Festive Friends Baubles

Each Christmas, our tree collects more and more felted animals dressed for winter. So last year I set myself the challenge of crocheting a set of baubles instead!

You can, of course, choose to make just the one individual character, but they are worked from the same base shape to give stylistic similarities. They really do look cute together, and make a wonderful gift too.

The pattern is worked in continuous rounds so you will need to use st markers to help you keep track of your st count. You’ll be working the body from the top down and then crocheting the arms and other features separately.

You’ll also need to be careful when changing colours with the penguin, reindeer and robin patterns that you don’t pull your yarn too tight!

Characters are arranged in order of difficulty so you’ll find the most beginner-friendly makes first and the more intermediate level patterns last. Each figure also has its own scarf design, but you can mix and match, just pick your favourite.