Criss Cross Fair Isle Crochet Decoration Pattern

I love creating quick and easy crochet decor for Christmas and so am delighted to share my new collection of crochet bauble patterns with you! Introducing the criss cross Fair Isle crochet decoration pattern! This traditional bauble is a great way to build on your Fair Isle crochet skills. It might seem a little tricky but once you have the colour changes you’ll have it made and decorating your tree in no time at all.

In this post you’ll find everything you need to know how to make this crochet decoration pattern step by step, including materials, stitches, a detailed video tutorial and free written pattern for blog subscribers.

Fair Isle Crochet Pattern Overview

Video Tutorial for the Fair Isle Crochet Bauble Technique

I love to make decorations for the home, especially Christmas ones and so when I sat down to design the entire crochet bauble collection I played around with some traditional festive patterns as well as some fun and quirky ones.

More about Fair Isle Crochet Baubles

I designed 7 Fair Isle crochet bauble patterns in all (along with 7 tapestry and 7 mosaic ones) and love all of them!

Fair Isle crochet is such a great technique that uses beginner stitches in a really fun and unique way to create a knit look fabric.

The only stitch you’ll need to know for the Fair Isle section of the baubles is a split single crochet stitch (ssc). It’s worked like a regular single crochet but ‘splits’ through the centre V of the stitch rather into the main body of the stitch as it’s usually done.

Here are the other baubles in the collection to show you how versatile the technique can be!

Scroll down to find a free version of the pattern to view, or purchase an ad-free, printable PDF Ebook of all 21 bauble patterns with charts and written colour block changes in the collection.

It’s a category 4, worsted weight yarn which is what gives your bauble its durability. Find out more about yarn weights and categories.

For the whole collection of baubles I used the following colours:

3 balls of Ivory

1 ball each of Nutmeg, Canyon, Raisin, Satellite, Dijon, Caper, Stonewash and Thunder

See my other worsted weight crochet patterns – you might find your next project there too!

Sizing

My baubles cover an 8cm/3.15″ plastic bauble with slight negative ease.

Are you looking for more crochet bauble patterns? Check out the entire festive bauble collection and choose your next one to make.

Glossary and Abbreviations

• ch(s) – chain(s) (chain stitch tutorial)
• sp – space
• ss – slip stitch (how to crochet a slip stitch)
• RS – right side
• WS – wrong side
• sk – skip
• rep – repeat
• yoh – yarn over hook
• blo – back loop only
• flo – front loop only
• rem – remaining
• tog – together

Crochet Stitches

The pattern is written in standard US terms and uses the following crochet stitches:

sc – single crochet (how to single crochet stitch)

ssc – split single crochet (split single crochet tutorial)

exsc – extended single crochet

Special Stitches

The baubles use basic stitches but worked in perhaps a new way. It’s great fun and not much of a change to create something really different!

Split single crochet

Insert hook into the centre (between the ‘legs’) of stitch. Yarn over and pull through a loop. Yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook

Extended split single crochet

Insert hook into the centre (between the ‘legs’) of stitch. Yarn over and pull through a loop. Yarn over and pull through one loop on the hook. Yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook.

Extended split single crochet 2 together

Insert hook into the centre (between the ‘legs’) of stitch. Yarn over and pull through a loop. Yarn over and pull through one loop on the hook. Insert hook into the centre (between the ‘legs’) of next stitch. Yarn over and pull through a loop. Yarn over and pull through one loop on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all loops on the hook.

If you are going to stuff your baubles then you don’t need to worry about tension at all and they can be as big or small as you like 🙂

• The Fair Isle baubles are worked in continuous rounds with increases until Round 7, a set amount of 42 sts until Round 22 and then decreases until Round 27 to complete.
• Always change yarn on the the last ‘yarn over and pull through’ when you need to change colour.
• All stitches are worked as split stitches in the Fair Isle baubles.
• Carrying your colours across the back of the work is a great idea! These are known as ‘floats’. Make sure to catch your floats regularly in long sections that don’t use that colour to avoid them pulling too tight.
• The pattern is written in standard US crochet terms.

Criss Cross Crochet Bauble Pattern

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US Terminology

Round 17: (B) x 42

Round 18: *(B) x 2, (A) x 1, (B) x 3, (A) x 1; rep from * around

Round 19: (B) x 3, (A) x 1, (B) x 1, (A) x 1, *(B) x 4, (A) x 1, (B) x 1, (A) x 1; rep from * around

Round 20: *(A) x 2, (B) x 2, (A) x 1, (B) x 2; rep from * around

Round 21: (B) x 3, (A) x 1, (B) x 1, (A) x 1, *(B) x 4, (A) x 1, (B) x 1, (A) x 1; rep from * around

Round 22: *(B) x 2, (A) x 1, (B) x 3, (A) x 1; rep from * around

TOP

Work all stitches as split Exsc in this section using A.

Before making the Top, weave in ends and insert the bauble into the cover. Work the remaining rounds with the bauble in place. If your bauble has a removable cap then taking it off at this point could be helpful.

Round 23: * split Exsc in next 5 sts, Exsc2tog over next 2 sts; rep from * around [36].

Round 24: * split Exsc in next 4 sts, split Exsc2tog over next 2 sts; rep from * around [30].

Round 25: * split Exsc in next 3 sts, split Exsc2tog over next 2 sts; rep from * around [24].

Round 26: * split Exsc in next 2 sts, split Exsc2tog over next 2 sts; rep from * around [18].

Round 27: * split Exsc in next st, split Exsc2tog over next 2 sts; rep from * around [12].

TO FINISH

Weave in ends and add a ribbon to hang if desired.

Congratulations on crocheting your very own fair isle crochet bauble! 🌟 Now that you’ve crafted this fun project, why stop here? Dive into my other fun Christmas Crochet Patterns each waiting to be transformed into your next crochet masterpiece.

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