Want to invite a sweet little cat to sit inside your Christmas wreath? This fun crochet tutorial shows you how to make a cute holiday hanging ornament step by step. The round green wreath holds a tiny white kitty, three bright red berries, and two pretty stars. Hang this soft charm on your Christmas tree, bag, door, or wall to share warm, happy holiday cheer with everyone around your home.
Wreath With Hanging Stars Holiday Hanging Ornament
Making this sweet ornament is clear when you crochet it piece by piece. First, you use green yarn to stitch a round ring for the wreath. Next, you use a smaller hook to make a tiny white kitty, two stars, and three red berries. Then, you tie a black collar on the cat. Last, you glue every small part onto the wreath and add a top loop to hang it.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Why this is the difficulty:
Although the green wreath base is simple to make (20 ch and 45 dc), the small decorations add real challenge. You have to switch to a thin 2.0 mm hook to crochet tiny pieces inside a magic ring, shape sharp 5-point stars, work very tall stitches like treble crochet (tr) and double treble crochet (dtr) to form the miniature cat, and neatly glue each tiny part together.
Materials & Tools
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Yarn: Acrylic yarn in green (wreath and hanging loop), white (cat and white star), red (red star and berries), and black (cat’s collar)
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Crochet Hooks: 3.0 mm hook (for the green wreath) and 2.0 mm hook (for the tiny cat, stars, and berries)
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Tools & Supplies: Scissors and a hot glue gun (to shape the cat’s tail and attach all pieces)
Pattern Abbreviations
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ch: chain
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sc: single crochet
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hdc: half double crochet
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dc: double crochet
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tr: treble crochet
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dtr: double treble crochet
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slip (sl st): slip stitch
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Magic ring: adjustable starting yarn loop
How to Make the 3 Difficult Stitches Used
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Magic Ring (used to start the stars, tiny cat, and red berries)
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Wrap the yarn around your fingers to make a crossed loop (“X”).
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Slide your hook under the first strand, grab the working yarn, and pull up a loop.
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Chain 1 (1 ch) or Chain 3 (3 ch) and work your stitches inside that big loop, then pull the short yarn tail tight to close the center hole.
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Treble Crochet (tr) (used to shape the tiny white cat’s body)
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Wrap the yarn over your hook twice.
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Insert your hook into the magic ring, wrap yarn over, and pull up a loop (4 loops on your hook).
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Wrap yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time, repeating 3 times until 1 loop remains on your hook.
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Double Treble Crochet (dtr) (the tallest stitch, used in the center of the cat’s body)
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Wrap the yarn over your hook three times.
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Insert your hook into the magic ring, wrap yarn over, and pull up a loop (5 loops on your hook).
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Wrap yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time, repeating 4 times until only 1 loop stays on your hook.
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