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Free crochet star ornament pattern: a Sleepy Star Ornament amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2 mm hook. A puffy yellow five-point star with closed sleepy eyes, a tiny round mouth, rosy cheeks and a red loop on top. You need about 45 m of yarn: 35 m yellow, 5 m red and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. Hang it at the top of the tree or in a child's window, or tuck it into a stocking as a small gift. Turn the 3D model around and follow the round-by-round pattern; it is a quick, beginner-friendly make.
How to crochet the Sleepy Star Ornament
Beginner-friendly · 9 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 9 pieces in rounds: Star centre, Star point ×5, Cheek ×2, Hanging loop (32 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 6 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 8 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 31 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 4.9 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 19 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.
- Of these: top — 1; side — 2 (left and right); lower — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 2.9 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 9 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 20 %).
- 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 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 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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