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Lightweight Haylee Bauble Ornament – Free Crochet Pattern | Easy Half Double Crochet Bauble Ornament Crochet Pattern in 3 Sizes

November 1, 2020

This is a free crochet pattern and video tutorial showing how to crochet an easy bauble ornament worked in simple half double crochet stitches and lightweight yarn. Three sizes included.

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Find the free crochet pattern instructions below, or purchase an ad-free, printer friendly PDF from my Ravelry shop!

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These ornaments were original designed for the 2020 Festive Christmas Event, where I teamed up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring a plethora of creative ways to celebrate the holiday season. We shared cookie recipes, party games, handmade gift ideas, ornaments and Christmas movie fun as well as a Christmas Tree tour. Scroll all the way down to find all the other ornament ideas linked at the end.

As other patterns from my Haylee series, this ornament is worked in simple half double crochet stitches, and has 3 sizes – perfect to create a fun variety of ornaments.

Personalized ornaments are one of my favorite things to gift each holiday season. You can change up the colors to better match the recipients theme, or embellish with buttons or appliques.

I made these fun white ornaments as gifts a couple years ago and hand stitched initials onto them, but I think they look like snowballs, and would be great for a winter woodland themed tree!

We’re changing up our holiday decor this year (2023) so I went with orange for my ornaments – this is what you’ll see in the video tutorial.

You can easily leave off the hanger, and use these as decorative balls around the house, like in a basket.

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Materials:

  • Small Amount of Lightweight (#3) Yarn – I used Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn Sportweight in Red, and Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight in Airplane [Gray] and Angel
  • G6/4mm Crochet Hook – my favorite ergonomic hooks are from SiennasBowtique on Etsy
  • Tapestry Needle
  • Soft Tape Measure
  • Either Styrofoam Balls – 2.4″ for Small, 2.8″ for Medium, and 3.8″ for Large – bauble ornaments with the same diameters, or stuffing
  • Optional: Stitch Marker or Waste Yarn – I like to use Locking Stitch Markers

Materials Notes:

My favorite yarn to use for Christmas ornaments is Lion Brand Vanna’s Glamour. Sadly, it’s been discontinued. You may still be able to find some on eBay or Overstock. With the metallic strands in it, it’s perfect for the holidays! I think WeCrochet Brava Sport may be a good alternative.

In my original design, and with many of the ornaments I make, I designed to cover styrofoam balls, but the small size also works great to cover ornaments from Dollar Tree that come in a tube of 7 (and measure 7½” in circumference), which is what I’m using in the video because I wanted to have the hanger at the top. Alternatively, you could also stuff the ornaments.

Keep in mind that the measurements given are ball diameters, not the circumference. If you have a ball at home, and you want to see if it’ll fit the measurements I’ve provided (or you want to work to a custom size), you’ll want to measure all the way around the ball, which is the circumference, then divide by pi, which is 3.14.

Time Spent:

The medium sized one took me just under 45 minutes to complete.

Gauge – In Pattern:

  • 36 HDC in the Round = 2.25″ in diameter
  • 60 HDC in the Round = 4″ in diameter

Abbreviations (US Terms):

  • HDC – Half Double Crochet (Photo Tutorial)
  • HDC2tog – Half Double Crochet 2 Stitches Together to Decrease

Pattern Notes:

This pattern is worked in a continuous spiral with no joining at the end of each round. You may want to use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch of each round to help keep track as you go.

For a photo tutorial of the Finishing/Closing, please visit my Celtic Weave Bauble Ornament, Free Crochet Pattern, and scroll to the bottom.

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Lightweight Haylee Bauble Ornament Video Tutorial:

Crown of Bauble (Increasing Rounds):

Chain 5 (4, 5). Slip stitch join to form a ring. Chain 1. Work 12 (11, 10) HDC into the ring, yarn over, insert hook into the ring, yarn over and pull through… [12 (11, 10) HDC]

R2: …insert hook into the 1st HDC, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through all loops on hook (counts as the 1st HDC of this round), HDC into the same HDC, 2 HDC into each of the next 11 (10, 9) HDC. [24 (22, 20) HDC]

R3: (2 HDC into the next HDC, HDC into the next HDC) 12x (11x, 10x). [36 (33, 30) HDC]

Stop here for the Small Size.

R4 (Medium/Large Only): (2 HDC into the next HDC, HDC into each of the next 2 HDC) 11x (10x). [44 (40) HDC]

Stop here for the Medium Size.

R5 (Large Only): (2 HDC into the next HDC, HDC into each of the next 3 HDC) 10x. (50 HDC)

R6: (2 HDC into the next HDC, HDC into each of the next 4 HDC) 10x. (60 HDC).

Now is the best time to weave in the initial tail end.

Body of Bauble:

R4 – 8 (5 – 11, 7 – 13): HDC into each HDC around. [36 (44, 60) HDC]

Decreasing:

Small, R9: (HDC2tog, HDC into the next HDC) 12x. (24 HDC)

Flip piece inside out, place ball and pull piece around slightly stretching.

Small, R10: (HDC2tog) 12x. (12 HDC)

Small, R11: (HDC2tog) 12x. (6 HDC)

Fasten off with long tail.

Medium, R12: (HDC2tog, HDC into each of the next 2 HDC) 11x. (33 HDC)

Flip piece inside out, place ball and pull piece around slightly stretching.

Medium, R13: (HDC2tog, HDC into the next HDC) 11x. (22 HDC)

Medium, R14: (HDC2tog) 11x. (11 HDC)

Medium, R15: HDC into the first HDC, (HDC2tog) 5x. (6 HDC)

Fasten off with long tail.

Large, R14: (HDC2tog, HDC into each of the next 4 HDC) 10x. (50 HDC)

Flip piece inside out, place ball and pull piece around slightly stretching.

Large, R15: (HDC2tog, HDC into each of the next 3 HDC) 10x. (40 HDC)

Large, R16: (HDC2tog, HDC into each of the next 2 HDC) 10x. (30 HDC)

Large, R17: (HDC2tog, HDC into the next HDC) 10x. (20 HDC)

Large, R18: (HDC2tog) 10x. (10 HDC)

Large, R19: (HDC2tog) 5x. (5 HDC)

Fasten off with long tail.

Finishing:

Pull up on final loop so yarn comes out. Thread tail end into needle.

Begin weaving in and out of every other stitch around top. Once back to the beginning, tug on yarn to close top hole and then weave into the stitches to secure.

Keep tension on yarn end with left hand, and insert crochet hook underneath the center stitches with the other. Pull up a loop. Chain 10 for Small, and 15 for Medium and Large – if you want a loop large enough to hang straight from tree, add 10 more chains. Fold chain in half with wrong sides facing each other, slip stitch to the same stitch the chain is coming from, and weave in remaining yarn to secure the loop in place.

If you are using a bauble ornament as the base, follow the same first step, however, after weaving in and out around the top, tug on the yarn to close up around the ornament hanger, and secure here. Skip the next step to make the hanger as you already have one.

Please feel free to make and sell your own items made using this pattern, but keep in mind, this written pattern and my photos are protected by copyright. Please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern. DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead so other’s can visit. Making videos providing instructions how to make my projects on any social media platform is also not permitted.

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Comments

  1. Marie-Interior Frugalista says

    November 2, 2020 at 1:09 pm

    Thank you for the pattern, Alexandra! , My daughter is always looking for unbreakable ornaments for her tree that won’t be smashed on the floor from curious toddlers. She’s also the crocheter in our family so I’ll send her a link to this post. I think they’d be so cute in fluffy white yarn to look like snowballs!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:55 pm

      I do love the fact that they are unbreakable, and hold their shape well when stored (as opposed to my earlier ornaments that I stuffed). Also would make great snowballs! One of my friends makes them in a chunky chenille style yarn, and stuffs them with fiberfill for indoor snowball fights. That might be a fun one for the grandkids. Here is the link to the pattern: https://eyeloveknots.com/2020/08/indoor-snowball-fight-free-crochet-pattern-from-double-knotted-crochet.html

      Reply
  2. Tania says

    November 2, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    Love your crochet bauble ornaments!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:55 pm

      Happy to hear 🙂

      Reply
  3. ERLENE says

    November 12, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    So lucky you can crochet and make all of these wonderful things.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:56 pm

      I feel like I am very lucky 🙂 And I have so much fun with it, though I am trying to be more like you, and DIY more things without the yarn.

      Reply
  4. Michelle says

    November 18, 2020 at 12:00 am

    Awesome! These will be featured in this week’s Creative Compulsions.

    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:57 pm

      I really appreciate that, Michelle!

      Reply
  5. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    November 18, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    I wish I knew how to make these. They are such a different and fabulous ornament for a tree. Thanks so much for sharing this week. #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:58 pm

      Thank you so much, Donna! I’d be happy to make you some, or help you learn to make some 🙂

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    November 21, 2020 at 7:18 am

    These are a great idea, I like that they are plain. Then people can always embroidery or embellish them if they want to – great pattern, thanks.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      November 24, 2020 at 5:58 pm

      Thanks, Julie! I also really like the simplicity. Perfect for personalizing, but also great plain.

      Reply

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