Spiral Crochet Ornament Kit with Yarn and Hook, 8 Designs or Set of 8

A DIY crochet kit for making a hanging spiral ornament: a crocheted character on top, with a long crochet band that winds down around a beaded cord beneath it. The yarn, the crochet hook, the yarn needle, the stuffing and the trims all come in the kit, so you can sit down and start. When you are done, you have an ornament you made yourself.

No hunting for matching yarn. No trip to the craft store for beads. No guessing which colors go where.

A character on top, a spiral that turns below

Most ornaments are a ball, a star or a flat shape on a loop, and they disappear among everything else on the tree. This one is long and narrow, with a soft crocheted character at the top and, on most designs, a flat crochet band that coils down underneath it like a ribbon, so it reads clearly from across the room.

The band winds loosely around a cord strung with small beads. The details sit on the band itself: beads, little charms, a stripe of icing on the gingerbread, snowflakes on the penguin. Every stitch shows in the finished piece, which gives it a warm, soft texture that glass and plastic do not have.

Eight designs, or one of each

Snowman wears a black top hat with a sprig of holly and a striped red scarf, and ends in two white pom-poms. Santa has a curly white beard under his red hat, with a twisted red, white and black spiral that finishes in a small bell. Christmas Tree is the odd one out: a green spiral cone with ruffled edges dotted with white bobbles, under a gold star.

Penguin, in earmuffs and a pale blue collar, and Reindeer, with antlers and a red scarf, carry on the winter theme. Gingerbread is trimmed in white icing and peppermint candies. Ghost and Pumpkin swap the Christmas colors for Halloween ones, so the same project fills a window in autumn. The Set of 8 is all eight kits, one of each, which is enough for a whole run of ornaments along a garland.

A quiet project now, an ornament every year after

Some evenings call for something to do with your hands that is not a screen. A few colors of yarn, a cup of tea and a spiral that grows a little longer every time you pick it up is about as calm as the season gets, and you can put it down mid-row and come back to it the next night.

When it is done, hang it from a branch of the tree, a window latch, a hook in the hallway or the end of a curtain rod. Each year when the decorations come out of the box, there is one you crocheted yourself.

Specifications

Type: DIY crochet kit for a hanging spiral ornament

Designs: Snowman, Santa, Christmas Tree, Penguin, Reindeer, Ghost, Pumpkin, Gingerbread, or a Set of 8 with one of each

Technique: Crochet

Material: Yarn, with beads and small charms

Display: The finished ornament hangs from its cord, on a tree, hook, window or rod

Use: Indoor decoration

Package Includes

Each design kit:

1x Set of Yarn in the colors of the design you choose

1x Crochet Hook

1x Yarn Needle

1x Bag of Stuffing

1x Set of Beads and Trims for the design

1x Hanging Cord

Set of 8:

8x Design Kits, one of each design, each with the items above