Materials
Cotton or fine yarn: white, forest green, red, gold
Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (about 2–2.5 mm)
Yarn needle
Stuffing fiber
Thin thread or cord for hanging
Abbreviations
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
inc: increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
dec: decrease (crochet 2 stitches together)
Head
With white yarn
Round 1: Make a magic ring with 6 sc
Round 2: 6 inc (12 sc)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18 sc)
Rounds 4–6: 18 sc
Round 7: (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (12 sc)
Lightly stuff
Round 8: 6 dec
Close and weave in the yarn
Upper Body
With white yarn
Round 1: Make a magic ring with 6 sc
Round 2: 6 inc (12 sc)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18 sc)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (24 sc)
Rounds 5–7: 24 sc
Change to green yarn
Round 8: 24 sc
Change to red yarn
Round 9: 24 sc
Change to green yarn
Round 10: 24 sc
Round 11: (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (18 sc)
Stuff lightly
Round 12: (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (12 sc)
Close
Lower Body
With white yarn
Round 1: Make a magic ring with 6 sc
Round 2: 6 inc (12 sc)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18 sc)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (24 sc)
Rounds 5–8: 24 sc
Create the stripes like the picture:
2 rounds green
2 rounds red
2 rounds green
Finish with 3 rounds white
Next round: (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat around
Stuff firmly
Close
Assembly
Sew the three parts together slightly offset to create the twisted spiral shape.
Twisted Scarf
With gold yarn
Make a chain long enough to wrap around the snowman
Work 1 row of sc
Wrap the scarf diagonally around the body and secure with a few stitches.
Details
Embroider two small dark eyes on the head
Add a small red or orange nose
Embroider a few green and red details on the body
Make a gold hanging loop at the top for the Christmas tree
Finishing
Secure all loose ends
Shape the three sections slightly curved to keep the spiral effect shown in the picture.