As I told you 2 weeks ago, Christmas hasn’t always been my thing. So this year, except for my crochet tree and my Santa amigurumi, I had no Christmas decoration at all. And when December knocked at my door, I hadn’t removed my Halloween decoration yet.
Then, I remembered the little box.
You know ! The little box we all have, filled with leftover scrap yarn that we’ll use “one day”, “maybe”, “we could”…
That was perfect ! Christmas is only in 2 weeks, so I needed small projects anyway. Here are the 8 tiny patterns I used to complete my Christmas decoration with scrap yarn.
1. Hats
First, I made a bunch of small hats for every amigurumis of my desks : zombies, Jack, Sally, and even Voodoo Girl.
The pattern
Pretty simple it is easily adaptable to the weight of yarn you’ll use :
With red yarn :
- 6 single crochet in a magic ring (6)
- 1sc in each stitch (6)
- (1sc, inc)x3 (9)
- 1sc in each stitch (9)
- (2sc, inc)*3 (12)
- 1sc in each stitch (12)
- (3sc, inc)*3 (15)
- 1sc in each stitch (15)
- Go on until you’ve reached the diameter you need
Change to white with an invisible color change and make 2 more rows, without increases.
2. Trees
Then, I made a small forest, using the exact same pattern as for the hat, with green yarn. I made each of them in a different size though.
With white scrap yarn, I made a big circle that would serve as a snowy ground.
3. Stars
Made with the center of Captain America coasters pattern.
4. Wreath ring
Pattern : Whiskers and Wool
5. Origami ball
Pattern : Make my day creative
6. Gingerbread man
Pattern : Repeat Crafter Me
7. Tiny Rudolph
Pattern : Little Things Blogged
I’ve just changed the l nose a bit, and sew the small antler on the inside rather than on the outside as in the pattern.
8. Holly
Pattern : Oombawka Design Crochet
And that’s it for me ! Feel free to add your ideas or links to your Christmas decoration in the comments !
Wonderful! Thank you!!
My pleasure ! :)
Maybe do these for sure next year fun
Yay :) Glad you found some inspiration in them
Oh my goodness you are so creative. I love these – can’t wait to use up some scraps!!
Right? This box keeps filling up, I’m glad when I can empty it a bit !
Love that you leave your Halloween things out! I leave mine out all year too! It’s not a holiday it’s a lifestyle. Now I plan to make hats for my Oogie and Jack. I have one question if you have the Sally pattern? She is the one I have yet to make. Thank you again for all you share yarn sister! Happy Hooking! Have
Nice to see that I’m not the only one :p Zombie will definitely stay there all year ^^
The pattern for sally is here : http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/patch-doll-amigurumi-pattern
I just changed the colors a bit and add some embroideries to fit the original better.
Thank you so much. I have plenty of scrap yarn, & not a lot of time to make large projects. Your little patters will be great!
Perfect ! That was the all point of this article ! I’m glad you found some ideas in it !
Just downloaded the free book, I needed a light saber pattern (to make a ‘dipsy’ hat) but WOW thank you so much for the book, making unicorns as we speak ?
Ahah ! From a light saber to a unicorn, there is only one step :D Happy crocheting !