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Add a handmade touch to your Christmas tree with this textured crochet bauble pattern! This beautiful crochet Christmas decoration is a lovely way to bring texture and a handmade touch to your festive décor, whether you’re creating a coordinated set for your tree or making thoughtful handmade gifts for friends and family.
In this blog, you’ll find everything you need, including a free step-by-step pattern and video tutorial in both right and left-handed versions to teach you how to make these beautiful textured baubles.
Project Overview
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Materials & Tools
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- Yarn: Yarnsmiths Pebble Haze DK (#3), 33% acrylic, 67% Cotton, 50g (1.75oz), 145m (159yds) Shades used in samples: Limestone, Olivine and Red Serpentine. MC: 39.5yds CC: 30.5yds
- Hook: 4mm (US G-6)
- Darning Needle
- Scissors
- 2 x Stitch Markers (Optional)
- 10mm Red Beads x3 per bauble (optional)
- Bauble (small) 6 cm (2.36 inch)
- Bauble (large) 8 cm (3.14 inch)
- Bauble (flat) 8 cm (3.14 inch)
Alternative Yarn Suggestions
SIRDAR STORIES, 60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic, #3 light weight. 140 m/153 yds, 50 g (1.76 oz). Comes in 36 shades. Ships worldwide from UK.
SCHEEPJES SOFTFUN, 60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic, #3 light weight. 140 m/153 yds, 50 g (1.76 oz). Comes in 83 shades. Ships worldwide from UK.
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Terms & Abbreviations
- Beginning: beg
- Chain(s): ch(s)
- Contrast Colour: CC
- Double Crochet(s): dc(s): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
- Half Treble Crochet(s): htr(s): Yarn over, insert into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining three loops.
- Magic Ring: MR
- Main Colour: MC
- Repeat: rep
- Slip Stitch(s): ss
- Space(s): Sp(s)
- Stitch(s): st(s)
- Treble Crochet(s): tr(s): Yarn over, insert into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
- V-Stitch(s): Vst(s): (tr, ch2, tr) in same space.
- Cluster space: Cluster sp: The space between granny clusters.
- Granny Cluster: Three treble crochet stitches worked into one space.
- Stacked Double Crochet(s): st-dc(s): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops. Insert hook into the front leg of the stitch which is furthest away from the hook. Yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
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Pattern Notes
- This pattern is written in UK terms but switchable to US terms above.
- Each bauble is worked from the bottom up in joined rounds, with the right side facing. The cover is finished by gathering the top closed around the bauble.
- The cover should fit snugly. Slip the bauble inside before working the final round to check the fit, as a tighter or looser tension will change how well the cover sits.
- Use shatterproof plastic baubles in the sizes listed. Leave the bauble’s cap and hanging loop poking through the top opening when you gather it closed.
- The holly is optional. Add it once the cover is finished, positioned near the top so it frames the gathered opening.
- Each bauble uses only a small amount of yarn, so the set is a lovely way to use up leftovers from the Moroccan Holly Stocking.
- The video tutorial shows the large bauble in full, explains how the small bauble differs and demonstrates the flat bauble. It is available in right and left-handed versions.
Stitch Notes
- Ch 1 at the start of a round does not count as a stitch.
- The Moroccan lattice stitch alternates colours every round: MC rounds are V- stitches and CC rounds are granny clusters. Both colours stay attached throughout, so there is no need to cut your yarn between rounds.
- At the end of each round, pull up a loop, remove your hook and place a stitch marker in the loop to stop it unravelling. Then pick up the waiting loop of the other colour to work the next round.
- Always keep MC to the front of your work and CC to the back when you swap colours. This stops the two yarns twisting around each other.
- The granny clusters are worked through both thicknesses: the ch-2 sp of the V-stitch and the sp between the granny clusters below. This is what locks the lattice together.
- A stacked dc is used at the start of the CC rounds in place of a ch 3, for a neater join.
- Stitch counts are given in angled brackets at the end of each round, for example <10 Vsts>.
Gauge
Completed Size: 28cm (11 inch)
Completed Size
Large bauble will measure 5.75 cm (2.2 inch) approx. after 4 rounds.
Free Pattern: Moroccan Holly Bauble Set
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Large Bauble
Finishing
- Place the plastic bauble inside the crochet piece.
- Using a darning needle, weave the tail through every other st around the top opening and pull to close snugly around the bauble.
- Secure the tail.
- Weave in any remaining ends.
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