When my page friends over at my Facebook Page – also called The Burgundy Basket – suggested that I make Frosty the Snowman – I could.not.wait!!!! And here he is! My example is just over 20″ with my materials, but I feel confident that if I had made him with my usual Caron One Pound yarn he would be closer to 30″ – so, let’s get to it!
UPDATE JANUARY 2024
My 2024 Update CONTAINS A FULLY WRITTEN OUT BEGINNER FRIENDLY PATTERN that includes both my original snowman and this new Snowwoman. You can find the fully updated pattern at both my Etsy and my Ravelry stores.
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Materials: These patterns and the updates use an assortment of yarns from my stash. I prefer to use Caron One-Pounder yarn for my toys and large crochet patterns, but for this pattern I had some white and slightly fuzzy yarn from Big Twist Classic and used it instead. It is labeled a #5 yarn, but it does NOT work up like a #5 yarn. This is the second time I have used it for one of my large patterns and it works up smaller than a #4 yarn like Red Heart Super Saver. You will not even use half a skein of this yarn. I feel certain that if I make this pattern with my normal Caron One Pound Yarn that my 20” snowman would be closer to 30”. I have also used an assortment of scrap yarns for the nose, mouth, mittens, scarf and brown “stick” arms. Use what you have in your scrap basket for these parts. Only a tiny bit of each color is needed.
UPDATED Pattern: for the update to this pattern where I made the Snowwoman and a second version of the Snowman, I used Big Twist Value (380yds/6oz/347m/170g) – you will need one full skein for each one. With this yarn they came out to be almost 22” and 24”
-Hook: I used a G hook for most of this pattern. I will note any exceptions to this below in the different parts.
-Safety Eyes or buttons (or yarn to embroider if you choose) and needle to embroider face. I chose to use some cool buttons from my button bowl and chose different ones – I love making faces with slightly different buttons and find that it gives a funny character to the faces.
-Stuffing. I have used Poly-Fill brand stuffing, but feel free to use what you prefer.
– I don’t use Stitch markers, but if you do you will want those to keep track of your rounds. As a “free” stitch marker you can loop a bright colored piece of scrap yarn through your stitch to act as a marker – then just pull it out when you get back around to it and move it up one row. Easy marker!
This is a simplified version – a chart with the numbers – you need to have knowledge of crochet amigurumi and how to do rounds and increases to read. If you do it will be pretty straight forward. But, again, my updated version is fully explained and written out.
I start my work with a chain 2 and then sc in second chain from hook, but you can also start with a magic ring if you prefer that start.
This pattern starts at the bottom of the body and then gets work up to the top of the head in one piece and then the arms and legs are added.
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 36 |
| 7 | 42 |
| 8 | 48 |
| 9 | 54 |
| 10 | 60 |
| 11 | 66 |
| 12 | 72 **stuff as you need all the way up |
| 13-22 (10 rows) | 72 |
| 23 | 66 |
| 24-28 | 66 |
| 29 | 60 |
| 30-34 | 60 |
| 35 | 54 |
| 36-40 | 54 |
| 41 | 48 **check that stuffing! I can’t stress how important stuffing properly is. |
| 42-46 | 48 |
| 47 | 42 |
| 48-52 | 42 |
| 53 | 36 |
| 54-58 | 36 Stuff stuff stuff – you want good support |
| 59 | 42 |
| 60 | 48 |
| 61 | 54 |
| 62 | 60 |
| 63 | 66 |
| 64 | 72 |
| 65-84 (20 rows) | 72 *this is where I stop and make up the face before decreasing and stuffing. NOSE: the nose is a simple circle with 6 sc and then 3 more straight rows of 6 sc. (chain 2 and make 6 sc in 2nd chain from hook and then make 3 more rows of one sc in each stitch) |
| 85 | 66 |
| 86 | 60 |
| 87 | 54 |
| 88 | 48 – are you stuffing well? |
| 89 | 42 |
| 90 | 36 |
| 91 | 30 – you can always fit in more stuffing =) |
| 92 | 24 |
| 93 | 18 |
| 94 | 12 |
| 95 | 12 – finish off and leave a tail to weave and sew opening shut. |
Feet/Legs (make two):
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 36 |
| 7-14 | 36 |
| 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 24 |
| 17 | 18 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 12 |
| 20-39 | 12 *FO leave long tail to sew to body |
Mittens/Arms (make two): *I used some Red Heart Super Saver for my mittens and my size H hook. I wanted to make “stick” arms and so I did them different than my other patterns, but just in case you would rather make white arms to match the legs I have left my regular pattern instructions for alternate arms in this pattern. If you do regular arms, just make the bottom of the arms in your mitten color and change to white and then go back and add a small thumb if you want.
Here is my pattern for the Mittens to start my “stick” arm version. The next chart has my regular arms.
Starting in your mitten color:
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5-11 | 24 |
| 12 | 18 *after you complete your 18 stitches for this round make a chain 4 and then skip 4 stitches and go to round 13. |
| 13 | 18 *put the last 4 stitches into that chain 4 space. |
| 14-16 | 18 |
| 17 | 12 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 24 *finish off and weave in your end. Go back up to the hole you made for the thumb and attach your yarn for the thumb. For the thumb you will make 12 sc evenly around the hole. Now for thumb: |
| Thumb Round 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4-6 | 6 Finish off and sew closed and weave in the end. |
For the “stick” arms grab your brown color and your size I crochet hook.
If you want to make them shorter than mine just crochet less chains.
Leave a long tail before and after to tie.
Chain 50 and double crochet in each chain back up your chain. (I started in my 3rd chain from the hook, but this part is your preference – it won’t matter at the end).
When you get back up the chain make another chain 50 (or your number if you shortened the length) and double crochet again back up the chain and repeat this one more time so you have this:
After you do this part, tie up those long ends.
I then took the ends and tied them in a bow around my chair so that I could get a good tight braid.
Braid up those three pieces:
After I finished my tight braid, I made a big knot at the bottom to secure my braid and also make a piece for the mitten to slide onto:
Now take your mitten and secure it over the braided “arm.” I have secured by tying on a chained length of green. *Make sure when you sew the arms on that you position the right and left thumbs in the right direction – I almost had two right arms.
Now, here are your “regular” arm instructions if you prefer just plain arms. You can make these in white to match the legs.
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6-11 | 30 |
| 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 18 *if changing color change here |
| 14 | 18 |
| 15 | 12 |
| 16-45 | 12 *FO but leave long tail to sew |
Scarf:
I have crocheted a simple scarf in red and green. My scarf is made with my size I hook and red and green scrap yarn. I have started with a chain 9 and hdc 8 back across the chain and then made 8 hdc in each row with a color change every 4th row. TO keep from weaving in my ends, I carried the yarn up the side of the scarf at the end of each round and then finished the scarf with a sc around to hide the yarn carry.
Hat:
The hat was made with black #4 yarn and my size H hook. I have used hdc for the hat and my numbers and increases are like this:
*note, still working in the round, but for me when I am working in a continuous spiral and working in half double crochet, my first stitch on round 2 is a sc and then I continue in hdc. This gives a nice smooth transition between the rounds. When working in continuous spiral you don’t get a seam.
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 8 *this increase pattern adds 8 stitches each round and is worked the same way other increase rows are worked |
| 2 | 16 (2 hdc in each stitch around) |
| 3 | 24 (1hdc, 2hdc)* |
| 4 | 32 (1 hdc, 1hdc, 2hdc)* |
| 5 | 40 (1 hdc, 1hdc, 1hdc, 2hdc)* etc |
| 6 | 48 repeat established pattern |
| 7 | 56 |
| 8 | 64 |
| 9-16 | 64 |
| 17 | 56 |
| 18 | 48 |
| 19 | 42 |
| 20 | 48 |
| 21 | 56 |
| 22 | 64 |
| 23 | 72 |
| 24 | 80 |
And that is it! I hope you love him as much as I do and I would love to see all of your creations so tag me @theburgundybasket over on IG.
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