Designer: Tanati Crochet
Get ready to build your own Crochet Snowman Gnome ornament and add a touch of handmade winter magic to your holiday decor with this adorable crochet snowman gnome ornament. With his soft round face, cozy black top hat trimmed in festive red, a bright orange carrot nose, and the happiest sleepy smile, this tiny snowman is pure Christmas charm.
Materials needed are YarnArt Dolce, a 4mm crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, a tapestry needle, and scissors. The stitches used in this tutorial are simple and easy, like single crochet stitches and half double crochet.
This tutorial includes a photo tutorial and starts by making the hat and body in one piece, nose, then attach nose and embroidering the mouth to the head part.
It’s perfect for adding a handmade touch to your Christmas tree, holiday decor, gnome fans, snowman collectors, or festive gift wrapping.
Materials
- YarnArt Dolce or Vizell baby smile yarn: black 7 g, white 7g, orange 2g, red 2g
- Cotton yarn: black 1 g
- 4 mm crochet hook
- Stuffing
- Scissors
- Pins for sewing parts
- Sewing needle
Size: 9,5 cm (4 in)
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
ch – chain
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
FLO – front loops only
BLO – back loops only
Head & Body
Start with black yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: BLO: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 5-7: 18 sc (18) (3 rounds)
Rnd 8: change color to red, 18 sc (18)
Rnd 9: change color to black, 18 sc (18)
Rnd 10: FLO: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (27)
Rnd 11: (2 sc, inc) x 9 (36)
Cut the thread and hide it. Back to the round 9 attach white thread:
Rnd 10: BLO: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Gradually add a soft stuffing.
Rnd 11-14: 24 sc (24) (4 round)
Rnd 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 17: dec x 6 (6)
Close the hole and hide the thread inside the body.
Nose
Start with orange yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 sc (6)
Leave a tail to sew the part. Sew the nose to the body in rounds 10-11.
With black cotton thread embroider the mouth in round 13.
Attach a white plush thread to round 1 to hang the toy on the Christmas tree.
