Basic Amigurumi Snow Person
Winter is right around the corner for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, why not get into the wintery spirit by making your own crochet snow people?! Here is a pattern to get you started, I can't wait to see what you create!
Basic Amigurumi Snow People
(Beginner/intermediate)
Materials:
Small crochet hook (3.5mm or less)
Stitch marker
Worsted weight yarn (a 3 or 4) in main colour (white) and accent colours (nose, hat, scarf etc.)
Fiberfill stuffing
Large eye yarn needle
(Patience!)
Abbreviations: (US terminology)
st = stitch
sc= single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc into single stitch)
dec =invisible decrease (sc 2 stitches together)
[number]= total number of stitches in each round
Working in continuous rounds with a yarn marker, mark the beginning of each round.
Snow Person Body: (working in main colour)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: inc in each stitch repeat around [12]
Rnd 3: *sc in first stitch, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [18]
Rnd 4: *sc in first 2 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [24]
Rnd 5: *sc in first 3 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [30]
Rnd 6: *sc in first 4 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [36]
Rnd 7: *sc in first 5 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [42]
Rnd 8: *sc in first 6 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [48]
Rnd 9 through 14: sc around [48] (6 rounds)
Rnd 15: *sc in first 6 stitches, dec repeat from * around [42]
Rnd 16: sc around [42]
Rnd 17: *sc in first 5 stitches, dec repeat from * around [36]
Rnd 18: *sc in first 4 stitches, dec repeat from * around [30]
Rnd 19: *sc around [30]
Rnd 20: *sc in first 3 stitches, dec repeat from * around [24]
Rnd 21: *sc in first 2 stitches, dec repeat from * around [18]
Rnd 22: *sc in first stitch, dec repeat from * around [12]
Slip stitch and fasten off leave a long tail for sewing.
Snow Person Head: (working in main colour)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: inc in each stitch repeat around [12]
Rnd 3: *sc in first stitch, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [18]
Rnd 4: *sc in first 2 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [24]
Rnd 5: *sc in first 3 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [30]
Rnd 6: *sc in first 4 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [36]
Rnd 7: *sc in first 5 stitches, inc in next stitch, repeat from * around [42]
Rnd 8 through 13: sc around [42] (6 rounds)
Rnd 14: *sc in first 5 stitches, dec repeat from * around [36]
Rnd 15: *sc in first 4 stitches, dec repeat from * around [30]
Rnd 16: *sc in first 3 stitches, dec repeat from * around [24]
Rnd 17: *sc in first 2 stitches, dec repeat from * around [18]
Rnd 18: *sc in first stitch, dec repeat from * around [12]
Slip stitch and fasten off.
Snow Person Arms: Make 2. Optional (working in main colour)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: inc in each stitch repeat around [12]
Rnd 3 through 6: *sc around [12] (4 rows)
Slip stitch and fasten off leave a tail for sewing.
Snow Person Carrot Nose: Optional (working in accent colour - orange)
Rnd 1: ch 12, join with first stitch.
Rnd 2: sc around [12]
Rnd 3: sc in first stitch, dec remaining stitches [6]
Rnd 4: continue to dec every stitch until it forms a point.
Slip stitch and fasten off.
Stuff head, body, and arm(if using) sections. Attach head to body sewing around both openings. Sew arms to the body section at either side a few rows below the neck as you see fit. Sew carrot nose (if using) to front/center of head.
Now is the time where you can get very creative! Do you want your snowman to have a hat? Maybe a scarf? Some buttons? You can crochet these pieces, make them out of scrap yarn, ribbons, fabric or use actual buttons. If you have opted not to make a carrot nose perhaps you’ll use a button? Maybe embroider on a face?
If you decide to make a snowman, share with us how you have personalized yours!
[Image consists of a crochet snow person.]
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@EmotionsListener hahahah! so cute! Mine would have a little black top hat and a red scarf with teeny mittens on the end of the hairgrips :)
Thanks so much for taking the time to write all that out and share with us!
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@EmotionsListener I absolutely love this! I really want to make a little snow person with a rainbow scarf 🧣 (I also love the use of snow person to include everyone ❤️)
Woww so cute! I don't crochet but I would use this post if I did 🙂
@EmotionsListener
The snowman is so cute, great job❤️😊
This is so cute! I crochet as well but not familiar with the terminology quite yet. How did you learn the terminology? I'm self taught! I'm currently making a scarf.
@LittleEggHarbor
I'm also self taught, as for the terminology I found patterns in US and UK terminology and basically came to understand what they meant as it was the only way the pattern would look right, not sure how else to explain it. When teaching others I often go through and explain the different terms and how to remember them. Not sure these will make sense without a demonstration but here are some of the ways I describe the different stitches in US terms (I found I preferred US terminology because in my mind it matched what I was doing more):
A single crochet you put the hook into the work, pull up a loop, and then wrap over and pull through both loops on the hook, so that's one "single" stitch movement.
For a double crochet - you yarn over before putting the hook into the work, then pull up a loop, yarn over pull through the first 2 of 3 on the hook, and then yarn over and pull through the 2 remaining on the hook - so you make '2' stitch movements.
A half double - you act like you are going to make a double crochet, yarn over, put the hook through the work, pull up a loop, but instead of yarning over and pulling through the first 2 stitches, you yarn over and pull through all 3 so you only did half of the work of the double crochet.
Or a slip stitch is just putting the hook through the work, pulling up that loop and then pulling it through the one loop on the hook so you slipped and didn't make any new stitch/height.
@EmotionsListener thanks for giving me my first lesson 😁
