Christmas Pudding crochet pattern Blog
Here’s a quick project to crochet: a little Christmas Pudding (aka Plum Pudding) in time for Christmas. Hang it on your Christmas tree, or sit it on your mantelpiece or as a decoration on your Christmas table! This amigurumi xmas pudding pattern comes complete with white sauce and is topped with a sprig of holly leaves and berries.
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The complete pattern and instructions are available below, regardless of whether or not you choose to pay for them 🙂
Terminology
Notes
- Do not join at the end of each round; rounds are worked in continuous spirals.
- Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round. Move the marker up each time you start a new round.
You will need…
- E US/3.5mm crochet hook
- Small amount of worsted weight yarn in brown, cream (or white), red and green
- Yarn needle to weave in ends
- Stitch marker
- Fibrefill stuffing
Finished size
Approx 3″ tall by 2.5″ wide
Crochet Instructions
BaseWith brown yarn, make amagic ring, ch 1.Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6 st)Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 st)Rnd 3: (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) six times. (18 st)Rnd 4: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st) six times. (24 st)Rnd 5: sc in each st around. (24 st)Rnd 6: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st) six times. (30 st)Rnds 7-11: sc in each st around. (30 st)Rnd 12: (invdec, sc in next 3 st) six times. (24 st)Join with sl st to next st. Fasten off and weave in ends.
TopWith cream/white yarn, make amagic ring, ch 1.Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6 st)Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 st)Rnd 3: (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) six times. (18 st)Rnd 4: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st) six times. (24 st)Rnd 5: sc in each st around. (24 st)Rnd 6: (sc in next 3 st, [sc in next st, ch 3, sc insamest]) six times.Join with sl st to next st. Fasten off, leaving long end of yarn.
Holly Leaf (make 3)With green yarn, ch 8 loosely, sl st in 2nd ch from hook.Sl st in next ch. Sl st in next ch, ch 3, sl st insamech.Sl st in next ch. Sl st in next ch, ch 3, sl st insamech.Sl st in next ch. 3 sc in last ch (to turn the corner).
Working into the other side of the starting chain:Sl st in next ch. Sl st in next ch, ch 3, sl st insamech.Sl st in next ch. Sl st in next ch, ch 3, sl st insamech.Sl st in next ch. Sl st in last ch.Fasten off, leaving long end of yarn.
Holly Berry (make 3)Make amagic ring, ch 1.Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring. (4 st)Join with sl st to next st. Fasten off, leaving long end of yarn.
Assembly Instructions
- Arrange the three holly leaves on the top of the pudding. Using the yarn needle, thread the long yarn end from each leaf through the centre of the top, to the inside. (Optional: also stitch each leaf to the top about halfway along the leaf, to keep the leaves in position.) Knot all the ends together on the wrong side.
- Arrange the three holly berries between the leaves on the top of the pudding. Using a yarn needle, pull the yarn ends through the top to the wrong side. Knot all the ends together on the wrong side.
- Stuff the bottom of the pudding.
- Using a yarn needle and the long yarn end from the pudding top, stitch the top to the bottom.
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