FREE Christmas Wind Spinner 
Crochet Pattern

Crochet this delightful Christmas Wind Spinner and decorate your porch this Festive Season!

It's perfect for Christmas home decor or last-minute gifts for friends & loved ones.
This project is a fun and satisfying way to bring seasonal cheer to your home.
It is super easy to whip up, is a great stash buster and doesn't take up much time at all.

Enjoy!

There are a variety of patterns you could use to make these wonderful crochet wind spinners. You can check out my Sunflower Wind Spinner,  Springtime Wind Spinner and Pumpkin Wind Spinner as well if you like.

In a previous post, I showed you how to crochet a flat spiral. So now, we'll learn how to crochet a 3-dimensional spiral that twirls around itself creating this cute curly texture that is so idea for this crochet wind spinner project.

If you think you want to start with a smaller project to test out this spiral technique, have a look at this blog post for Crochet Worry Worms. They are super easy and fast to whip up and will show you how easy it is to get this cute spiral effect. 

Interesting Note: Did you know that the technique used to crochet curly surfaces is called hyperbolic crochet? When I discovered this was actually a mathematical term for "negative curvature", I was really intrigued! 

Think of the types of curvature you see in coral reefs or lettuce leaves. These organic shapes can be replicated in crochet by adding stitches at a constant rate to each row of crochet. The more frequently you add stitches, the curlier (and more negatively curved) your crochet project gets.  Isn't that awesome?! You can watch a video about hyperbolic crochet here.

Now let's experiment with hyperbolic crochet with our wind spinner pattern...

And if you're making these as a gift or to sell at a craft market, I've made some Printable Gift Tags For you 🙂

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What You’ll Learn

• How to crochet a 3-D continuous spiral using (ch) chain, (sc) single crochet and (dc) double crochet using 3 colors.
• How to crochet a Santa Bauble (head).
• How to crochet a Santa Bauble (body).

Materials Needed

Abbreviations

• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• mc - magic circle
• st = stitch
• sts = stitches
• fo = fasten off

Skill Level

Intermediate

Gauge

Gauge = 16 dc and 6 rows with a 4 mm crochet hook = 4" (10 cm).

If your wind spinner looks narrower than you anticipated, try a thicker weight yarn or add another row or two to make it wider.

If you want your wind spinner to be longer, just increase the number of stitches in your beginning chain.

Size

This wind spinner measures 57 cm (22.5 inches) in length when hanging.

Santa Bauble embellishments measure about 21 cm (8 inches) in circumference.

Yardage

Wind Spinner Body: Approx. 35 m (38 yards)

Baubles: 20 m each (22 yards each)

Notes

- You can make the pattern larger or smaller by changing the type of yarn and/or hook size. Have a look at this wind spinner made with acrylic weight 4 yarn (Aran)

- Numbers at the end of each row/round (in brackets) indicate the number of final stitches in that row/round. 

- Ch 2 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch (only in baubles).

- When you see [ text ] followed by x 6, this means that you should repeat the instructions in the [brackets] 6 times.

- Please note that I use US crochet terms. Here's a US/UK Conversion Chart.

Crochet Christmas Wind Spinner Pattern (PDF Printable)

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Crochet Wind Spinner Gift Tags (PDF Printable)

If you're crocheting this  Pumpkin Wind Spinner to give away as a gift or to sell at a craft market, here are some PDF printable gift tags for you 🙂

Crochet Christmas Wind Spinner Pattern Instructions

Wind Spinner

Row 1: With black, tie a slip knot on your hook. Ch 51 (51).

Row 2: sc into the second chain from your hook.
Sc into each stitch along (50).
Leave a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Row 3: Starting from the top of the wind spinner (where you now have 2 yarn tails), attach your red yarn. 

Ch 2  (counts as the first dc). 

Dc into the same stitch. You now have 2 dc into that first stitch.

2 dc into each stitch to the end of the row (100). 

Leave a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Row 4: Attach the white yarn to the first stitch of Row 3 at the top of the wind spinner.

Ch 2  (counts as the first dc). 

Dc into the same stitch. You now have 2 dc into that first stitch.

2 dc into each stitch to the end of the row (200).

Leave a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Bauble 1 (Santa Head) Top Half

Note: Ch 2 does not count as a stitch in rounds.

Round 1: With white, work a MC, ch 2. 6 dc into the MC. Pull your MC closed. Sl st to the first dc to join (6). Do not cut yarn.

Round 2: Join Red. Ch 2, 2 dc into each stitch around. Sl st to join (12).

Round 3: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next st] x 6. Sl st to join (18).

Round 4: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next 2 sts] x 6. Sl st to join. Leave a 4" tail, cut red yarn and fasten off (24).

Round 5: Rejoin White loosely. Ch 2, dc around. Sl st to join (24). 

Ch 2, turn (make the inside of the bauble face you now).

Round 6: dc around, sl st to join (24).

Leave a 4" tail, cut white yarn and fasten off.

Fold Round 6 over Round 5. Insert your styrofoam bauble to check size.

Bauble 1 (Santa Head) Bottom Half

Note: Ch 2 at the beginning of each round does not count as a stitch.

Round 1: With white, work a MC, ch 2. 6 dc into the MC. Pull your MC closed. Sl st to the first dc to join (6).

Round 2: 2 dc into each stitch around. Sl st to join (12).

Round 3: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next st] x 6. Sl st to join (18).

Round 4: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next 2 sts] x 6. Sl st to join (24).

Check to see that your styrofoam bauble fits snuggly into your crocheted piece. 

Leave a long 10" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Read this whole section before you start: Thread the white tail with your darning needle. Whip stitch the top and bottom half of your bauble together. (Place top and bottom sections of your bauble next to each other so that the sts where you fastened off align. Stitch through both loops of each stitch of R 4 of the bottom half of your bauble and one loop of each stitch between Rounds 5 & 6 of the top half of your bauble. Do not stitch too tightly. Stitch about 10 sts, then insert your styrofoam bauble to check size. Continue to stitch around until you are left with 8 sts. Secure this last st by stictching into it a couple more times, then bring your needle to the top of your santa hat through the beginning MC. You can use your remaining strand to hang your bauble.

Weave in the other end.

Stick 2 googly eyes, stick-on eyes, or safety eyes on the styrofoam ball from the opening. You could also just draw 2 dots with a permanent marker if you don't have these eyes.

Bauble 2 (Santa Body) x 2

Round 1: With red, work a MC, ch 2. 6 dc into the MC. Pull your MC closed. Sl st to the first dc to join (6).

Round 2: Ch 2, 2 dc into each stitch around. Sl st to join (12).

Round 3: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next st] x 6. Sl st to join (18).

Round 4: Ch 2, [inc, dc into next 2 sts] x 6. Sl st to join (24).

Leave a 4" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Check to see that your styrofoam bauble fits snuggly into your crocheted piece. 

Round 5: Attach Black yarn, ch 2, dc around. Leave a long 10" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off (24).

Repeat Rounds 1-5 for the bottom half of Bauble 2. Leave a 4" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

Thread the 10" black tail with your darning needle. Whip stitch the top and bottom half of your bauble together. (Hold top and bottom parts together with openings facing each other. Stitch through both loops of each stitch of R 5 of the top half of your bauble and both loops of each stitch of Round 4 of the bottom half of your bauble. Stitch about 10 sts, then insert your styrofoam bauble to check size. Continue to stitch around until you enclose the entire bauble.

Weave in your end by stitching back and forth a couple of times in the black santa belt, then bring your yarn to the top of your bauble by inserting your needle through the beginning MC. Use the remaining black strand to hang your bauble.

Buckle

Cut a 10 " strand of yellow yarn.

Thread your darning needle and sew the buckle in a rectangular shape onto the front center of the Santa belt. The width of the buckle should be 3 sts and the height from the top to the bottom of the black section (2 rows).

Tie a double knot to secure and hide your yarn tails inside the bauble stitches.

Assembling Your Project

With your darning needle, thread the black yarn tail left over at the bottom of your wind spinner. Stitch it to the top of Bauble 2 (Santa's body) to attach. Secure it with a couple of stitches.

Thread the white yarn tail from the top of the wind spinner and sew it to the bottom of Bauble 1 (Santa's head). 

Note: You could also choose to hang both baubles at the bottom of the wind spinner.

Finishing Touches:

• Leave the white yarn tail at the top of the Santa Head so you can use it to hang your wind spinner. Tie a knot to form a wide ring from which to hang your spinner. 
• Weave in ends. With your darning needle, weave in the rest of your yarn ends to hide them and secure your wind spinner from unraveling. Cut off excess.

Hanging Your Crochet Wind Spinner

• You can hang your wind spinner either indoors or outdoors. 
• If you're worried about your wind spinner being in the snow and rain, use a yarn that is easily washable so you can wash your wind spinner from time to time.
• And if you're hanging your wind spinner in an uncovered outdoor space, you can use a Universal Water-poofing spray for your wind spinner. You can find it at most shoe stores. It’s an aerosol can and is good for leather and fabrics. Just spray a thin coat onto your wind spinner and it should really help to waterproof it.

I hope you enjoyed this Crochet Christmas Wind Spinner tutorial. All you need to do now is get started and you'll get the hang of it pretty quick! Try some more color combinations for different seasons 🙂 Here are some other seasonal wind spinner crochet patterns perfect for spring & summer:

Once you start crocheting one spinner, you'll find yourself wanting to try more color combinations and themes. Think of who you might to gift them to on various occasions. I'm sure they'll be thrilled! 

Let me know if you have any questions and...

Happy crocheting!