Whimsy Christmas Tree finished!

I am delighted with my Christmas tree this year!  Well, I always love my tree, but this year is special.  I decided several months ago to have a tree covered with whimisical crochet ornaments.  And in addition to that, I will be giving these ornaments away to friends and family that grace our home with a visit during the holiday season.

With that in mind, I set myself to  surf Pinterest and other websites about crochet amigurumi in search of patterns and ideas that I thought would delight my grand-children and great-grandchildren.

Almost every ornament on this tree is featured on a blog post complete with links to patterns or have the patterns themselves included if the pattern was one of my own designs.  Most of the patterns from other designers were free, but I also have no problem paying for a pattern if it looks like a good one.

I may still add a few more ornaments if some great ideas present themselves, but for the most part I think I'm finished with this project.  

I would still like to make a nativity set or two if I have the time.   The pattern for that can be found elsewhere on my blog if you would like to make one yourself.

Below are the links to most of the ornaments I have made for this tree.  

Sleeping Apple Worm

Little White Swan

Spencer the Christmas Spider

Roll-up Armadillo

Mini Big Head Doll

Cute Little Monsters

Airplane

Silly Posable Snake

Little DooDah Dolls

Lovely Little Llamas

Mini Llama Pattern

Mini Manatee

Monster Keyrings

Crochet Fish

Quirky Puppy

Oliver the Octopus

I hope your holiday projects are going well and that you  have time to reflect on the real reason for the season.

Blessings!

Reny

Silly Posable Snake Week 8, Christmas Ornament Crochet-a-long Free Pattern

What's more whimsical than a cute little snake wrapped around the limb of a tree?   Maybe a snake with big bulgy eyes and crazy hair!

  These posable snakes are a favorite around our house when the grandkids come to visit!    Here is the pattern for this guy.

                             Posable Crochet Snake

Materials:
• Sport weight yarn
• 3.5mm E crochet hook
• 2 bendable foam hair curlers • Masking tape
• Stuffing
• 4 or 6 mm safety eyes

This snake is made with a short starting chain and worked in rounds of sc. He can be made as long or as short as you want.

To make this snake posable, tape the two curlers end to end with masking tape. This will also serve as most of the stuffing for your snake.

1. Chain 7. Sc in 2nd. ch. from hook and next 4 chains. Make 3 sc inc. in next chain. Rotate your work and make a sc in each of next 4 chains followed by another 3 sc inc. in the last chain. Place a running stitch marker to keep track of the rows.
   
2. Sc in 7sc. 3 sc in next st. Sc in 6sc. 3 sc in last st.

  3-8. Sc in each stitch.
   9. *Sc in 4, dec.* Repeat to end of rnd.
10. *Sc in 5, dec*  Repeat to end of rnd. sc in last 2 st.
11  Sc in each sc until you reach the length you want your snake to be. 

Stuff head of snake firmly and insert taped foam curlers into the body. Stuff tail of snake before making decrease rounds and closing.

When you have the length you want, begin to decrease sc in the remaining rounds until closed.

Eyes:
With white yarn make a magic circle with 6 sc. Pull circle together and make a 2nd row of 6 sc. Place safety eye in the center of each eye and stitch eyes to top of head. I was not able to secure the eyes with the washer because there was not enough room inside the eyeball, so I secured them with glue. An alternative could be to place the eyes as soon as the head is crocheted so the safety eyes could be pushed through to the inside of the head and the washers placed. This is what I will do with the next snake I make. 

Embroider on a mouth if you want and crochet a chain for the tongue and sew on.

The hair is simply strands of yarn looped through a stitch and pulled tight.

He’s a pretty simple little snake and could be embellished in a number of ways. Little horns, spikes or antenna would be cute.

I hope you enjoy this pattern. I did kind of make it in a hurry, so if you have any questions, feel free to contact me and I’ll do my best to answer them.

Blessings!
Reny