Free Crochet Pattern for a Snowman Lovey – Day 3 of the Advent Calendar MCAL 2025
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Snag this free crochet pattern for a snowman lovey and whip up a winter-ready snuggle buddy. Easy stitches, quick finish, and plenty of cozy charm for gifting or keeping.
Another year, another amazing Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along. This year, we’re celebrating every day until December 24th with 8 stitch tutorials, 8 new free patterns, and 8 giveaway days with prizes galore.
For the first pattern for this special event, after learning the Crochet Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch yesterday, we have a very special free crochet pattern for a snowman lovey that is just adorable.
This snowman lovey is the perfect combination of cute and functional. The soft, snuggly blanket portion is ideal for little hands, while the sweet snowman face adds a festive touch.
The Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch adds a decorative touch to the border of the blanket that really adds a dash of winter magic. This lovey blanket is an ideal gift for baby’s first Christmas or any new December babies.
So let’s get started!
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As you may know, this collection also includes 2 other crochet patterns featuring the Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch. The Zipper Pouch and Basket patterns are currently only available in the ebook “Last Minute Crochet Gifts Made Easy Vol 4”.
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Get the PDF of the Crochet Snowman Lovey Pattern
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So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this fun project.
Free Crochet Pattern for a Snowman Lovey
Materials you will need
- Caron Simply Soft Yarn (315yd/170g, worsted weight yarn)
- Black (1 skein)
- Dark Country Blue (1 skein)
- Harvest Red (1 skein)
- White (1 skein)
- Tiny bit of orange
- 5mm crochet hook – WeCrochet Dots Hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry yarn Needle
- Polyfil
- Googly Eyes (or safety eyes)
- Hot glue for eyes
Gauge
4 sts x 2 rounds = 1 square inch
Size
4.5 x 8 inches
Stitches used in the pattern
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE (US crochet terms and abbreviations)
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch (I use the invisible sl st – learn it here)
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch
- ATC = Alternative Turning Chain, stacked sc st in the height of a dc st
- hdc = half double crochet
- Flo = front loop only
- Inv sc dec = sc decrease over 2 flo, finished as 1 sc (tutorial here)
Video Tutorial of the Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch
Before you start crocheting the Snowman Lovey, you’ll need to know how to crochet the Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch.
Find the Video, Photo, and Written Tutorial for Crochet Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch Here
Free Crochet Pattern for a Snowman Lovey
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Instructions for the Crochet Snowman Lovey
Granny Square Tutorial is here if you need it.
Lovey
ALL first dc sts are ATC
R1: Magic ring, add (3 dc, Ch 2) 4 times, sl st, close the ring.
R2: (3 dc into ch-2 space, ch-1, [3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc] in each corner) 4 times, sl st
R3: in each ch-1 space crochet 3 dc and ch 1, in each corner crochet [3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc] in each corner, finish each round with sl st
Repeat R3 until R11 (with 44 sts across)
Fasten off white, start blue
R12: join in corner with 1 sc,** *1 sc in 3 sts, Extreme Drop Leaf Stitch, ch 1+2, repeat from * until the corner, 3 sc into the corner, repeat from ** 3 more times, finish with first corner and 2 sc sts, sl st
R13: 1 hdc per st, 3 hdc per corner, fasten off and weave in ends
Nose (orange)
R1: Magic Ring, add 4 sc sts, close the ring, continuous rounds
R2-5: 1 sc per st, fasten off
2 Arms
Start with blue for the mittens
R1: Magic Ring, add 6 sc sts, close the ring, continuous rounds
R2: 2 sc per st
R3-7: 1 sc per st
R8: in flo, 1 sc per st, fasten off
Free Crochet Pattern for a Snowman Lovey continued:
R9: in white, in blo of R7, 1 sc per st
R10-19: 1 sc per st
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing
Stuff mildly
For Thumb:
Reattach blue yarn halfway on the mittens, crochet an ATC (height of a dc or tr), fasten off, weave in ends
Scarf (red)
Ch 4, start from the 2nd ch from the hook
R1-60: 1 sc per st, turn
Fasten off
Top Hat (black)
R1: Magic Ring, add 6 sc sts, close the ring, continuous rounds
R2: 2 sc per st
R3: (1 sc, 2 sc) 6 times
R4: (1 sc in 2 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R5: in blo, 1 sc per st
R6-8: 1 sc per st
R9: (1 sc in 3 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R10: (1 sc in 4 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R11: (1 sc in 5 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
Free Crochet Pattern for a Snowman Lovey continued:
Head (white)
R1: Magic Ring, add 6 sc sts, close the ring, continuous rounds
R2: 2 sc per st
R3: (1 sc, 2 sc) 6 times
R4: (1 sc in 2 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R5: (1 sc in 3 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R6: (1 sc in 4 sts, 2 sc) 6 times
R7-14: 1 sc per st
R15: (1 sc in 4 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 6 times
R16: (1 sc in 3 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 6 times
R17: (1 sc in 2 sts, 1 inv sc dec) 6 times
R18: (1 sc, 1 inv sc dec) 6 times
Stuff with polyfill
R19: inv sc dec all around,
Fasten off
Assembly
Sew arms below the head, then the head-arms set to the center of the lovey.
Sew the hat to the head. Sew on the nose. Add 5 black French knots (or glue on beads, felt, etc) for the mouth. Glue on the eyes
Wrap the scarf and sew it on.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
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