Gnome Ball Christmas Ornament

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi crochet gnome ball Christmas ornament

Free crochet tutorial for a Gnome Ball Christmas Ornament by Olga @plushevii_mir.

With this pattern, you can crochet a Christmas tree ornament shaped like a little gnome. Any plush yarn in two colors will work for this amigurumi project, such as Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, and others.

The finished toy is about 15 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

  • Himalaya Dolphin Baby plush yarn in different colors
  • 3.5 mm crochet hook
  • Toy stuffing
  • Ribbon
  • Decorations
  • Needle for sewing pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n times - repeat n times

Crochet amigurumi gnome ball Christmas ornament pattern

Body Ball

Round 1: Chain 2 and work 6 sc into the first chain
Round 2: inc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18 sc)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24 sc)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30 sc)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36 sc)
Rounds 7-12: 36 sc (6 rounds)
Round 13: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30 sc)
Round 14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24 sc)
Round 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18 sc)

Stuff the piece firmly, shaping it into a ball.

Round 16: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12 sc)
Rounds 17-18: dec in each stitch, finish off

Hat

Crochet with one or several colors. I alternated 2 colors every two rounds.

Round 1: Chain 2 and work 4 sc into the first chain
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6 sc)
Round 3: 6 sc
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8 sc)
Round 5: 8 sc
Round 6: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10 sc)
Round 7: 10 sc
Round 8: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12 sc)
Round 9: 12 sc
Round 10: (5 sc, inc) x 2 (14 sc)
Round 11: 14 sc
Round 12: (6 sc, inc) x 2 (16 sc)
Round 13: 16 sc
Round 14: (7 sc, inc) x 2 (18 sc)
Round 15: (8 sc, inc) x 2 (20 sc)
Round 16: (9 sc, inc) x 2 (22 sc)
Round 17: (10 sc, inc) x 2 (24 sc)
Round 18: (11 sc, inc) x 2 (26 sc)
Round 19: (12 sc, inc) x 2 (28 sc)
Round 20: (13 sc, inc) x 2 (30 sc)
Round 21: (14 sc, inc) x 2 (32 sc), finish off

I also made several stitches in the middle of the hat so it would lean slightly to one side.

Amigurumi crochet gnome ball Christmas ornament. Hat

Nose

Round 1: Chain 2 and work 6 sc into the first chain
Round 2: inc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 3: 12 sc
Round 4: 6 dec, cut the yarn

Stuff the piece lightly.

Assembly

  • Sew the nose between rounds 10 and 12.
  • Sew on the hat.
  • Before sewing it on, insert a ribbon into the hat to hold the ornament on the Christmas tree and make a loop.
  • Then decorate the ball to your taste! If desired, you can make a beard for the little gnome from Alize Softy.