Snowdude Stress Ball or Ornament by Marie Segares

Snowdude Stress Ball or Ornament

Crochet
November 2017
Aran (8 wpi) ?
Through Rnd 11 in pattern for head = 4” (10 cm) diameter. Exact gauge is not critical for this project but stitches should be small so that fiber filling doesn’t show.
3.75 mm (F)
119 - 150 yards (109 - 137 m)
Approximately 6” (15 cm) tall with hat.
US
English
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Make a snowdude’s head as an ornament or stress ball.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog here.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round
Increasing, decreasing, crocheting in the back loop

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Approximately 6” (15 cm) tall with hat.

Materials
Red Heart Super Saver (7 oz/198 g/364 yds/333 m/100 % acrylic) – 1 skein each in 311 White (CA), 312 Black (CB), and 256 Carrot (CC), or approximately 60 yd (55 m) each in CA and CB, and 30 yd (27.5 m) in CC in any medium weight yarn.

US Size F-5/3.75 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Fairfield Poly-Fil Crafter’s Choice Dry Polyester Packing Fiber Fill – 10 ounce bag.

Yarn needle.

Locking stitch marker.

2 matched sew-through buttons. (I used 2 - 0.75” (2 cm) buttons from a Buttons Galore Apothecary Button Jar.)

Gauge
Through Rnd 11 in pattern for head = 4” (10 cm) diameter. Exact gauge is not critical for this project but stitches should be small so that fiber filling doesn’t show.