If you want to crochet some easy Christmas dolls, the tutorial in this post will guide you through 4 of them within a few minutes. The dolls include a reindeer, a polar bear, a gingerbread man, and a snowman, each designed for beginners. These dolls don't require sewable parts like limbs except for the ears and horns of reindeer.
Each crochet Christmas doll features even more festive additions like a little crocheted scarf and santa hats. You can crochet a set of these for gifting.
Follow through with us below to learn more about these crochet Christmas amigurumi, and you can find the tutorial at the end of this post.
Skills Used: Key skills include creating a magic ring, working in rounds, executing single crochets, increases, and decreases, and colour changes to add character detail. Slip knots, slip stitches, and half-double crochets are also used for some parts. Additionally, there is an emphasis on neat finishing techniques like sewing, embroidery hiding yarn tails, and applying adornments such as eyes, colour changes, and scarves.
Guide Span: About 1 Hour
Christmas Doll Tutorial
The Super Easy & Quick Crochet Christmas Dolls tutorial is perfect for festive decorations or last-minute gifts. It offers detailed instructions for creating four cherished Christmas characters: reindeer, gingerbread man, polar bear, and snowman. The tutor provides clear demonstrations of each step, making it suitable for beginners. With creative tips on colour changes and pattern variations, this project is versatile and fun.
The tutorial emphasizes using leftover yarn, making it eco-friendly and budget-friendly. Here is a quick overview of the tutorial:
- Head and Body: Start with a magic ring and single crochet rounds. Increment stitches for shape, changing colours for specific designs (e.g., reindeer, gingerbread man).
- Eyes, Nose, and Mouth: Use specific yarn colours (e.g., black for eyes, red for reindeer’s nose). Stitch placements are detailed for each character (rounds and spacing).
- Additional Features: Ears for reindeer and polar bears are crocheted separately and sewn onto specific rows. Accessories like hats and scarves are added as final touches using contrasting yarns.
- Stuffing and Assembly: Stuff head and body before finishing decreases. Securely sew on all features and embellishments.
Supplies Mentioned
Following are the supplies that the tutor used for crocheting all of these crochet Christmas dolls for beginners:
- Brown, White, Red yarn, Black, Pink, Blue and Orange Chennile yarn for the whole project.
- Yarn needle
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Stitch markers
- Hot glue or any other glue
- Scissors
Abbreviations Used and Stitch Guide
Following are the abbreviations that the tutor used for crocheting these Christmas dolls along with guide for crocheting the stitches:
- Chain (ch): Create a foundation by making a slip knot and pulling loops through the previous loop to form a series of chains.
- Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert the hook into a stitch, yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook.
- Magic Ring (MR): Form a loop with the yarn, crochet the specified number of stitches into the loop, then pull the tail to tighten the ring.
- Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through both loops.
- Increase (inc): Make two single crochet stitches into the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through (2 loops on hook), insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull through (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.
- Half Double Crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.
- Front Loop Only (FLO): Work your stitch into the front loop of the stitch only, leaving the back loop unworked.
- R row/round
- [] total stitch count
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