Christmas is pretty much just around the corner, honestly, it’ll be here before you know it. I’ve noticed this year that crochet baubles are all the rage, so I’ve had a go at my own simple pattern. I’ve put together a tutorial for YouTube too, so if that’s more your thing then do jump across to my YouTube channel… Here is where you’ll find the crochet bauble video!
It’s always surprising just how quickly these work up and you will find yourself making loads and loads! The more the merrier with a crochet bauble. They look so good on a tree when there’s a gaggle of them (I’m not sure what the collective noun of a bauble should be so if you have any suggestions, let me know!).
Anyway, rather any further preamble, go get your decs out and get crocheting!
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Things you need to Crochet Baubles
-6cm (diameter) baubles. Mine are from Sainsbury’s but I bought similar from Wilko’s last year. I think they’re a fairly standard bauble size.
-3mm hook.
-DK cotton in different colours. I’ve tried many brands and they’re all good: Paintbox, Drops, Dmc Natura, Stylecraft Classique etc…
Notes:
- Fasten off (FO) after each round and join the new colour with a ss (slip stitch) just to the right of where you fastened off.
- If you want to avoid sewing in most ends, crochet over them as you go but it is worth sewing them in if you have the time and patience.
- UK terms are used in the written pattern, I try to use both UK & US in the video. Things to remember are: a UK tr is a US dc. A UK dc is a US sc.
- Make 2 of the pattern for each bauble.
- Please read the whole pattern through before starting.
Crochet Bauble Pattern
Begin with a Magic Circle (or ch4 and join with a slip stitch).
- Ch1, 1tr, ch1, *tr2tog, ch1; rep from * 5 times, join with a ss to the top of the first petal. [6 “petals”]
- (Ch2, 1tr, ch1, tr2tog, ch1) in same space, (tr2tog, ch1, tr2tog, ch1) in each 1ch sp, join with a ss to the top of the first petal. [12 “petals”]
- Ch3, 2tr in first ch sp, 3tr in each ch sp around, join to top of the ch3. [12 clusters]
- Ch2, 1htr in each st around. [36 st]
- Ch1, 1dc in each st around, join with ss.
Make two halves. Sew in the first and last ends. Do not FO after round 5 on the second half. Place both halves together, right sides out and ss together, facing loops only. Just over half way, wriggle the bauble into its jacket and continue to ss together. This can be fiddly but it’s worth it! Sew in last end, using it to tidy around the hanging bit of the bauble if you need to.
And the next instruction is to make several!! As I said earlier, with crochet baubles, in my opinion it’s a case of the more the merrier. And Christmas is always a time to be merry (and bright!).
Fancy giving it a go?! Please do give me a shout if you have found the pattern/tutorial useful. A thumbs up on YouTube helps too, I understand it gets more reach or some such thing. Thank you very much!
Also, please feel free to go ahead and share a link to this pattern. Sharing is truly marvellous! But I ask (really rather nicely, please, thank you, please) that you credit Zeens and Roger if you do. Thanks again.
These are lovely 🙂 Please can you tell me what tgr is? Thank you, and thanks for sharing your lovely pattern 🙂
Hi, it means crochet 2 trebles (uk) together. I’ll just add this to the post as it might prove quite useful!! Thanks. x
These are really cute! While watching the video I was thinking that you could even use styrofoam balls instead of Christmas tree balls if you just wanted to lay them around, like on a mantle or shelf, instead of hanging them up! 😀👍
Thank you! You absolutely could! I’ve seen them done that way. I like the baubles because you get a hint of the shininess peeping through!😃
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Do you think that this can be made with regular worsted yarn? And what size hook would you recommend with worsted yarn?
It could be made with any yarn but you’d need different sizes baubles. Using worsted weight would make them bigger (even if you went down a couple of hook sizes). You can miss the last round, that might help to fit but I can’t say for sure.
These are so cute. Could you use acrylic DK yarn instead of cotton?
Thanks! I know that people have. Tension might be a bit off so you’ll probably need to play around with hook size, or maybe miss out a later round…
Hello ,I love your baubles and so glad found a pattern in uk terms, trying to work out the beginning to start it,I’m normally able to work out and thinking it must be me that can’t get it so excuse me if I’m reading it wrong,
Begin ch4 or magic ring ,then row 1 is ch1,tr,ch1,*tr2tog,ch,and rep *5 times. If only a ch4 can I ask how to work all of row1 into ch4 and to ask should it be more chains to work in order for this pattern to work,even working a magic ring instead I cannot see how it works out,as said I apologise if I’m reading it wrong,thankyou Jan wynder
Aha, you’re working the first round into the ring. 🙂