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Lightweight Bauble Ornament – Free Crochet Pattern in 3 Sizes

November 1, 2020

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

Welcome back to year 6 of our Festive Christmas Event!

In this event, we team up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring you a plethora of creative ways to celebrate your holiday season.

We will be baking some cookie recipes for you, sharing some party games, making some handmade gifts, doing some ornament crafting, and sharing our Christmas movies family fun. There will be breakfast recipes and as always our decorated Christmas Trees which is always a fun tour of homes.

You will find new ideas every Monday and Wednesday between Oct. 19th through Nov. 18th. Scroll all the way down to find all the ideas linked at the end.

Today the theme is ornaments! 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.

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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
  • Tapestry Needle
  • Styrofoam Balls – 2.4″ for Small, 2.8″ for Medium, and 3.8″ for Large  (Got mine from Hobby Lobby)

Materials Notes:

Yarn Alternative: Vanna’s Glamour Yarn.

You can absolutely use bauble ornaments in place of the styrofoam balls – that’s how I did my original set of ornaments. I had bought a tube of 7 from my local Dollar Tree, and they measured 7 1/2″ around, and was able to follow the instructions for the Small size.

Time Spent:

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

Gauge:

In Pattern: 60 HDC in the Round = 4″ in diameter; 36 HDC in the Round = 2.25″ in diameter

Abbreviations (US):

  • HDC – Half Double Crochet
  • 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.

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

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 Lightweight Bauble Ornaments using this pattern, but please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead.

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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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