I enjoyed creating this Christmas Bauble pattern so much! I’m thinking I will want to keep designing them and thought it would be fun to give them all names of my favorite people. I’m starting with the Martha Christmas Bauble, for my sister, who is a wonderful person and I’m so lucky to be her sister! She is fun and practical and beautiful and just plain good. <3
This design starts with some cute puff stitches, changes to a crossed stitch and finally ends with a linen stitch. It’s made in 2 pieces and written for two colors. You could absolutely change it up to one color or several colors. I made one with a pretty, deep red and tan which will be gifted to my sister. She loves neutral colors and I think this will fit her style. The other sample I made is a bright green and white and that will go great with a lot of the bright red and green ornaments on one of my trees. (We are Christmas crazy and put up three trees.) I know, I KNOW. It’s excessive but I love it.
I hope you love making these! I used Lion Brand yarns for my samples. I used Basic Stitch and Wool Ease. I like the Wool Ease one better, I think the wool texture adds a good element to it. The Basic Stitch is smoother to work with, though, so think about that as well when choosing your worsted yarn.
You can use the free, written instructions right here on the blog to make this pattern, or head to one of my pattern shops and purchase the low-cost PDF. The PDF includes a photo tutorial pages to guide you through the rounds with ease.
Supplies
- 30 yards each worsted yarn in 2 colors as desired (CYC 4) Color A: Tan, Color B: Red
- crochet hook size 4.5 mm or size needed to obtain gauge
- tapestry sewing needle
- scissors and measuring tape
- plastic craft ornament 80 mm size
Stitches (US Terms)
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- sl st = slip stitch
- sp = space
- WS = wrong side
- BLO = back loop only
- dc = double crochet
- MR = magic ring
- puff = (yo, insert hook, pull up a loop) 3 times, yo, pull through all loops on hook
- FLO = front loop only
Gauge
after completion of round 2 = 1.5 in diameter
Notes
- Photo tutorial follows the written instructions.
- Finished Dimensions: 9 in around
- Stitch counts are marked at the end of each round in parentheses.
- Pattern is worked in 2 pieces, then seamed together.
- If using larger bauble, for example 100 mm, you could add one or two rounds of rounds 7 and 8
- Ch 2 in round 4 counts as a stitch
Written Instructions
Make 2
Round 1: With color A, MR, 5 sc into MR, sl st to join. (5 sc)
Round 2: Ch 1, (puff, ch 2, puff, ch 1) each st around, sl st to top of first puff to join. Switch to color B. (10 puff)
Round 3: Ch 1, (3 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in ch-1 sp) around, sl st to join. (20 sc)
Round 4: Ch 2, dc in last sc from round 3, (dc next unworked st, dc prev worked st) around, sl st to join with color A. (40 dc)
Round 5: (Ch 1, sc in between crossed dc sts from round 4) around, do not join, pull through final sc with color B. (20 sc)
Round 6: (Ch 1, sc in ch-1 sp) around, do not join, pull through final sc with color A.(20 sc)
Round 7: Sc in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, (sc next ch-1 sp, ch 1) around, do not join, pull through final ch with color B. (20 sc)
Round 8: Sc in sc from round 6, ch 1, (sc next ch-1 sp, ch 1) around, sl st to join.(20 sc)
Fasten off, may weave in ends or leave to tuck into ornament.
Place WS together and sl st the pieces together in the BLO side close to you and FLO other side around an 80 mm plastic Christmas bauble.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I hope you had fun crocheting and getting ready for the season!
