Crochet Snowman Wind Spinner Pattern
A festive hanging decoration in cream, sage green, deep green, and dusty rose
Project Overview
This crochet snowman wind spinner combines a stuffed snowman head, a decorated top hat, holly leaves and berries, a curled spiral body, and a scarf. This version uses a softer cream, sage-green, deep-green, and dusty-rose palette instead of the classic white, red, and green combination. The stitch counts and construction sequence below follow the supplied transcript.
Color substitutions: cream replaces white, dusty rose replaces red, sage green replaces green, and deep green replaces black. Keep the nose orange and facial details dark. These are color changes only; no stitch counts or construction steps have been intentionally changed.
Materials
- Yarn in cream, deep green, sage green, dusty rose, orange, and a small amount of dark yarn
- 2.75 mm crochet hook
- 4.0 mm crochet hook for the scarf
- 7 mm safety eyes
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Stitch marker
- Scissors and pins
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- inc = increase
- dec = decrease
- sl st = slip stitch
- BLO = back loops only
- FLO = front loops only
- MR = magic ring
1. Snowman Head
Use cream yarn and a 2.75 mm hook. Work in rounds.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR [6]
- Rnd 2: 6 inc [12]
- Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) × 6 [18]
- Rnd 4: (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) × 6 [24]
- Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) × 6 [30]
- Rnd 6: (2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc) × 6 [36]
- Rnds 7–14 (8 rounds): 36 sc [36]
- Rnd 15: (2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc) × 6 [30]
- Rnd 16: (3 sc, 1 dec) × 6 [24]
- Rnd 17: (1 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc) × 6 [18]
- Stuff the head.
- Rnd 18: (1 sc, 1 dec) × 6 [12]
- Rnd 19: 6 dec [6]
2. Nose
- Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR [4]
- Rnd 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) × 2 [6]
- Rnd 3: (2 sc, 1 inc) × 2 [8]
- Rnd 4: (3 sc, 1 inc) × 2 [10]
3. Top Hat
- Begin with deep-green yarn.
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR, sl st [6]
- Rnd 2: ch 1, 6 inc, sl st [12]
- Rnd 3: ch 1, (1 sc, 1 inc) × 6, sl st [18]
- Rnd 4: ch 1, (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) × 6, sl st [24]
- Rnd 5: ch 1, (3 sc, 1 inc) × 6, sl st [30]
- Rnd 6 (BLO): ch 1, 30 sc, sl st [30]
- Rnds 7–11 (5 rounds): ch 1, 30 sc, sl st [30]
- Change to dusty-rose yarn (original: red).
- Rnds 12–13 (2 rounds): ch 1, 30 sc, sl st [30]
- Change to deep-green yarn (original: black).
- Rnd 14 (FLO): ch 2, (2 dc, 1 dc inc) × 10, sl st [40]
- Rnd 15: ch 2, (3 dc, 1 dc inc) × 10, sl st [50]
4. Holly Leaves
Use sage-green yarn. In MR: (ch 5, skip 1, 4 sc, sl st in MR) × 3.
First Leaf
sl st, [1 sc, (1 sc, ch-3 picot, 1 sc) in next st] × 3, 1 sc, sl st.
Second Leaf
sl st, [1 sc, (1 sc, ch-3 picot, 1 sc) in next st] × 3, 1 sc, sl st.
Third Leaf
sl st, [1 sc, (1 sc, ch-3 picot, 1 sc) in next st] × 3, 1 sc, sl st.
5. Berries
Use dusty-rose yarn (original: red). Ch 3, 1 bobble in the first chain.
6. Wind Spinner
- Foundation: ch 62, skip 2.
- Row 1 (cream; original: white): 60 hdc increase [120].
- Row 2 (cream; original: white): 120 dc increase [240].
- Row 3 (sage green; original: green): (1 sc, 1 inc) × 120 [360].
- Row 4 (dusty rose; original: red): reverse sc.
Editor review note: the supplied transcript does not state a stitch count for Row 4, so none has been added.
7. Scarf
Use 2 strands together and a 4.0 mm hook. Ch 60.
8. Assembly
- Eyes: 7 mm, between Rounds 10 and 11, with 5 sc between them.
- Nose: attach from Round 11.
- Mouth: embroider around Rounds 13–14.
- Eyebrows: place at Round 9.
- Center the wind spinner under the head to help avoid tilting.
Finishing Notes
Secure the assembled components and weave in loose ends. The pictures in this document are AI-generated visual references for the alternate color palette, not photographs of an item made from these exact instructions.
Creator and Pattern Link
Video tutorial by Tata Crochet Patterns:
