluster in next st, rep * 1 more time, with B, rep * one time, with A, rep * 2 more times, skip next 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. 5 dc cluster, 2 dc.
Row 3: With A, Ch 2, dc in first st, working only into ch 1 sps, dc cluster in next 2 ch 1 sps, with B, dc cluster in next ch 1 sp, with A, dc in next 3 ch 1 sps, dc in last st, turn. 5 dc cluster, 2 dc.
Rows 4 – 5: Rep Row 3
Row 6: With B, Ch 2, dc in first st, working only into ch 1 sps, dc cluster in ch 1 sps, dc in last st, turn. 5 dc cluster, 2 dc.
Rows 7 – 10: Rep Row 3.
Edging
Row 11: With A, *ch 1, turn, working across the long edge, sc in each st (aim for 2 sc in each ch 2/dc), ch 1, sc in next 20 sts, ch 1, rep from * join with a sl st to beginning ch.
Coils
Join B with a sl st to first half of cluster made with A, chain 21, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, sl st to 2nd half of cluster made with A, chain 21, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across.
Fasten off.
Weave in ends.

Section 2: Materials for the Christmas Ornament

• Yarn

PAINTBOX Simply DK, #3 light weight (100% Acrylic 302 yards/276 m per 3.5 oz/100g skein)

• Ball in White = MC
• Ball in Red = CC

Estimated Yardage = 30 yards

Hook and other materials

4.5 mm Crochet Hook

Stitch marker – 3 pcs

Elastic Hair tie (3” in diameter)

Gauge

Gauge isn’t important to this project.

Pattern notes

1. Please kindly read through the pattern before starting.
2. Similar #3 weight yarn can be substituted.

Difficulty level – Easy

Terms – US Terminology

Stitch Abbreviations

Chain(s) – ch(s)

Single Crochet – sc

Double Crochet – dc

MC – Main Color

CC – Contrasting Color

Finished Measurement

4” by 4”

Instructions for the Christmas ornaments

Round 1: With MC, join yarn to the hairband with asl st, ch 1, 52 sc evenly around the band, join with a sl st to beginning ch. 52 sc

Check this Video for how I joined the yarn to the band

Round 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, join with a sl st to beginning ch. 52 sc

Round 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc from here), *skip next 3 sts, dc in next st, ch 5, dc in same st, rep from * till last 2 sts, skip last 2 sts, dc in first st (ch 3 sp), ch 5, join with a sl st to 3^rd ch. 13 ch 5 sps, 26 dc

Round 4: Ch 1, (4 sc, ch 2, 4 sc) in each ch 5 sp, join with a sl st to beginning ch 1.

Leave a long tail for hanging or chain 20 sl st to first chain.

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Bow

Step 1: With CC, chain 60, cut yarn.

Step 2: Place stitch markers on the 12^th 30^th and 48^th chains

Step 3: Join the 3 chains with marker together with a sl st.

Step 4: Secure the 3 sts together with yarn

Step 5: With the remaining yarn, sew the bow to the main part made in section 1.

Weave in ends.

Optional – spray your ornament to stiffen it.

Get the PDF on Ravelry

When you make either using my crochet Christmas ornament pattern, you are welcome to sell your beautiful makes. I would love to see your ornaments and the presents appliques made from these patterns, do tag me with yours.