Snowman Worry Worm 

Crochet Pattern

Are you looking for a small snowman to crochet? One that's a quick make and has the added benefit of helping to relieve stress, anxiety & depression? Meet Winston, the Snowman Snuggler! He's your tiny Christmas friend that'll be more than happy to take away any worries you may have this time of the year. Just hold him tight, twirl him around with your fingers and feel the stress melt away 🙂

You can use this little Snowman Worry Worms as:

• stocking stuffers for kids, 
• Christmas Tree decor,
• Calming tools in classrooms,
• Nursing home giveaways, or
• you could hide them out & about for people to find during the festive season. I've designed some cute little tags for you to include with your worry worm act of kindness.

If this is your first time making a worry worm, have a look at this post to learn more about these fabulous little friends. They've become quite a sensation worldwide!

And if you'd like to check out a little experiment I made about crocheting Corkscrew Spirals using different stitches & stitch counts, you can have a look at this post here.

I hope you enjoy this pattern and if you have any questions, you can ask them in the Start Crochet FB Group where you will surely get the help you’re looking for.

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Materials Needed

• Cotton yarn in white, black, red & orange. Either Lang Handarbeitsgarn 100% cotton (12 wpi, 50 g, 84m), Ricorumi DK 100% cotton, 25 g (57.5 m) or Lily's Sugar & Cream from LoveCrafts.
• Crochet hooks size E (4.5 mm).
• Trimits Toy Eyes Solid Black – 6mm, Goggly eyes, or black fiber art beads, or a permanent marker (see 15 worry worm eye options to choose from)

•  Fluffy cotton filling, fiberfill or a few strands of leftover yarn.
• Plastic or organza baggies.
• Printer & A4 paper to print your tags. You could choose to print your tags on cardstock to make them more durable.
• Stitch markers or a piece of contrasting color yarn (optional)
• A tapestry needle
• A pair of scissors

Abbreviations

Skill Level

• Intermediate. Knowledge of how to crochet a Magic Circle is ideal. If you don’t know how to start with a MC, then simply start with a ch 2, then work R 1 into the second ch from your hook.

Gauge

14 stitches and 8 rows = 10 cm in double crochet

If your Worry Worm looks narrow or not as full as you anticipated, try a heavier weight yarn.  If you want your Worry Worm  to be longer or shorter, just increase/decrease the number of stitches in your body chain.

Size

This Snowman Worry Worm measures approx. 5.5 “ (14 cm) in height including the hat.

Yardage

Weight: Approximately 9 g

Yardage: Approximately 15 yards

Notes

- You can use any type of yarn as long as you have a corresponding crochet hook size (check yarn label for recommendations). 

- You can make the pattern larger or smaller by changing the type of yarn and/or hook size. 

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

- [ … ] means the contents inside these brackets will be repeated.

- I wrote this pattern using the joining rounds method. You are welcome to work the head section in continuous rounds if you wish (I advise using a stitch marker in this case). 

- Ch 1 at the end of each round does not count as a stitch.

- Please note that I use US crochet terms. 

Snowman Worry Worm Pattern Instructions

Snowman’s Head

Round 1: With white yarn, start by crocheting 6 sc into a MC. Pull the circle closed tight, join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (6).

Round 2: 2 sc into each st around. Join to the top of the first st of this round with a sl st, ch 1  (12).

Round 3: sc into each st around. Join to the top of the first st of this round with a sl st, ch 1  (12).

Round 4: [sc2tog into the first st, sc into the next st]. Repeat [ ] 3 more times. Join to the top of the first st of this round with a sl st, ch 1 (8).

Insert safety eyes between Rounds 3 & 4 leaving 2 sts between the eyes.

Stuff the head lightly with some fiberfill stuffing. Do not overstuff.

Round 5:  [sc2tog into the first st, sc into the next st]. Repeat [ ] 1 more time. Sc2tog. Join to the top of the first st of this round with a sl st, ch 1 (5).

Tuck the tail end of your MC into the head to hide.

Round 6:  sc2tog, sc, sc2tog. Join to the top of the first st of this round with a slip st (3). Do not cut yarn.

Snowman’s Body

Row 1: Ch 21 (21).

Row 2: Work a dc into the second ch from your hook. Work another dc into the same st.

3 dc into each st across until you reach the head. Join body to head with a sl st (60).

Your worry worm might look a little messy at this point. What you need to do now is twirl each curl into place using either your finger or a pencil.

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

Snowman’s Hat

Note: When working with black yarn, I highly advise you work in place that has good lighting and it might also be helpful to use a stitch marker on your first stitch of each round.

Round 1: With black yarn, start by crocheting 6 sc into a MC. Join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (6).

Rounds 2 - 3: sc into each st around. Join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (6).

Round 4: [sc into the first st, 2 sc into the next st]. Repeat [ ] two more times. Join to the first st with a sl st, ch 1 (9).

Round 5: [sc into the first st, 2 sc into the next st]. Repeat [ ] three more times. Join to the first st with a sl st. Leaving a long 10” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off (13).

• Add stripe: With red yarn, surface slip stitch on Round 4 all around the hat (9). Join to the first st, leave a 4 inch tail & cut your yarn.

 See video below to learn how to surface slip stitch.

Leaf: With green yarn, tie a slip knot on your hook, ch 3.

Leave a 4” tail, cut yarn & fo.

Attach the green leaf on the right side of the hat, on top of the red strip. Use your darning needle to insert each yarn end into the hat leaving one st in between both ends.

 Tie a double knot on the inside of the hat & tuck in the leftovers into the hat.

Insert the red yarn tails into the hat with your darning needle and tuck them into the hat as well to hide them. All these ends will act as stuffing for your snowman's hat.

Snowman’s Scarf

Row 1: With red yarn, tie a slip knot on your hook. Ch 21 (21).

Row 2: sc into the second ch from your hook and into each st across (20).

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

Weave in the 2 yarn tails neatly with your darning needle..

Snowman’s Nose

Row 1: With orange yarn, tie a slip knot on your hook. Ch 2 (2).

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

Assembly & Adding Features

Attaching the Snowman’s Hat

Place the snowman’s hat on top of his head and make sure the long tail is in the center back.

Thread this black tail onto your yarn needle and pierce through the snowman’s head towards Round 4 in the front of the hat (just under the red stripe). Do not pull too tightly because you want the hat to protrude a little from the head.

In the next st to the left of where your needle just came out, insert your needle through the hat & head to come out on the left side of the hat (still in round 4).

Move one st to the left and insert your yarn needle through the hat & head to come out on the right side of the hat (still in round 4). Loosen up the edges of the hat and do not cut yarn yet.

Adding the Eyebrows

Note: If you’d prefer not to sew on the features, you could also use a Paint Pen to draw the features on your snowman. 

Insert your needle one st to the left into the hat and head and come out above the top right of the right eye. 

Make a small stitch on top of that eye towards the left. If you make the st rise slightly in the center, it’ll look like your snowman is smiling 🙂

Repeat for the eyebrow of the left eye, stitching slightly downwards at the left end of the eyebrow. Come out with your needle where you'd like to start the snowman's mouth.

Adding the Snowman’s Mouth

Continuing with the same black yarn that’s on your needle, loosely stitch a nice wide horizontal mouth for the snowman (along 4 sts). Leave enough space to add the orange nose in the center of his face. Come out with your darning needle at the back of the hat, from where you started with the long tail.

Adjust the mouth by pulling down the center slightly to create a smile.

Once you’re done with the mouth, bring your needle out from the back of the hat. Weave in your end to secure and cut off excess.

Attaching the Snowman’s Nose

Locate the center stitch on which you’ll attach the nose. Thread the orange yarn through your needle and insert the needle to the right of that center stitch pointing towards the back of the snowman’s head.

Remove the needle and thread the other strand of the snowman’s nose. Insert the needle to the left of that center stitch coming out in the exact same st at the back of the snowman’s head.

 Adjust the placement of the nose and give it a good pinch with your fingers to make it more pointy.

Tie a double knot at the back of the head. Cut the excess yarn to about 2 “ and tuck the orange yarn into the head to hide it.

Weave in the white yarn end into the body of the snowman and cut off excess.

Adding the Snowman’s Scarf

 Tie the snowman’s red scarf around his neck and secure tightly with one knot. 

Have a look at this cute little snowman lip-balm holder pattern. Makes great gift topper, stocking stuffer and is a practical accessory for bags or keychains. 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed making this cute little Snowman Worry Worm! I hope Winston The Snowman Snuggler will make someone very happy!

Who will you be giving him to?

I’d love to hear from you! Leave your comments below.

Happy hooking!

May 🙂

Want to make some more Christmas-themed worry worms? Click on the Elf & Gnome Worry Worms below.

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