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A free crochet Christmas pudding pattern for a sweet little amigurumi ornament you can hang on the tree. This pudding plushie is a round brown ball with a happy embroidered face, pink cheeks, a scalloped white icing cap, two green holly leaves and three red berries, plus a golden ring on top. It is worked in the round in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook, the icing cap is a separate piece that sits on top, and the toy stands about 7.7 cm (3 in) tall with the loop. The page gives you a row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and an interactive 3D model to see how the cap, leaves and berries go together.
How to crochet the Christmas Pudding Ornament
Beginner-friendly · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 10 pieces in rounds: Pudding ball, Cheek ×2, Icing cap, Hanging loop, Holly leaf ×2, Berry ×3 (43 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 9 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 11 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 40 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.4 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 25 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 4.8 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 11 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in soft gold (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
- Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.5 × 1.1 cm; 1 row.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- Size before assembly: about 0.5 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 2 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
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