A crocheted spider is the rare Halloween decoration that manages to be cute and creepy at the same time — and a lacy white web behind it turns a shelf into a scene. This roundup gathers 18 free crochet spider and spider web patterns, every one free on the designer's own site, split into amigurumi spiders, web doilies and wall hangings, web garlands and table decor, and quick spiders you can finish in an evening: coasters, appliqués, even a spider beanie. Most take a single skein of black or white yarn, so you can raid the stash and start tonight.
I've noted the yarn weight, rough finished size, and skill level for each so you can match projects to your hook bag. Several include full video tutorials, and the webs are mostly chains and double crochet — genuinely beginner territory.
Amigurumi spiders: cute & creepy
Plush, poseable spiders that read more "friendly shelf companion" than "exterminator required."
Free Crochet Spider Pattern — Cuddly Stitches Craft. A sport-weight, low-sew amigurumi about 6 by 7.5 inches, beginner level. The body works up from a magic ring, eight legs are worked separately, and a fuzzy eyelash-yarn neck detail gives it personality. Step-by-step video tutorials included.
Jelly Bean Spider — Darling Maple Designs. A quick no-sew spider in light super-bulky yarn, beginner-friendly. The clever bit: all eight legs are worked directly into the body as front-loop chains, so there's nothing to attach at the end. Full written pattern plus video tutorial.
Free Crochet Spider Pattern — The Caffeinated Snail. A simple worsted-weight plush spider about 6 inches long, worked in single crochet rounds — and the designer notes it scales three to five times larger in chunky yarn for a dramatic porch spider. On-page video included.
Black Crochet Spider Keychain — Amigurumi Day. A ten-row magic-ring body in super-bulky blanket yarn with safety eyes and thin chain legs (optionally wire-reinforced for posing). A fast, giftable bag charm.
Spider web doilies & wall hangings
Round lacy webs — the backdrop that makes the whole display.
Spider Web Doily (Star Book No. 71) — Free Vintage Crochet. A genuine vintage 33-round thread doily in size 30 or 50 cotton, roughly 9 to 13 inches depending on thread. Shell stitches, lace loops, and a picot edge — the heirloom take on the spider web, and an intermediate lace project.
Crochet Spider Web — One Little Project. A beginner web about 15 inches stretched, in worsted or DK. Treble-crochet spokes radiate from a magic circle with chain spaces between, and radial strands are added at the end. Video included.
Crochet Spider Web Pattern — Nana's Crafty Home. A 15-inch beginner web built entirely from chains and double crochet, adding two chains per round, then wet-blocked into shape. YouTube video walkthrough included.
How to Crochet a Spider Web — Craft Fix. A small 5-inch web in sport or DK worked in expanding chain rounds, then stiffened and pinned into that classic taut-web look. Includes a ten-minute timestamped video tutorial.
Quick Chunky Crochet Spider Web — Annie Design Crochet. The fastest web here: four rounds of super-bulky yarn make a 9-inch, eight-spoke web with picot embellishments. Perfect when Halloween is days away.
Web garlands, bunting & table decor
Webs that string across a mantel or set the party table.
Easy Crochet Spiderweb Bunting — Delia Creates. Half-web motifs about 3 by 6.5 inches worked in arched chain-space rows, joined with single crochet — ten webs make roughly 5.5 feet of garland. Beginner-friendly, with a video.
Crochet Spider Web Garland — Magic Owl Studios. Semi-circular double-crochet web motifs joined with chains into a garland about 76 inches long with seven webs — and the length is fully customizable.
Spiderwebs Table Runner — Divine Debris. Individual 8-inch web motifs in size 10 crochet thread, worked in the round and joined with chain spaces into a runner as long as your table demands. Advanced-beginner, wet-blocked for crisp points.
Quick spiders: coasters, appliqués & a beanie
One-evening makes that spider-up mugs, hats, bags, and blankets.
Spider Coaster — Nea Creates. A one-piece worsted coaster about 8 cm across, worked in continuous rounds from a magic ring, with curled chain legs shaped by paired increases and decreases. No blocking needed.
Crochet Spider Appliqué — Nana's Crafty Home. A flat worsted appliqué in just four rounds — three single-crochet increase rounds plus a final legs round — with 3D, finger-puppet, and sizing variations. Stitch it onto hats, totes, or a plain throw.
Crochet Spiderweb Coasters — Heather Corinne. A triangular single-crochet base about 4.5 inches tall with the web slip-stitch-embroidered on top. Beginner level, with a YouTube video tutorial.
Spiderweb Halloween Coasters — Raffamusa Designs. A solid DK hexagon, 3.5 inches corner to corner, with a surface-crochet web and rayed border. Advanced-beginner, video included — a great intro to surface crochet.
Crochet Spider Coaster — The Caffeinated Snail. A flat 5-inch cotton spider — an oval body worked around a foundation chain with eight legs in two sets of four. Distinct from their plush spider above, and quicker.
Halloween Crochet Spider Beanie — Krazy Kabbage. A continuous-spiral two-color worsted beanie sized baby through large adult, with an attached crochet spider crawling up the side. Advanced-beginner, no fiddly color changes, and the spider component has its own video.
Tips for crocheting spiders & webs
- Block your webs. Chains-and-doubles webs look like limp string until they're wet-blocked and pinned taut — that's when the classic web geometry appears. Use blocking mats and rustproof pins.
- Stiffen webs that hang. For wall or window webs, a pass of fabric stiffener (or a cornstarch solution) keeps the spokes crisp and the web from sagging over the season.
- Wire the legs for posing. Threading a pipe cleaner or craft wire into chain legs lets amigurumi spiders grip a shelf edge, a web, or a pumpkin stem.
- White on dark, black on light. Webs disappear against a same-value background — hang white thread webs against dark walls and black spiders on light webs for maximum contrast.
- Dry-fit safety eyes before committing. As with all amigurumi, check eye placement from a step back before pushing the backs on — big, wide-set eyes keep a spider cute rather than creepy.
More Halloween & fall crochet
Build the whole haunted vignette. Pair the spiders with our Halloween amigurumi and decor roundup for ghosts, bats, and candy corn, top a shelf gnome with a mini hat from the crochet witch hat patterns, and ground the scene with crochet pumpkin patterns. A parliament of crochet owls keeps the display going after Halloween — and the web doilies here are cousins of our year-round crochet doily patterns.
Frequently asked questions
How do you crochet a spider web?
Most crochet spider webs start with a magic ring, build spokes with tall stitches (double or treble crochet), and add expanding chain-space rounds between them. The web takes shape at the end, when you wet-block it and pin the points taut. It's mostly chains and basic stitches — genuinely beginner-friendly.
What yarn should I use for crochet spiders and webs?
For amigurumi spiders, a smooth black worsted or super-bulky yarn hides stuffing and works up fast. For webs, white or grey works best — worsted for chunky decor webs, size 10 crochet thread for delicate doily-style webs. Cotton holds blocking and stiffener better than acrylic for webs that need to keep their shape.
How do you make a crochet spider web stiff?
Wet-block it first, pinning every spoke point taut on a blocking mat. For webs that hang vertically, follow up with fabric stiffener spray or a cornstarch or sugar-water solution, and let it dry fully while pinned. Chunky acrylic webs often hold shape from blocking alone.
Are these spider patterns beginner friendly?
Most are. The Jelly Bean Spider, the Caffeinated Snail plush, and every web except the vintage thread doily use basic stitches, and several have video tutorials. The vintage Spider Web Doily and the thread table runner are the two projects that reward some lace experience.
Grab a skein of black and a skein of white and start with a quick web coaster or the Jelly Bean Spider tonight. When the cobwebs are up, our Halloween patterns roundup and crochet witch hat patterns will finish the haunt.
