Categories: Kid Friendly, Crochet, Holiday

Unicorns are still really popular and lately I have been seeing lots of unicorn Christmas ornaments made with glass balls that have a horn, ears, flowers, and eyes added to it. I decided to make a crocheted version of that ornament. I started by crocheting a round ball and stuffing it with Poly-Fil. Then I used a smaller hook and embroidery floss to crochet small ears, a horn, flowers and leaves and sewed them on. I then embroidererd closed eyes to finish the unicorn. A loop of embroidery floss was added as a hanging loop and it was ready to hang on the tree. The perfect ornament for any unicorn loving little girl.

What you need to make this project

Materials: Poly-Fil Premium Fiber Fill

Supplies: Worsted Weight Yarn in White; Embroidery Floss in Pink, Purple, Yellow, Green, and Black; G Crochet Hook; Steel Crochet Hook size 3; Yarn Needle

Instructions

Step One

Start by crocheting the white ball that will be the base of the ornament.

With white yarn and G hook, begin with a magic ring (mr) and work in a spiral

When decreasing you can make an invisible decrease by working you sc2tog in the front loops only

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 2] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 3] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 4] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 5] repeat around (42 sc)

Rounds 8-14: 1 sc in each stitch (42 sc)

Round 15: [sc2tog, sc in next 5] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 4] repeat around (30 sc)

Begin stuffing and contiue to stuff as you finish

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next 3] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 18: [sc2tog, sc in next 2] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next stitch] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 20: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in end

Step Two

Make 2 ears with white yarn and G hook

Make 2 ears with pink embroidery floss and steel hook

ch 5

sc in second stitch from hook, hdc in next, dc in next 2

finish off leaving long tail for sewing

Step Three

Make a horn with yellow embroidery floss and the steel hook

begin with a magic ring and do not join rounds

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first stitch, sc in next] repeat (6 sc)

Round 3: sc in each stitch around (6 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 2] repeat (8 sc)

Round 5: sc in each stitch around (8 sc)

Round 6: sc in each stitch around (8 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 3] repeat (10 sc)

Round 8: sc in each stitch around (10 sc)

Round 9: sc in each stitch around (10 sc)

Round 10: [2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 4] repeat (12 sc)

Round 11: sc in each stitch around (12 sc)

Round 12: sc in each stitch around (12 sc)

Round 13: sc in each stitch around (12 sc)

Finish off, leaving long tail for sewing

Stuff lightly

Step Four

Make 3 flowers with pink and purple embroidery floss and steel hook

Begin with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 5 sc, join with slip stitch to first sc (5 sc)

Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in first stitch, ch 2, slip stitch in same stitch, [slip stitch in next stitch, 2 dc, ch 2, slip stitch in same stitch] repeat around so that you have a total of 5 petals

finish off, leave long tail for sewing

Step Five

Make 2 leaves with green embroidery floss and steel hook

ch 6

slip stitch in first ch, sc in next stitch, hdc in next 2 stitches, sc in next stitch, slip stitch in last, ch 1, turn so that you are working down the other side of the ch, slip stitch in first ch, sc in next stitch, hdc in next 2 stitches, sc in next stitch, slip stitch in last

finish off, leave yarn long tail for sewing

Step Six

Sew the pink ears onto the white ears, then sew the ears, the horn, the flowers and leaves onto the ball.

Use black embroidery floss to embroider eyes on the front of the ornament.

Add a length of embroidery floss to the top of the ornament and tie it to create the hanger.

Crocheted Unicorn Ornament