Are you looking for a unique but easy Christmas ornament? Learn how to crochet this Christmas pudding amigurumi with a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. This ornament uses a mix of chocolate balls, icing, berries, and leaves perfect for a colorful ornament that also has all standard Christmas colors. Moreover, it possesses cute safety eyes that give it character and make interactable toys for little ones after Christmas. It is so quick relative to the details it possesses so that you can whip up many.
This post will dig deep into the details of this amigurumi decor for beginners.
Skill Level: Best for intermediates but with the tutorial, beginners can also crochet it.
Tutorial Timing: 1 hour
Best colors: Green, White, brown and Red.
Crochet Christmas Pudding Amigurumi Tutorial
Crochet an amigurumi Christmas pudding for hanging as an ornament with this video tutorial for beginners. Here are the guide notes:
- Starting the Project: Begin by using brown yarn and a 3.5mm crochet hook to create the pudding base that is simply a sphere. It will need first crocheting a flat round, then even stitches for the middle, and then increasing, even rounds, and then decreasing, and then finishing.
- Adding Safety Eyes: Attach safety eyes between rounds ten and eleven, ensuring they are spaced approximately ten stitches apart.
- Making the Frosting: Use white yarn and follow the tutor to crochet frosting, but include decorative "drips" by incorporating slip stitches, double crochets, and chains to create a flowing effect.
- Crafting Holly Leaves and Berries: Utilize green and red yarns to crochet holly leaves and berries. The leaves are formed with chain stitches and picot stitches, while the berries with a magic ring and half-double crochets.
- Final Assembly: Attach all the elements—frosting, leaves, and berries—to the pudding using a simple whip stitch. Finish by sewing blush markings and creating a hanging string for the ornament.
Supplies Needed
Following are the supplies needed for this crochet Christmas pudding amigurumi:
- Yarn: Brown (for the pudding base), White (for the frosting), Green (for the holly leaves), Red (for the berries), Pink (for blush details)
- Crochet Hooks: 3.5mm hook (for the pudding and frosting) and 3mm hook (for the holly leaves and berries)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Stitch marker
- Darning needle
- Additional Materials:
- Embroidery thread (optional, for hanging string)
- 7.5mm safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
What is the best yarn for the crochet Christmas Pudding Amigurumi?
For crocheting this Christmas Pudding Amigurumi ornament, use fine-weight cotton. You can try Knitpicks Shine yarn. This yarn is favored for its smooth crochet quality. Additionally, it has a slight glossy finish that lends a polished look to the finished ornaments, making it an excellent choice for this particular project.
Techniques Needed
Following are the techniques you will need:
- Magic Ring
- Single Crochet (SC): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through, and complete the stitch.
- Increasing (INC): Work two SCs into one stitch.
- Decreasing (DEC): Insert hook into two stitches, yarn over, and complete the stitch.
- Slip Stitch (SL ST): Insert hook, yarn over, and pull through both loops.
- Picot Stitch: Chain 2 or 3, then slip stitch into the first chain made.
- Whip Stitch
- Half Double Crochet (HDC): Yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through all loops.
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