Make your very own Frosty the Snowman with today’s pattern.

Free snowman crochet pattern

A snowmanigurumi, if you will. Grab your Advent CALendar yarn bundle, and read on to find the free pattern to crochet a Christmas tree, or download the PDF version here.

You will need:

• 1 ball of The Cotton One (Highland Brown)
• 1 ball of The Cotton One (Deep Orange)
• 1 ball of The Cotton One (Paper White)
• 1 ball of The Cotton One (Red Apple)
• Toy stuffing
• 4.5mm crochet hook
• A sewing needle

Abbreviations (US terminology)

blo - back loop only
ch - chain
flo - front loop only
inc – single crochet twice in the next stitch, also known as an increase stitch
inv dec - invisible decrease - insert hook into the front loop of the next 2 stitches, yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops, yarn over again and pull through the final 2 loops
rem - remain(ing)
rnd(s) – round(s)
sc - single crochet (UK term: dc - double crochet)
ss - slip stitch
st(s) - stitch(es)

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The Pattern

The snowman is worked in separate parts, then sewn together.

Body

Using Paper White, start with a magic ring.

1st rnd: 6 sc into the magic ring. (6 sts)

2nd rnd: inc in every st of rnd. (12 sts)

3rd rnd: Repeat *1 sc, inc* 6 times (18 sts)

4th rnd: Repeat *2 sc, inc* 6 times (24 sts)

5th rnd: 1 sc, inc, repeat *3 sc, inc* 5 times, 2 sc. (30 sts) 

6th rnd: Repeat *4 sc, inc* 6 times (36 sts)

7th rnd: 2 sc, inc, repeat *5 sc, inc* 5 times, 3 sc. (42 sts) 

8th - 14th rnds: sc all sts.

15th rnd: Repeat *5 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (36 sts rem)

16th rnd: 2 sc, inv dec, repeat *4 sc, inv dec* 5 times, 2 sc. (30 sts rem)

17th rnd: Repeat *3 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (24 sts rem) 

18th rnd: Repeat *2 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (18 sts rem)

Begin to gently fill the body with toy stuffing before the opening becomes too small.

19th rnd: Repeat *1 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (12 sts rem)

20th rnd: inv dec 6 times. (6 sts rem)

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 10cm yarn tail, cut yarn.

Head

Using Paper White, start with a magic ring.

1st rnd: 6 sc into the magic ring. (6 sts)

2nd rnd: inc in every st of rnd. (12 sts)

3rd rnd: Repeat *1 sc, inc* 6 times (18 sts)

4th rnd: Repeat *2 sc, inc* 6 times (24 sts)

5th rnd: 1 sc, inc, repeat *3 sc, inc* 5 times, 2 sc. (30 sts) 

6th - 10th rnds: sc all sts.

11th rnd: Repeat *3 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (24 sts rem) 

12th rnd: Repeat *2 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (18 sts rem) 

13th rnd: Repeat *1 sc, inv dec* 6 times. (12 sts rem)

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 30cm yarn tail, cut yarn. 

Fill head tightly with toy stuffing. Leave the opening unclosed.

Mitts (Make 2)

Using Paper White, start with a magic ring.

1st rnd: 6 sc into the magic ring. (6 sts) 

2nd rnd: inc in every st of the rnd. (12 sts) 

3rd - 4th rnds: sc all sts.

5th rnd: inv dec 6 times. (6 sts)

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 20cm yarn tail, cut yarn. 

Fill mitts lightly with toy stuffing. Leave the opening unclosed.

Hat

Using Red Apple, start with a magic ring.

1st rnd: 6 sc into the magic ring. (6 sts) 

2nd rnd: inc in every st of the rnd. (12 sts) 

3rd rnd: sc all sts.

4th rnd: sc into blo all sts.

5th rnd: sc all sts.

Break off Red Apple, join in Deep Orange. 

6th rnd: sc all sts.

Break off Deep Orange, join in Red Apple. 

7th - 8th rnds: sc all sts.

Brim

1st rnd: Repeat *1 sc, inc* 6 times in flo. (18 sts)

2nd rnd: Repeat *2 sc, inc* 6 times. (24 sts)

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 30 cm yarn tail, cut yarn.

Fill hat lightly with toy stuffing. Leave the opening unclosed.

Scarf

Using Red Apple, make a foundation chain of 47 stitches.

1st row: 1 sc into the second chain from the hook, sc into every ch. (46 sts)

2nd row: sc all sts.

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 15cm yarn tail, cut yarn.

Eyes and Buttons (Make 4)

Using Highland Brown, start with a magic ring.

1st rnd: 6 sc into the magic ring. (6 sts)

Fasten off your last stitch. Leaving approx. 20 cm yarn tail, cut yarn.

Finishing

Sewing up

Attach head to body

1. Thread yarn tail from the head onto needle.
2. Line up the unclosed opening of the head with the body and sew the two parts together.

Attach mitts to body

1. Thread the yarn tail from the mitt onto the needle.
2. Using whip stitch attach the mitt to the body between the 3rd round from the neck. The mitt should cover the 3rd and 6th rounds of the body.
3. Repeat on the other side to attach second mitt.

Attach buttons to body

1. Attach the first button to the body 3 rounds below the neck using whip stitch, ensuring that the button is centred. The button should cover three rounds of the body.
2. Skip 3 rounds and attach the second button, ensuring it is covering 3 rounds and aligned to the first button, using whip stitch.

Attach scarf to body

Wrap the scarf around the neck of the snowman, ensuring that the front of the scarf is a little bit longer. Then secure the scarf with a stitch where the scarf crosses.

Snowman face

1. Attach the first eye between the 4th round from the top and 6th round. The eye should cover 3 stitches.
2. Skip 4 stitches and attach the second eye according to the 1st step.
3. The mouth will be the width of 3 stitches and the height of 1 round. To get the curve of the mouth, place a stitch in the middle of the vertical line from the round below.
4. Attach the hat on to the top of the snowman using whip stitch, ensuring it is at a slight angle.
5. Weave in any yarn tails.

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