Free Santa Crochet Pattern (Christmas Amigurumi)

In this blog post, you will see the Free Crochet Santa Pattern (Christmas Amigurumi). This amigurumi Santa Claus is an excellent project for anyone who wants to make their own crochet Christmas decorations! Designed and made by guest crocheter Zoe Kotsia, the maker and owner of The Dotty Duck. The sweet little Santa is a great project you can make for yourself and the kids or a gift for Christmas time.

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Santa Crochet Pattern

Free Santa Crochet Pattern (Christmas Amigurumi)

Make a cute little Santa that the kids will love with this free crochet pattern for the holiday season.

Prep Time 30 minutes Active Time 8 hours Additional Time 30 minutes Total Time 9 hours Difficulty Advanced Beginner Estimated Cost $15

Materials

Yarn:
Alize Cotton Gold in red, black, white, skin tone
(This yarn is Cotton 55% / Acrylic 45% blend.)
Yarn weight - Superfine 01.
Full skeins are not needed for the Santa, as scraps of yarn will do - but you will need approx 50g of red.
Gold embroidery thread
Toy stuffing/polyfil

Tools

Crochet hook size - 2.5mm (US C/2)
(or size suitable for your own yarn choice)
Scissors
Darning needle
Pins

Instructions

Beard

ch 28, 1 hdc in the second chain from hook, 2hdc, ch 1, turn,
27 hdc, ch 1, turn,
27 hdc, ch 2, turn,
4 dc, 2 hdc, 15 sc, 2 hdc, 4 dc
Cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing f/o.

Head

(In skin tone coloured yarn)

6 sc in mc (6)
inc in every st (12)
*1 sc, inc* rep (18)
*2 sc, inc* rep (24)
*3 sc, inc* rep (30)
*4 sc, inc* rep (36)
*5 sc, inc* rep (42)
Rounds 8 -15 - sc all sts (42)
Round 16 - *5 sc, dec* rep (36)
Round 17 - *4 sc, dec* rep (30)
Round 18 - *3 sc, dec* rep (24)
Round 19 - *2 sc, dec* rep (18)
Stuff the head cut a length of yarn and f/o.

Hat

(Red + white yarn)

Start working in red yarn, 6 sc in mc (6)
sc in every st (6)
inc in every st (12)
sc in every st (12)
sc in every st (12)
*1 sc, inc* rep (18)
sc in every st (18)
sc in every st (18)
sc in every st (18)
*2 sc, inc* rep (24)
sc in every st (24)
sc in every st (24)
*2 sc, into next st, 3 times, 9 sc* rep twice (30)
*2 sc into next st, 3 times, 12 sc* rep twice (36)
sc into every st (36)
*2 sc into next st, 3 times, 15 sc* rep twice (42)
sc into every st (42)
*2 sc into next st, 3 times, 18 sc* rep twice (48)
Change to white yarn
Rounds 19-22 - sc every st (48)
f/o leaving a long tail for sewing.

Crochet Pom Pom For Hat

6 sc in mc (6)
*inc in every st (12)
sc in every st (12)
sc in every st (12)
sc in every st (12)
*1 sc, dec* rep to end of the round.
dec to end of the round.
f/o leaving a long tail for sewing.

Legs And Body

(In black and red yarn)

Make 2
Start working in black yarn, 6 sc in mc (6)
* 1 sc, inc* rep (9)
sc every st (9)
sc every st (9)
change to red yarn - sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9)
sc into every st (9) f/o - don't fasten off on the second leg, stuff legs and continue stuffing as you work.
ch 6, join first leg, 12 sc on the second leg, 1 sc in each of the sts between the legs (36)
Rounds 13-24 - sc in every st (36)
Round 25 - *3 sc, dec* rep (24)
Rounds 26-27 - sc in every st (24)
Round 28 - * 2 sc, dec* rep (18)
Rounds 29-32 - sc in every st (18)
f/o leaving a long tail for sewing.

Arms

(In skin tone and red yarn)

Start working in skin tone colored yarn, 6 sc in mc (6)
*2 sc, inc* rep (8)
sc in every st (8)
sc in every st (8)
Change to red yarn.
Rounds 5-14 - sc in every st (8)
Round 15 - Flatten the arm and crochet through both thicknesses, 4 sc (4)
f/o leaving a long tail for sewing.

Making Up

Sew the head onto the body making sure to stuff the neck tightly.
Pin the beard to the head to keep it in place while sewing. With row 4 of the beard towards the top sew the sides between rows 8-12 and row 1 of the beard onto row 19 of the head, (where the head joins the body).
Stuff tightly.
Sew crochet pom pom to the top of the hat.
Fold the white part of the hat in half.
Pin it to the head to keep it in place while you sew.
Sew through both thicknesses of the hat onto the head.
Sew the front of the hat on row 6, the back of the hat on row 15, and the sides overlapping the first row of the beard.
Sew the arms onto the body on round 32.
Embroider the eyes between rows 9-10 leaving 5 sts between them.
Embroider nose between rows 11-12 over 2 sts.