This Christmas, adorn your gifts, garland, and Christmas tree with these beautiful Christmas Star Crochet Ornaments!
They’re perfect for using up any scrap yarn you have lying around and they add that extra special touch to make your holiday decor unique.
This crochet pattern can be done in 1 hour, you can actually make quite a few of these quick crochet stars in just 60 minutes.
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Pattern overview
How to crochet the Crochet Star
The Christmas Star Crochet Ornament is an easy pattern worked seamlessly in the round. You start by creating a foundation chain and joining it with a slip stitch to form a loop.
Next, you crochet single crochet stitches around the loop to form the base. The star shape is created by chaining and securing with single crochet stitches in the previous round.
To form the star’s points, you work double crochet stitches around the chain loops, followed by a series of single crochet and chain stitches to add detail. Finally, you fasten off and weave in the ends to finish the ornament.
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About the Crochet Star
Looking for a quick and easy crochet project for the holiday season? These Christmas Star Crochet Ornaments are perfect!
Made with scrap yarn and basic crochet stitches, you can whip up a bunch of these cuties in just an hour.
Hang them on your tree, or give them away as gifts!
Project level: Easy
Materials
Crochet Hook Size
Use any crochet hook size that works with your yarn.
For this tutorial I used 4.5 mm (US: 7 UK: 7).
Yarn
Use any yarn you like for this pattern.
For this one I used Lion Brand – Kitchen Cotton.
1 color of yarn
Crochet Pattern Notes
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- All measurements given are unblocked.
- Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
- Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
- Make a swatch that measure at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
- Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
- This pattern is written for 1 size.
Sizes and Measurements
Not important for this pattern.
Note that you can adjust the size by changing your hook size & yarn thickness.
Abbreviations
- ch = chain
- dc = double crochet
- sc = single crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch(es)
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
Instructions for the Crochet Star
Round 1: Ch 5 st, sl st in 1st st.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc 15 st around ch from last round, sl st in 1st ch.
Round 3: *Ch 6 st, sc 1 in 3rd sc from last round* repeat 5 times, sl st in 1st ch.
Round 4: Ch 3 st, *dc 4 around ch loop, ch 2, dc 4 around ch loop*, repeat 5 times, sl st in 3rd ch.
Round 5: Ch 1, *sc 1 in 2nd dc from last round, ch 2, sc 1 in 4th dc from last round, sc 1 around ch loop from last round, ch 3 st & sl st in 1st of the 3 ch, sc around ch loop, sc 1 in 5th dc from last round, ch 2, sc 1 in 7th dc from last round, sc 1 in sc from round 3* repeat 5 times. Sl st in 1st ch.
Fasten off & cut yarn.
