Crochet Snowman Pattern with Scarf: Free Ornament

Size: about 13 cm (5.1 in) tall in worsted yarn (approximate; it depends on your tension)

Yarn: Worsted weight (CYC 4). A (white) about 30 yd (27 m), C (orange) about 5 yd (5 m); B (red) small amount, D (black) small amount, E (green) small amount

Hook: 3.5-4.0 mm (smaller than the yarn label, for a tight fabric with no stuffing showing)

Notions: a little yarn for the embroidered details, fiberfill stuffing, stitch marker, yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS (US terms): MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc 2 sc in one stitch, dec single crochet 2 together (invisible decrease recommended), st(s) stitch(es), sl st slip stitch, FO fasten off, Rnd(s) round(s)

Notes: Worked in continuous spiral rounds; move your stitch marker up each round. The number in brackets is the stitch count at the end of the round.

Body (make 1, colour A), about 6.7 cm (2.7 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
• Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
• Rnd 5 sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 30
• Rnd 6 (sc 4, inc) x 6 36
• Rnds 7-9 sc in each st around 36
• Rnd 10 (sc 4, dec) x 6 30
• Rnd 11 sc, dec, (sc 3, dec) x 5, sc 2 24
• Rnd 12 (sc 2, dec) x 6 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

• Rnd 13 (sc, dec) x 6 12
• Rnd 14 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Head (make 1, colour A), about 5.6 cm (2.2 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
• Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
• Rnd 5 sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 30
• Rnd 6 sc in each st around 30
• Rnd 7 (sc 3, dec) x 6 24
• Rnd 8 sc, dec, (sc 2, dec) x 5, sc 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

• Rnd 9 (sc, dec) x 6 12
• Rnd 10 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Nose (make 1, colour C), about 1.5 cm (0.6 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 4 sc in MR 4
• Rnd 2 sc in each st around 4
• Rnd 3 inc in each st around 8
• Rnds 4-5 sc in each st around 8

FO, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly if you like.

Assembly

1. Stuff the Body and the Head firmly before closing them, and leave a long tail of colour A on the Head.
2. Sew the head to the body between Rnds 1 and 2. The head's closed end down, centred on top of the body.
3. Embroider the two small eyes on the head at Rnd 5 with colour D. About 4 stitches apart on the front.
4. Sew the nose to the head at Rnd 6. Point out, centred just below the eyes.
5. Embroider the two stick arms on the body around Rnds 6-9 with colour D. On the front, angled up and out from the middle, each with a V of two short twig fingers at its end.
6. Scarf: with colour B, ch 36. Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (35). Change to colour E, ch 1, turn. Row 2: sc in each st across (35). FO and weave in. The Scarf uses about 2 yd (2 m) of each colour.
7. Wrap the Scarf around the neck where the head meets the body (Head Rnds 9-10), cross the ends at the front and tack them in place with a few stitches so they hang down.
8. Thread a length of colour A through the top of the head and tie into a hanging loop.
9. Weave in all ends.