Snowdude Stress Ball or Ornament

"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."

Crochet HookF/5 or 3.75 mm hook

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