Oh, how I adore sprinkling a bit of handcrafted charm on my festive fir! I stumbled across a captivating crochet pattern online that makes my creative heart flutter with excitement. The mushroom Christmas ornament pattern – think enchanting forest vibes meet jolly holiday spirit!
Here’s the scoop: Picture a dainty white mushroom all decked out with a jazzy red cap–like a little elfin umbrella just popped out from under the snow. That’s not even the best part; the cap’s graced with the crispest, snowflake embroidery. As crisp as that first winter’s snow, and believe me, it’s a thing of beauty. What gives it that extra dash of whimsy is the sweet little rope looped up top, perfect for dangling from the pine-scented branches of a Christmas tree.
I get giddy just picturing a cluster of these cuties swaying gently amongst twinkling lights. Ahh! Its crafted snugness in yarn form. And the craftsmanship… let me just say, if you’ve got your crochet hook and yarn ready, you’re in for a treat.
The embroidered snowflakes on the cap? A testament to patient craftsmanship, that’s where the magic really happens. The pattern’s well-laid out, and even if you zig when you should’ve zagged – because, hey, we’re all beautifully imperfect – the result is still gonna be to die for.
Can’t you just feel the holiday cheer bubblin’ up inside?
Designer: Oliyanko Ami
Materials & Tools
- YarnArt Jeans yarn
- Wjote #01, red #66
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
Sc– single crochet
inc – increase
Dec – decrease
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
Mushroom
Start with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 8 sc in Mr (8)
Rnd 2: (inc) x 8 (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
Rnd 6-10: sc in all 40 st (5 rounds) (40)
Rnd 11: (8 sc, dec) x 4 (36)
Rnd 12: (7 sc, dec) x 4 (32)
Rnd 13: (6 sc, dec) x 4 (28)
Rnd 14-15: sc in all 28 (2 rounds) (28)
Rnd 16: BLO sc in all 28 (28)
Rnd 17-18: sc in all 28 (2 rounds) (28)
Rnd 19: (3 sc, inc) x 7 (35)
Rnd 20: (4 sc, inc) x 7 (42)
Rnd 21: (5 sc, inc) x 7 (49
Rnd 22: (6 sc, inc) x 7 (56)
Change yarn to red:
Rnd 23: BLO sc in all 56 (56)
Rnd 24-26: sc in all 56 (3 rounds) (56)
Rnd 27: (6 sc, dec) x 7 (49)
Rnd 28: sc in all 49 (49)
Rnd 29: (5 sc, dec) x 7 (42)
Rnd 30: sc in all 42 (42)
Rnd 31: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 32: sc in all 36 (36)
Rnd 33: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 34: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 35: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 36: sc in all 18 (18)
Rnd 37: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 38: (dec) x 6 (6)
Fasten off, close the mushroom using a needle, weave in the end.
Return to front loops of rows 23 and 17 and sc around both rows with white yarn.
Lastly, embroider little starts and dots as snowflakes with white yarn and create a loop from the top of the mushroom to use for hanging.