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A free crochet snowman ornament pattern for a small two-ball snowman in a black top hat with a holly sprig and a hanging loop. This amigurumi snowman has a carrot nose, pink cheeks, a tiny red and white scarf, little mitten arms and a red hat band with green leaves and a berry. It is worked in the round in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook and stands about 8 cm (3.3 in) tall including the loop; it has small safety eyes and a dotted smile, and the nose, arms, hat and loop are sewn on. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes, then hang the snowman on the tree.
How to crochet the Snowman in a Top Hat Ornament
Intermediate · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Lower snowball, Head, Carrot nose, Top hat, Hanging loop, Holly leaf ×2, Berry, Scarf, Arm ×2, Coal button ×2, Cheek ×2 (60 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 14 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 14 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 54 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 3.6 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 11 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly 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 4.1 cm at the widest, 3.3 cm long; 18 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. 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.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 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 3.1 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 11 rounds.
- Change to santa red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Change to hat black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.3 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: 14 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 1.9 × 0.8 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.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 2 rounds.
- Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Change to santa red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
- 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.
- A flat circle about 0.6 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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