Create playful festive ornaments looking like your favorite dessert! These Christmas Pudding Baubles by Sue ‘Sooz’ Simmons will look delicious hanging on your Christmas tree or displayed as part of a table centerpiece. Let’s just hope no one dares to take a bite!
Can Beginners Crochet This Pattern Easily?
If you know how to work basic crochet stitches in rounds, this crochet bauble pattern is definitely within your reach. It’s a great project for upper beginners who seek to make charming holiday ornaments.
You will crochet your bauble using chains, single crochets, double crochets, and half double crochets. The white icing and holy berries are sewn on the top once you stuff the ornament.
What Yarn Should I Use For The Pudding Bauble?
For perfectly sized handmade decorations, be sure to use a DK-weight yarn paired with a 4 mm crochet hook. The designer chose Colinette Hand Dyed D.K. to make the sample visible in the photos, but any other yarn will work equally great. You can also use leftover yarn scraps to create the small leaf and berry accents.
Do I Need To Add Stuffing Inside?
To give your crochet bauble a nice round shape, you will need a 70 mm polystyrene ball. Another option is to stuff the ornament with polyester fiberfill used in amigurumi projects. This type of stuffing allows you to shape your bauble beautifully while keeping it soft and squishy.
How to Crochet the Christmas Pudding Bauble
This crochet Christmas bauble pattern includes clear written instructions as well as photo support.
You will start crocheting your ornament by working a round-shaped body with single crochets. Before stitching it up, put the ball insert inside. Once the body of your bauble is done, move on to crochet the rest of the elements, including icing top, holy leaves, and berries. And don’t forget to add a hanging loop!
