A fluffy, bumpy, shimmering little crochet cloud for my baby mobile. That was the missing piece. This pattern of my perfect crochet cloud ornament is great for beginners+ who want to practice different kind of basic crochet stitches like single crochet, increase, decrease, slip stitch, and using the front loop only when indicated.
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Why do I call it my perfect cloud? Because for me it has the perfect shape I wanted for my baby mobile. I really like the clouds with a flat bottom and a cute face that were very trending these past few years, especially for babies room: cloud lamp, cloud cushion, cloud plush toy. But I didn’t want kawaï faces for this mobile (don’t take me wrong, I’m half Japanese, I LOOOOVE everything kawaï…). I was looking for something a bit more classy, that could fit in any baby’s room decor.
I feel the little star sequins are a beautiful addition to the cloud and make a pretty echo to the other ornaments of the mobile.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START
MATERIAL
- 3.5mm / US E-4 crochet hook
- Yarn: #3 / DK / light worsted yarn, 8ply, 80% Cotton 20% Milk Fiber, in white color
- Fiberfill
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker(s) (or a piece of thread to mark your round beginning)
- Star shaped sequins with a hole to embroider
- Yellow sewing thread (or any other color similar to your sequins’ color)
- Sewing needle
GAUGE AND SIZE
- The gauge for this pattern is : 5-round circle=5cm (2”) with a 3.5mm hook. Find out how to measure gauge for amigurumis in my tutorial here.
- When gauge is achieved, the cloud is 9 cm (3.5″) wide.
PATTERN NOTES AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
- This pattern is worked in continuous spiral rounds (i.e. without closing the rounds with a slip stitch). It may help to mark the first stitch of each round with a stitch
- If you are a beginner and need a reminder on how to make a magic ring, you can find a detailed tutorial on my blog here.
- The number before the abbreviation represents how many times to work one type of stitch into consecutive stitches from the previous round. Ex : 3inc = work one increase into each of the next 3 stitches.
- For this pattern I use an invisible decrease to minimize the gaps between these stitches so that the fiberfill doesn’t show too much. You can check this simple technique in my tutorial here, but if it’s too much hassle and you prefer to start right away you can also work with normal decrease, no big deal!
ABBREVIATIONS
This tutorial follows US crochet notations.
- sc: single crochet
- inc: increase (= work 2sc in the next stitch)
- dec: single crochet decrease (invisible) (single crochet 2 sts together)
- st: stitch
- slst: slip stitch
- (…) x 2: repeat whatever is in between the parenthesis the number of times indicated
- FLO: in front loop only
- [number]: total number of stitches of the round
- Rnd(s): round/s
- FO: fasten off
CLOUD CROCHET PATTERN
Rnd 1: work 6sc into a magic ring. [6]
Rnd 2: 6inc. [12]
Rnd 3: 10sc, 2slst. [12]
Rnd 4: 2slst, 8sc, 2inc in FLO. [14]
Rnd 5: 2inc in FLO, 3sc, 4slst, 5sc. [16]
Rnd 6: 7sc, 4inc in FLO, 5sc. [20]
Rnd 7: 20sc. [20]
Rnd 8: 8sc, 4inc, 6sc, dec. [23]
Rnd 9: dec, 19sc, 2slst. [22]
Rnd 10: 2slst, 18sc, 2sc in FLO. [22]
Rnd 11: 2sc in FLO, 5sc, 4dec, 5sc, 2inc. [20]
Rnd 12: 2inc, 6sc, 4slst, 8sc. [22]
Rnd 13: 10sc, sc in FLO, 2inc in FLO, sc in FLO, 8sc. [24]
Rnd 14: 22sc, dec. [23]
Rnd 15: dec, 6sc, 4dec, 5sc, 2slst. [18]
Rnd 16: 2slst, 4sc, 3dec, 4sc, 2sc in FLO. [15]
Start stuffing.
Rnd 17: 2sc in FLO, 3sc, 5slst, 5sc. [15]
Rnd 18: 5sc, 2sc in FLO, inc in FLO, 2sc in FLO, 5sc. [16]
Rnd 19: (sc, dec) x 5, sc. [11]
Rnd 20: 5dec, sc. [6]
Finish stuffing, fasten off and sew closed. You can embroider with star sequins if you like it, or just leave it this way.
Congratulations! You can make this cloud for any mobile with sky-related ornaments, like birds, flying elephant (yes!), sun and rainbow, hot air balloons. It really ads a touch of poetry.
