Elf Fridge Magnet Crochet Pattern

Need a holiday helper? Make this adorable elf fridge magnet for your fridge or magnet board. They’ll happily hang on to your notes and pictures for you. They’re great for stuffing stockings and decorating gifts too!

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2021 Fridgies CAL

This elf fridge magnet is the November pattern in the 2021 Fridiges CAL! Crochet along through 12 magnet patterns. At the end of the year, you’ll have an adorable set of fridgies for yourself or for a gift! You may want to make 2 sets, so you don’t have to decide.

Enter the Giveaway

There have been several giveaways throughout the Fridgies CAL. We’re now on our 4th and final giveaway. You could win this amazing Mosaic Wood Crochet Hook Set provided by WeCrochet!

Find all the giveaway details and learn more about the Fridgies Crochet Along here! You can also read my review of these lovely hooks here.

Lion Brand DIY Yarn

Lion Brand provided all the yarn for this crochet along. Their DIY yarn comes in small balls, which is just perfect for the small amounts needed for each magnet. The elf fridge magnet is mostly camel (brown), with some red and white for the hat, and a bit of hot pink and black for embroidery.

Xyron Glue Gun

The easiest way to attach your magnet to your crochet is with hot glue. For my magnets, I’m using this mini hot glue gun that Xyron gave me to try out.

I used it on this spider fridge magnet and on the previous magnets as well. I’ve been very happy with it. It heats up quickly and produced a nice steady bead of glue. Watch it in action in the tutorial video below!

Elf Fridge Magnet

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Materials

• Yarn: Lion Brand DIY Yarn (100% acrylic, worsted weight, 65 yds / 30g per ball)
  • 30 yds camel (brown)
  • 15 yds red
  • 5 yds white
  • 1/2 yd each black and hot pink, or black and pink embroidery floss
• Hook: Size H / 5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge.
• Notions:
  • Yarn Needle
  • Strong, flat magnet that will fit inside the spider (sample shown is 1 inch diameter)
  • Xyron hot glue gun and glue stick
  • Stitch marker (optional)
  • 1/4 – 1/2 inch pom pom (store bought, or made with the white yarn)

Project Level

Easy: Worked in the round, increases, picots, some embroidery.

Size

About 2.5 inches in diameter, not counting ears and hat.

Gauge

12 sc x 13 rounds = 4 inches

Use pattern as gauge swatch – After rnd 4, back circle should measure about 2.25 inches in diameter not counting ears. Exact gauge is not critical. Your fabric should be tight enough that the magnet won’t show through.

Abbreviations used

(Pattern is written in US terms)
ch = chain
inc = increase (see Special Stitches)
RS = right side
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)
WS = wrong side

Recommended Resources

• Crocheting Without Slip Knots
• Almost Invisible Single Crochet Increase
• Picots 2 Ways
• 3 Ways to Weave in Ends
• Invisible Join for Crocheting in the Round
• How to make a pom pom

Special Stitches

Increase (inc): Sc in back loop only of indicated st, then sc in both loops of same st. This counts as two stitches in the end of round stitch counts.

See this tutorial for a more detailed look.

Picot: Ch 3, then sl st in the last stitch you made before the chains.

See this tutorial for a more detailed look.

Instructions

Join rounds where indicated with a slip stitch in the first stitch of the round. Slip stitches are not included in stitch counts unless otherwise specified. Mark first stitch of rounds if desired. Do not turn your work unless indicated.

Back

Back Circle

With brown, ch 2.

Rnd 1 (RS): 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join. (6 sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, inc in each st around, join. (12 sts)

Rnd 3: Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next st, (inc in next st, sc in next st) around, join. (18 sts)

Rnd 4 (ears): Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, picot, (inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) twice, inc in next st, picot, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in last 2 sts, join. (24 sc, 2 picot ears)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Work should now measure about 2.25 inches in diameter, not counting the picot ears.

Magnet

Using hot glue gun, glue magnet to center of back circle, on the WS of work.

Set back piece aside.

Front

Front Circle

Rnds 1-3: Repeat rnds 1-3 of back circle.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, inc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, (inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) around, join. (24 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a 24 inch tail for sewing. Weave in starting end.

Face

Using the picture as a guide, embroider black eyes, red mouth, pink cheeks, and brown nose.

I didn’t actually decide to add the nose until the end, so several of the following pictures have the nose missing.

Weave in all ends except for the long tail for sewing.

Hat

Row 1 (WS): With red, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook. (1 st)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in first st. (1 st)

Row 3: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st. (2 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st, sc in last st. (3 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in first 2 sts, inc in last st. (4 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st, sc in last 3 sts. (5 sts).

Row 7: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. (5 sts)

Row 8: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st, sc in next 3 sts, inc in last st. (7 sts)

Edging Rnd: Do not turn. Working in sides of rows, ch 1, work 6 sc evenly spaced to point of hat (bottom of row 1), ch 3, work 8 sc evenly spaced to bottom of hat (beginning of row 8), join with sl st to first st of row 8 and change to white.

Hat trim: Do not turn, with white, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2) in each st across to last st, sl st in last st.

Fasten off, leaving a 12 inch white tail for sewing later.

Sew or glue pompom onto the top point of the hat.

Weave in all ends except for the long white tail.

Place the front and back together so that wrong sides are together and the heads line up. The magnet should be hidden between them.

Use the long tail from the front to sew the front and back together, working just under the tops of the stitches along the outside edge of the front and back circles. Be careful not to sew over the ears. Weave in the end.

Attach Hat

Use the long tail from the hat to sew the hat into place. At the corners, curve the edge of the hat slightly over the edge of the face so that the hat covers the edge.

Weave in any remaining ends.

Elf Fridge Magnet Video Tutorial

Watch This Video on YouTube

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I hope you enjoyed this elf fridge magnet pattern. Big thanks to Karen Navoy for testing it!

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