The Littlest Angel Christmas Ornaments: A Free Crochet Pattern for You

Instead of having a Friday contest this week, I am giving everyone a free pattern! This is one of my all time favorite designs, and I hope you will enjoy it!

The Littlest Angels Christmas Ornaments

by Elizabeth Ann White

for BellaCrochet

Size: About  5” tall including Halo.

Skill Level: Intermediate    For those who are familiar with working with size 10 thread and steel hooks, and who have a thorough understanding of the basics of crochet

Materials for One Angel:
Size 10 Crochet Cotton Thread:
  100 yards green or red (called 'dress color' in pattern)

   50 yards green or red for trim (called 'trim color' in pattern)

   50 yards lt. Brown (for hair)

   50 yards each Peach and Cream

   25 yards Yellow

Small stitch marker or scrap of thread to mark rounds

Small amount of fiberfill (to stuff head)

White Chenille stem

Fabric Glue

9 Red Seed Beads (for Wreath)

Size 7 (1.65mm) Steel Crochet Hook

Special Stitches:

For Vst: (dc, ch 2, dc) in st or ch sp indicated

For beginning small shell (beg sm shell): (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in st or ch sp indicated

For small shell (sm shell): (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in stor ch sp indicated

For shell: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in st or ch sp indicated

Angel

Note: Work Rnds 1-9 in rounds, do not join. Mark first st of each round.

Rnd 1: Starting at top of head, with peach, ch 2, 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook. (6 sc made)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)

Rnd 3: (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) around. (18)

Rnds 4-6: Sc in each st around. (18)

Rnd 7: (Sc next 2 sts tog, sc in next st) around. (12)

Stuff head with small amount of fiberfill, being careful not to stuff too tightly.

Rnd 8: (Sc next 2 sts tog) around. (6)

Rnd 9: Sc in each st around.

Rnd 10: Sc in each st around, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Rnd 11: Join dress color with sl st in first st, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same st as joining, 3 dc in each st around, join with sl st in top of ch-3. (Ch-3 counts as first dc; 18 dc made)

Rnd 12: Ch 3, dc in each of  next 2 sts, ch 2, skip next 4 sts for first arm opening, dc in each of next 5 sts, ch 2, skip next 4 sts for second arm opening, dc in each of last 2 sts, join. (10 dc, 2 ch-2 sps made)

Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in each st and in each ch-2 sp around, join with sl st in first sc. (12 sc made)

Rnd 14: (Ch 3, dc) in first st, 2 dc in each st around, join with sl st in top of ch-3. (24)

Rnd 15: (Ch 5, dc) in first st (counts as beginning Vst), skip next st, *Vst (see Special Stitches) in next st, skip next st; repeat from * around, join with sl st in 3^rd ch of ch-5.  (12 Vsts made)

Rnd 16: (Sl st, beginning small shell- see Special Stitches)  in ch sp of beginning Vst, small shell (see Special Stitches)  in ch-2  sp of each Vst around, join with sl st in top of ch-3. (12 sm shells made)

Rnds 17-19: Sl st across to ch-2 sp of first sm shell, beg sm shell in ch-2 sp of first sm shell, sm shell in ch-2 sp of each sm shell around, join.

Rnd 20: Sl st across to ch-2 sp of first sm shell,  (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-2 sp of first sm shell, ch 1, (shell-see Special Stitches- in ch-2 sp of next sm shell, ch 1) around, join. Fasten off.  (12 shells, 12 ch-1 sps made)

Rnd 21: Join trim color with sc in ch-2 sp of first shell, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 3,  *(sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-2 sp of next shell, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 3; repeat from * around,  join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Arm (make 2)

Note: Work in rounds, do not join. Mark first st of each round.

Rnd 1: With peach, ch 2, 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook. (6 sc made)

Rnd 2: Sc in each st around. (6 sc)

Repeat Rnd 2 until Arm measures 1 ^1/2”. Fasten off.

Cut a 4” piece from chenille stem. Fold each end of stem over 1/2” so that it measures 3”.  Slide one Arm onto each side of stem.

Wing (make 2)

Row 1: With cream, ch 11, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 8 chs, 3 sc in ch at end; working in remaining lps on opposite side of ch, sc in each of next 7 chs; leaving remaining chs unworked, turn. (19 sc made)

Rows 2-5: Ch 3, working in back lps only, sc in each of first 8 sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 7 sc; leaving remaining sts unworked, turn.

Row 6: Ch 3, sl st in back lps of each of first 3 sc. Fasten off.

Halo

With yellow, ch 20, sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 1, sc in first ch, ch 2, (sc in next ch, ch 2) around, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

NOTE: Make either the Wreath or the Song Book for each Angel.

Wreath

With green, ch 12,   sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 1, sc in first ch, ch 2, (sc in next ch, ch 2) around, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Bow for Wreath

With red, (ch 2, hdc in 2^nd ch from hook) 2 times, sl st in first ch of first ch-2, (ch 2, hdc in 2^nd  ch from hook) 2 times, sl st in same ch as last sl st. Fasten off.

Song Book

Row 1: With red, ch 11, sc in second ch from hook, sc in each remaining ch across, turn.

Rows 2-7: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. At end of last row, fasten off.

Finishing

1: For Hair, cut 60 strands of lt. Brown thread, each 6” long. Wrap a separate strand of thread around center of all strands and tie securely. Fold top portion of strands down over tie. Arrange and shape upper portion of strands to cover lower portion. When you have the desired shape, glue to head of Angel. When glue dries, trim ends of all strands  (see photos.)

2: Slide Arms through arm openings on Rnd 12. Glue in place and allow to dry.

3: Place Halo and Wings on blocking surface. Spray with starch, shape and allow to dry. If using Song Book, place on blocking surface, spray with starch, fold in half and allow to dry flat. If using Wreath, place Wreath and Bow on blocking surface, spray with starch, shape and allow to dry.

4: Glue Wings to back of Angel. Glue Halo to back of head.

5: If using Wreath, glue Bow and red seed beads to Wreath. Allow to dry.

6: Glue either Song Book or Wreath to each Angels hands (open Book as shown in photo.) Allow to dry.

7: For hanger (optional) cut an 8” length of thread to match trim color of dress. Fold strand in half and glue cut ends to bottom of Halo. Allow to dry.

Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, Love Divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and Angels gave the sign.

                   Christina Rossetti

 

Special thanks go to E.J. Miller and  Jewel Fernly for testing these patterns. I am so blessed to have such wonderful testers!

If you enjoy this pattern, I hope you will check out some of my other free patterns:

Country Christmas Doily

Little Gingerbread Boy and Girl

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Beaded Angel

Okay, she is not crocheted. But I have always loved those baskets made out of safety pins and beads, so when I saw this kit at Walmart yesterday, I knew that for $1.97, I had to give it a try. I first picked out a kit with pink beads, which would match my Christmas decor better (I bought all new ornaments last year, pink, cream and gold-very girly!) but this little purple sweetie just kept calling my name. So, she came home with me and I spent a couple of hours this morning putting her together, and wondering how I could adapt this whole process to include crochet (as usual).
It went pretty smoothly at first, and I even had visions of buying lots of these little kits and putting them together with my grandkids for Christmas this year. The skirt was fun to make, and I got her head and body on with no problem at all. Then I got to the arms. Whoa. Even though I followed the directions exactly (I thought) I just couldn't seem to get those tiny arms right; first they were loose and wobbly. Then I got them too high, and she looked like she didn't have a neck. On the third try, you could see where I had attached them to her body, and it made a weird looking gap in her torso. Finally, I just gave up and took them completely off. Since the kit came with lots of extra beads and wire, I improvised and strung all the beads on one short wire (in the order the directions said they should be). I secured the beads at the ends, then wrapped the center of the wire around her body. Much better. I think she looks just like the package, don't you? I proudly showed her to David, who has learned to just say "Wow, that looks great!" whenever I show him something new. But I don't think I will be making these with my grandkids; we had better stick to making cookies.