Snowdude Stress Ball or Ornament

By: Marie Segares from undergroundcrafter.com

By: Marie Segares from undergroundcrafter.com

"Make a snowdude’s head as an ornament or stress ball. 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."

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Easy

Crochet HookF/5 or 3.75 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

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princess6860504

Nov 08, 2018

You know what I thought of? To take this idea and tweak it a bit... what about if you had a rubber stress ball at home and you tightly crocheted a cover for it, then you added the extras on it. It is like a slip cover for a stress ball. If you make the cover with a stitch like the puff stitch it would have great texture, too, and that in itself is a soothing experience.

Morehouse17

Jan 30, 2018

How about an ornament that in time of need can double as a stress ball, lol. We all know how stressful the holidays can be and sometimes we just need to stop, take the stress ball ornament from the tree and squeeze. Knowing me, I would not be able to find it on the tree. This is a cute ornament/stress-ball pattern.

Delphine Bryant

Jan 21, 2018

Just last week we were snowed in and I was looking through Winter related crochet projects and ran across this little snowdude stress ball. How cute. During those few days that it was almost impossible to walk the dogs I really could have used this.

JaneEK

Dec 05, 2017

This is an adorable project whether you need a stress buster or not! Its versatile enough that you could personalize a few with additional adornments. And this doesnt have to just be a Snow Dude as you could change up the hat to something more feminine. Ive never heard of Operation Gratitude but will look at what I can send. Our son is a vet so we try to support them whenever we can.

Hippie Chick

Dec 04, 2017

Ha ha, how original. This time of the year can certainly be stressful. Kids have their fidget spinners to use to keep stress at bay, but I bet some of them would love to have a Snow Dude stress ball in their stocking too. These are excellent quick gifts for teachers or your kids friends because you know they will want one too.

princess6860504

Dec 03, 2017

I saved this pattern for personal use later! Because... I think I would use this as a white elephant gift for our annual holiday family Christmas. A neat idea put one of these in each of the Christmas stockings, and the kids will use them as snowballs the adults will use them to de-stress! I like the simplistic look of this amigurumi design.