Twisted Christmas Snowman Ornament

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.