Crochet Little Angels
If you're looking for a delightful and creative project, why not try your hand at crocheting little angels? These charming creations make perfect gifts or decorations for any occasion. With just a few basic crochet stitches and some soft yarn, you can bring these heavenly beings to life. With a little time and patience, you'll have a collection of adorable crocheted angels that are sure to bring joy and wonder to anyone who sees them. Whether you display them on a Christmas tree, give them as gifts, or simply enjoy them as decorative accents in your home, these little angels will be treasured for years to come. So grab your crochet hook and let your creativity soar as you bring these heavenly beings to life with your own hands.
The pattern uses only basic crochet stitches — double crochets and chains.
The pattern was made with YarnArt Begonia: 100% cotton, mercerized cotton, 50g/1.76oz = 169m/185yrds
Crochet hook 2.5 mm.
Difficulty Level: Level 1 – Easy, for beginners
US crochet term:
SlSt – slip stitch
CH/s – chain/s
DC — double crochet
SK — skip
T — turn
ST/s — stitch(es)
REP — repeat
Special stitches used: Picot Stitch
Picot stitch directions: Create three chain stitches from the point in your row where you want to add the picot stitch. Insert your hook in the third chain from the hook. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook. This is one completed picot stitch.
PATTERN NOTES
1) A ch3 at beg of the row counts as a dc throughout.
2) The project started as a circle, the circle is finished by a slip stitch. Then the project is crocheted in rows. Finish each row with a dc placed in the 3rd ch from the previous row.
3) This Sweet Little Angel measures 3.14 inches by 3.0 inches, 8 cm by 7.6 cm.
4) You can make the Sweet Little Angel bigger with a thicker yarn or a larger hook size.
THE PATTERN
Make a magic ring.
R1: ch3 (counts as a dc), work 11 dc into the magic ring, sl st to the 3rd ch from beg (12dc)
You will have 12 dc placed in the magic ring. It will be the head of your sweet little angel ornament.
R2: ch3 and place 1dc into the same st as ch3, 2dc in next 3 st, turn (8dc)
R3: ch3 and place 2dc into the same st as ch3, 2dc in next 6 st, 3dc in the last st, turn (18dc)
R4: ch3, rep *ch1, dc between 2 dc from previous row* rep from * to * 17 more time, place 1 dc into the last st from R3 (work a dc into the 3rd ch from the R3), turn (19dc)
R5: sl st into each next 12 st (to move to the 7th dc from the beg of the previous row)
ch3, 1dc into the ch1 sp, ch1, 2dc into the next ch1 sp,
rep *2dc into the next ch1 sp, ch1, 2dc into the next ch1 sp* from * to * one more time. Turn
You will have 6 groups of 2dc (12dc)
R6: ch3, rep *2dc into the next ch1 sp, ch1, 2dc into the same ch1 sp* from * to * two more times, place 1dc into the last st from R5 (to the 3rd ch from the previous row). Turn
You will have 3 groups of «2dc,ch1,2dc»
R7: ch3, rep *3dc into the next ch1 sp, ch2, 3dc into the same ch1 sp* from * to * two more times, 1dc into the last st from R6 (to the 3rd ch from the previous row). Turn
You will have 3 groups of «3dc,ch2,3dc»
R8: ch3, rep *7dc into the next ch2 sp* from * to * two more times, 1dc into the last st from R7 (to the 3rd ch from the previous row).
You will have 3 groups of «7dc»
Cut the yarn. Fasten off.
Create a loop on top of the Angels head by sewing a loop to hang it.
Or create a chain on the top of the Angel, work 14 chains and the slip stitch into the stitch you started the chain.
Optional:
Make the last row with picots.
R9: Make a picot (see the Special stitch section above), 3 slip stitches to move into the middle of the first groups of dc, make a picot into the 4th dc in this fist group, 3 slip stitches to move to the end of this group of dc, make a picot there.
Rep: *3 sl st, picot, 3 sl st* four more times across till you reach the end of this row.
Cut the yarn. Fasten off.