{"title":"How to Crochet a Candy Cane Ornament","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-a-candy-cane-ornament","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"Ally Newbry","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqdtsnEz3GNpu5vdxSGfjw","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M5kOUdsjvM"},"tldr":"Make a crochet candy cane ornament from two spirals and a wire. Yarn and hook swaps, sizing, hanging, gift ideas and fixes for common snags.","quickAnswer":"Make a crochet candy cane ornament from two spirals and a wire. An easy project. You need 10 things, including cotton worsted yarn, 4.5 mm crochet hook and small scissors. The 10 steps start with make a Slip Knot in the Red Candy Cane Yarn, chain 24 for the Red Candy Cane Spiral, work Two Single Crochets in the Second Chain of the Candy Cane and finish the Red Candy Cane Spiral and Fasten Off.","totalDurationSeconds":729,"videoDurationSeconds":729,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":null,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":null,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":null},"tools":["4.5 mm crochet hook","small scissors","wire cutters","stitch marker (optional)"],"materials":["worsted weight (4) acrylic yarn in red","worsted weight (4) acrylic yarn in white","cotton worsted yarn (substitute)","18 to 20 gauge craft wire","tacky glue or a hot glue gun","thin gold cord for a hanging loop (optional)"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Make a Slip Knot in the Red Candy Cane Yarn","text":"Pick a color to start with. Ally starts with red, but both spirals use the same pattern, so it does not matter. Pull out some yarn so you have slack to work with. Make a loop, twist it, and pull a bit of the working yarn through to form a slip knot. Put it on your 4.5 mm hook and snug it up, not too tight."},{"number":2,"title":"Chain 24 for the Red Candy Cane Spiral","text":"Yarn over and pull through the loop on your hook. That is one chain. Keep going until you have 24 chains. This count makes a mini candy cane, but the pattern has no set number. Chain more for a longer cane or fewer for a tiny one. Write your number down so the white spiral matches."},{"number":3,"title":"Work Two Single Crochets in the Second Chain of the Candy Cane","text":"Skip the chain closest to the hook. Insert your hook into the second chain from the hook. Yarn over, pull through, then yarn over and pull through both loops. That is one single crochet. Go back into that same chain and make a second one. Two stitches in one chain is an increase, and it is the whole pattern from here on."},{"number":4,"title":"Finish the Red Candy Cane Spiral and Fasten Off","text":"Put two single crochets in every chain all the way down. The strip will start to twist into a curl, and that is what you want. Keep your tension even. When you reach the last chain, work your two stitches, then fasten off, leaving a tail of about 4 inches for tying at the bottom. Pull the tail through the loop on your hook. You now have a curly red spiral."},{"number":5,"title":"Crochet the White Candy Cane Spiral the Same Way","text":"Make a slip knot in the white yarn and chain the same number you did for the red. Ally chains 24 again. Skip the first chain, then work two single crochets into every chain to the end. You will see it start to curl after a few stitches. Fasten off with a short tail. Both spirals should be close to the same length."},{"number":6,"title":"Glue the Red and White Candy Cane Spirals Together","text":"Find the starting ends of both spirals, the ends without the loose tails. Lay one on top of the other. Dab a small amount of tacky glue onto the white end and press the red end on top. This holds the two spirals together while you twist them around the wire. Hot glue works too and sets much faster."},{"number":7,"title":"Thread the Wire Through the Top of the Candy Cane","text":"Take a piece of craft wire a bit longer than your spirals. Ally's wire was very thin, so she folded it over twice to make it stiffer. Push the wire through the glued ends at the top so the yarn is anchored to it. A single strand of thicker wire is easier and needs no folding."},{"number":8,"title":"Twist the Spirals Around the Wire to Make Candy Cane Stripes","text":"Spread a little glue along a short section of the wire. Wrap the red and white spirals around the wire together, so the colors sit side by side like stripes. Give them a gentle twist to tighten the coils so they look even. Work down the wire one small section at a time, gluing and twisting as you go."},{"number":9,"title":"Tie Off the Yarn Tails at the Bottom of the Candy Cane","text":"When you reach the end of the wire, tie the yarn tails around it to hold the stripes in place. Add a dab of glue over the knot. Tacky glue needs time to dry, so let it sit before you shape the cane. Once it is dry, trim the extra yarn and snip the extra wire with wire cutters. Tuck or glue any loose ends to the wire."},{"number":10,"title":"Bend the Top Into a Candy Cane Hook","text":"Hold the straight stick in one hand and bend the top over with the other to form the crook. Because there is wire inside, the shape stays where you put it. Make the curve as round or as tight as you like. Lay it down, check that it looks like a candy cane, and adjust. Your mini crochet candy cane is ready to hang."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-26T18:08:06.700Z","published":"2026-10-26T18:07:49.114Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}