Whether you put them on a tree or make them into a garland, there is something extra sweet about tiny handmade items! We've pulled together some ornament ideas that are great for a range of knitting and crochet skill levels.

Woolly Wee Sheep

Designer: Churchmouse Yarns & Teas
Pattern: Woolly Wee Sheep on Ravelry
Yarn Recommendation: Jamieson's of Shetland Spindrift (fingering weight version)
Color Recommendations: 

🐑  104 Natural White & 109 Black/Shaela
🐑  113 Sholmit/White & 123 Oxford
🐑  126 Charcoal & 103 Sholmit

Yarn Recommendation: Kelbourne Woolens Scout (DK weight version)
Color Recommendations:

🐑  005 Black
🐑  034 Graphite Heather
🐑  040 Pewter Heather
🐑  058 Gray Heather
🐑  105 Natural

The precious Woolly Wee Sheep pattern includes instructions for both the fingering weight and DK weight options. Your new little friends can have smooth stockinette coats or curly garter fleeces. They can be a single color or multiple! Try your hand at making your own tiny flock to adorn your tree or to have around all year long!

Tiny Tree Socks

Designer: Summer Lee
Pattern: Tiny Tree Socks on Ravelry
Yarn Recommendation: The Fibre Co.'s Amble and/or Amble Minis
Color Recommendations: 

🧦  Appleby Castle
🧦  Helvellyn
🧦  White Heather

This free stocking pattern has two different heel options: the traditional heel flap and gusset and the afterthought heel! Designer Summer Lee has also included a tutorial for the afterthought heel if you've never tried it! Want to try adding a bit of colorwork or pattern to your tiny socks? There's a colorwork chart in the pattern too!

Christmas Star Ornament

Designer: Clare from Truly Crochet
Pattern: Christmas Star Ornament on Ravelry or TrulyCrochet.com
Yarn Recommendation: Malabrigo Rios
Color Recommendations: 

⭐  Sunset
⭐  Gris
⭐  Winter Lake
⭐  Valentina
⭐  Cereza

This free crochet star ornament can be made from any yarn and would look fantastic in any color! The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn, but adjust your hook size to work with the yarn you select and you'll be in business! We absolutely love the idea of crocheting a bunch of these Christmas Stars and stringing them into a garland! 

Mini Snowbuddies

Designer: Esther Braithwaite
Pattern: Mini Snowbuddies on Ravelry
Yarn Recommendation: Berroco Lanas Light and Lanas Light Mini Color Packs
Color Recommendations: 

⛄  Snow Day
⛄  Cream
⛄  Fall Forest Mini Pack
⛄  Cool Beach Mini Pack

We know you won't be able to make just one of these adorable Mini Snowbuddies! Knit in one piece either flat or in the round, we couldn't resist suggesting Lanas Light Snow Day for the bodies and Mini Color Packs for the hats and scarves! Esther has designed these sturdy dolls to be safe for little hands and fun for all makers! Want a bigger buddy? Try worsted weight or even bulky weight yarn...

Easy Granny Christmas Bauble

Designer: Carmen Heffernan
Pattern: Easy Granny Christmas Baubles on Ravelry
Yarn Recommendation: Cascade Yarns Heritage 6
Color Recommendations: 

🤶🏽  Christmas Red
🤶🏽  Moss
🤶🏽  White

As Becky from our team can attest, these baubles should come with a warning - they are addictive! Use any color combination you can imagine to create fun and festive ornaments with the traditional granny square stitch pattern. The free pattern has you create two halves and sew (or stitch) the halves around an ornament to create quick and custom décor that's finished faster than Rudolph and Santa's sleigh!

Heart Gnome Ornament 

Designer: Olena from GoldenLucyCrafts
Pattern: Heart Gnome Ornament on Ravelry or GoldenLucyCrafts.com
Yarn Recommendation: Circulo Yarns Hobby
Color Recommendations: 

🎄  Marsala
🎄  Army
🎄  Almond
🎄  Wood

Looking for a new friend - or three? Three hearts and three circles come together to create sweet little gnomes in no time at all. Add embellishments, customize your colors, add a little eyelash yarn to their beards - the options are endless! We know you won't regret adding these cute little gnomes to your décor this year! 

Holiday Frost Snowflakes

Designer: Bobbi IntVeld
Pattern: Holiday Frost Snowflakes on Ravelry or BlueSkyFibers.com
Yarn Recommendation: Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Mini Bundle
Color Recommendations: 

❄  Holiday Frost

Three snowflake designs are included with this pattern, and we promise they look more intricate and difficult than they truly are! Created with a worsted weight yarn (you could definitely use other yarns/needles and make them bigger or smaller!), these pieces each end up about 4"-5". Mix and match your favorite colors to get the look you want, and we know you'll be knitting up a blizzard in no time!