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Star-Topped Tree Ornament
Crochet Christmas Tree Ornament Pattern by Underground Crafter
This crochet Christmas tree ornament pattern will add a smile to your face. It’s a great stashbuster that can be made with small amounts of 3 colors of medium weight yarn. This is the first pattern in the third annual Giftstravaganza Blog Hop and Crochet Along.
Finished Size
- Approximately 4” (10 cm) tall after stuffing.
Materials
- Big Twist Value yarn (100% acrylic, 6 oz/170 g, 380 yd/347 m) – 1 skein each in Varsity Gold (CA), Forest Green (CB), and Chocolate Brown (CC), or approximately 10 yd (9 m) each in CA and CC and 20 yd (18.5 m) in CB in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
- Locking stitch markers.
- I used the MECHEER crochet hook set including yarn needles, stitch markers, scissors, measuring tape, and case.
- Fiber filling.
- 6 mm black safety eyes – 1 pair.
- Ornament hook.
Gauge
- Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern. Stitches should be small so fiber filling doesn’t show through.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Rich Textures Crochet has a helpful video demonstrating how to identify the back loop in crochet here.
- bob – 3-repeat bobble stitch – [Yo, insert hook into st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] 3 times in the same st, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook. A video tutorial for this stitch pattern is available below.
- If you can’t see the bobble video above, watch it on YouTube.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- CC – Color C
- ch – chain
- pm# – place stitch marker#
- RS – right (front) side
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- WS – wrong side
- [] Repeat instructions within brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- When possible, crochet over yarn tails as you work as demonstrated in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet over yarn tails, watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video tutorial for the embroidery back stitch for embellishment on crochet is available at the end of this pattern.
- Oombawka Design Crochet has helpful photo and video tutorials for starting with the magic adjustable ring here.
- A helpful video demonstrating joining with a single crochet seam is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to join with single crochet, watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Ornament
Star Top
- With CA, ch 4, skip 3 ch, join with sl st to first ch to form ring.
- Round 1: (WS) Ch 1, bob 4 times in ring, join with sl st to first bob. Fasten off CA. (4 sts)
Tree
- Round 2: Turn to RS, join CB with sl st to any st on Round 1, ch 1, 2 sc in same st, pm#1 in first st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, pm#2 in first of 2 sc worked, sc in next st. Begin crocheting in the round in unjoined spirals. (6 sts)
- Round 3: (RS) [2 sc in marked st, pm in first of 2 sc worked, sc in next st and each st to next marker] twice. (8 sts)
- Rounds 4-11: Repeat Round 3, 9 times (24 sts in Round 11), remove markers and fasten off CB.
- Position safety eyes approximately 4 rounds above final Round (on Round 7). When satisfied with position, secure by attaching washers firmly inside.
- Thread yarn needle with a strand of CA approximately 12” (30.5 cm) long. Use the embroidery back stitch (see Pattern Notes) to create Mouth lines. Secure CA firmly with knots on inside.
- Weave in or knot remaining yarn tails on inside. Stuff Tree firmly and set aside.
Trunk
- With CC, start with a magic adjustable ring (see Pattern Notes).
- Round 1: 6 sc in ring, tighten magic ring to close, pm in last st to mark position, move up marker each Round. (6 sts)
- Round 2: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] twice, sc in next 2 sts. (8 sts)
- Round 3: ScBL in first st and each st around.
- Round 4: Sc in each st around.
- Round 5: Repeat Round 4 once, fasten off CC, remove stitch marker.
- Round 6: Join CB with sl st to any st on Round 5, ch 1, 2 sc in same st and each st around, pm in last st to mark position, move up marker each Round. (16 sts)
- Round 7: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] around, remove stitch marker, do not fasten off. (24 sts)
- Weave in or knot remaining yarn tails on inside. Stuff Trunk firmly.
Assembly and Finishing
- Position Trunk beneath Tree with RS facing out. Align stitches on Round 7 of Trunk with stitches on Round 11 of Tree. Ch 1, working through both layers join with single crochet seam (see Pattern Notes), adding fiber filling if necessary. Fasten off CB.
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails on inside.
- Attach ornament hook.
