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Free crochet present ornament pattern: a Grumpy Purple Present Ornament amigurumi, about 9 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a purple gift box with gold ribbon and bow, a red hanging loop, folded little arms and an unimpressed frown. You need about 55 m of yarn: 20 m purple, 15 m gold, 10 m dark purple, 5 m red and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. Make it as a a tree ornament or a gift topper. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Grumpy Purple Present Ornament
Beginner-friendly · 9 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 9 pieces in rounds: Gift box, Bow loop ×2, Bow knot, Cheek ×2, Arm ×2, Hanging loop (46 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 7 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 10 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 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 34 rounds done
- Size before assembly: an oval about 7.4 × 5.8 cm at the widest, 7.2 cm long; 25 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- With purple: ch 6.
- Change to gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- → 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 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 6 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 6 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 55 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 7 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- A flat circle about 1.4 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 9 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 2 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in red (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.
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