Poinsettia ornament

Crochet pattern

Author: Mila Stepanova

@mila_toys_patterns
December, 2021
Thank you for purchasing this pattern!

The pattern does not contain crochet lessons, basic crochet skills are required.
This tutorial is intended for personal use only.

You may sell any items you make using this pattern.

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The pattern (in full or in part) may not be sold, shared, posted on the internet,
or translated into other languages.

When publishing photos of your work, please credit me as the author of the
pattern.

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If you have any questions about this pattern, just write me a message and I’ll be
happy to help.

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Materials and tools:
Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton/45% polyacrylic, 50 grams/160 meters)
1. No. 90 – red color (½ of a skein)
2. No. 35 - yellow color (a little bit)
3. No. 52 – green color (½ of a skein)
4. 1.5 mm crochet hook
5. Tapestry needle for assembly, scissors

The finished product using the materials stated in this pattern is ~3.5 inches / 9 cm
tall.

Work in continuous rounds without slip stitches.

Please, note that this pattern does not include the lessons of crocheting. You must
have previous knowledge of crochet techniques.

Abbreviations (US):
MR – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one loop)
BLO – back loops only
Ch - chain
Sl st – slip stitch
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
(…) – the number in the brackets is the number of stitches in this row.
(…)*N – repeat instructions as directed

Crochet level - beginner.

Enjoy crocheting!

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Small petals
Use yellow yarn.
Rnd 1 - 5 sc into MR (5) sl st
Rnd 2 – inc through BLO *5 (10) This is the base (pic. 1)
Crochet sl st in the next stitch, changing to red yarn (pic. 2-3).
Continue crocheting with red yarn.
Break yellow yarn and secure it.

1 2 3

Begin to crochet the petals.

Rnd 1 – [chain 10 (pic. 4), start working in the second chain from hook 9 sc (pic. 5),
sc to the chain foundation, sl st]* (pic.6)]*5 (pic. 7-8)

4 5 6

7 8

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Rnd 2 – crochet to the chain foundation sl st (pic. 9), 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 dc in one
stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st (pic. 10)
Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain foundation sl st (pic. 11), 1 sc,
1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st.

9 10 11

The first petal is finished. (pic. 12)

Skip 1 sc and crochet sl st in the next stitch. (pic. 13)
Crochet the remaining petals.
[Crochet to the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc,
1 sc, sl st
Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc,
2 dc in one stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st]*4, sl st.
We have made 5 petals (pic. 14)
Fasten off and break yarn. Leave a long tail for sewing.

12 13 14

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Attach yellow yarn to the base of the second round and chain 1 (pic. 15)
Start crocheting from the next stitch through front loops only (sl st, chain)*5.
Fasten off and break yarn. (pic. 16)
Hide the yarn tails (pic. 17)

15 16 17

Big petals
Use red yarn
Rnd 1 – 5 sc into MR (5)
Rnd 2 – inc *5 (10) This is the base (pic. 18) Crochet sl st
Begin to crochet the petals.
Rnd 1 – [chain 12 (pic. 19), start working in the second chain from hook 11 hdc
(pic. 20), sc to the base, sl st]*5 (pic. 21-22)

18 19 20

21 22

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Rnd 2 – crochet to the chain foundation: sl st (pic. 23), 23
1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, (2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc,
sl st (pic. 24)
Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain
foundation: sl st (pic. 25), 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc,
(2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st.
The first petal is finished. (pic. 26)

24 25 26

Skip 1 sc on the base and crochet 1 sl st in the next stitch. (pic. 27)
Crochet the remaining petals.
[Crochet to the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, (2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc,
1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st
Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc,
(2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st]*4, sl st.
We have made 5 petals. (pic. 28)
Fasten off and break yarn. Hide the yarn tails. (pic. 29)

27 28 29

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Leaves
With green yarn
Rnd 1 – 5 sc into MR (5) 30
Rnd 2 – inc *5 (10) This is the base
Crochet sl st. (pic. 30)
Begin to crochet the leaves.
Rnd 1 - [chain 12 (pic. 31), start working in the second
chain from hook 11 hdc (pic. 32),
sc to the chain foundation, sl st (pic. 33)]*5 (pic. 34)

31 32 33

Rnd 2 – continue crocheting to the chain foundation sl st (pic. 35), 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc,
(2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st (pic. 36)

34 35 36

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Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain foundation sl st (pic. 37),
1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, (2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st.
The first leaf is finished. (pic. 38)
Skip 1 sc on the base and crochet sl st in the next stitch. (pic. 39)
Crochet the remaining leaves.
[Crochet to the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, (2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1
hdc, 1 sc, sl st
Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain foundation sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc,
(2 dc in one stitch)*3, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, sl st]*4, sl st.

37 38 39

We have made 5 leaves. (pic. 40)

Fasten off and break yarn. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Hide the yarn tails. (pic. 41)

40 41

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Assembly
Sew small petals to big petals using yarn tails. (pic. 42-43).
Sew the leaves to the petals. (pic. 44).
You can glue them if you do not want to sew them on.

42 43 44

Attach thread to the big petal and hang it on the Christmas tree. (pic. 45-47).
To make the ornament even and beautiful, you can iron it through the cotton
fabric. (pic. 48-49).

45 46 47

48 49

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 Your Poinsettia ornament is finished!

Thank you for crocheting with me!

You may sell any items you make using this pattern.
When publishing photos of your work, please tag me @mila_toys_patterns and use
hashtag #mila_crotoys, I will love to see your creations!

If you have any questions, please contact me:

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