Santa Claus

Author: @bosikom_za_kotom
Difficulty Level: intermediate

Amigurumi Santa Claus crochet

Free crochet tutorial for Santa Claus by @bosikom_za_kotom.

Using this pattern, you can crochet Santa Claus. For this toy, the author recommends Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Karamelka Kamteks, Pekhorka Detskaya Novinka, or any similar yarn.

Toy size from heels to top of head is about 12 cm (4.7 in).

Materials and Tools

  • Alize Cotton Gold yarn
  • 1.7 mm crochet hook
  • 4 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • dc - double crochet
  • hdc - half double crochet
  • tr - treble crochet
  • inc - increase in single crochet (2 sc in 1 stitch)
  • dec - decrease in single crochet (sc2tog)
  • dc2tog - decrease in double crochet stitches

Amigurumi Santa Claus Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

Red yarn color.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. (2 rounds). 12 sc
5. 5 sc, popcorn stitch of 4 dc (thumb), 6 sc (12)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
Stuff only the mitten part with filling, the rest of the arm does not need stuffing.
7-14. (8 rounds) 8 sc

Work 1-2 sc more to reach the center of the back side of the arm, make a sl st. Cut the yarn, leaving a short tail.

Sleeve Trim

With white yarn, make the sleeve trim on each arm.

1. Crochet 8 sc, inserting the hook into the gaps between rounds 6 and 7 (under the legs of round-6 stitches). Start from the back side of the arm.
2. 8 sc into the stitches of round 1. At the end, secure with a sl st and weave in the yarn tails.

Body

Crochet from bottom to top. Red yarn color.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9-19. (11 rounds) 48 sc
20. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
21. 42 sc
22. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
23. 36 sc
24. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)

In the next round, the arms will be crocheted in. Fold the top edges of the arms in half and crochet them together with the body fabric.

25. 6 sc + 4 sc (attach left arm) + 11 sc + 4 sc (attach right arm) + 5 sc (30)
26. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
At this point, you can start stuffing the body.
27. 24 sc
28. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
29. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
30. 6 dec (6)

Finish stuffing. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing on the head. Crochet the sleeve trim.

Head

Crochet from top to bottom. Skin-tone yarn color.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. 30 sc
7. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
8-13. (6 rounds): 36 sc
14. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
15. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
At this point, you can gradually start stuffing the head.
16. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
17. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18. 6 dec (6)

Finish stuffing and close the opening with a needle.

Nose

Skin-tone yarn color.

Ch 3.
1. 1 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, turn in a spiral and on the other side of the chain make inc (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. 6 dec, sl st

Stuff the nose. Leave a yarn tail for sewing to the head.

Boots (2 pieces)

Brown yarn color.

Ch 6. The first 2 rounds are crocheted in an oval spiral without turning chains. Starting in the second chain from the hook:
1. 4 sc, 3 sc in the last chain stitch, turn in a spiral and continue on the other side of the chain with 3 sc, inc (12 stitches)
2. inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
3-4. (2 rounds) 18 sc
If needed, align the marker to the center of the back side of the piece.
5. 6 sc, 3 dc2tog, 6 sc (15)
6. 4 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc (12)
7-8. (2 rounds) 12 sc

Finish with a sl st. Leave a yarn tail for sewing to the body. Stuff the boots.

Beard

White yarn color. Crochet from bottom to top.

Ch 2. Crochet 17 turning rows (with a turning chain at the start of each row) in single crochet, making an increase in the last stitch of each row. In row 17, you should have 19 stitches.
Then crochet the final row 18:
3 ch, 4 tr, 2 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 3 sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc, 4 tr (19)

Fasten off, leave a yarn tail for sewing to the head. Hide the starting yarn tail.

Hat

White yarn color. Leave a longer starting yarn tail so you can use it later to sew the hat to the head.

Ch 42.
1. Make 1 sc in the first chain stitch, close it into a ring, and crochet 41 more sc (42)
2. 42 sc
Switch to red yarn color.
3. 42 sc
4. (12 sc, dec) x 3 (39)
5. 39 sc
6. (11 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
7. (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
8. (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
9. (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
10. (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
11. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
12. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
13. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
14. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
15. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
16. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Fasten off and hide the yarn tail.

Pom-Pom for the Hat

White yarn color.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. (2 rounds) 12 sc
5. 6 dec

Stuff with filling. Leave a yarn tail for sewing to the hat. Sew on the pom-pom.

Trim Along the Bottom of the Coat

White yarn color. At the beginning of crocheting, leave a long yarn tail for sewing this piece to the body.

Ch 43. Crochet in turning rows.
1. ch, 42 sc, turn
2. ch, 42 hdc

Fasten off, cut the yarn, hide the tail.

Trim for the Collar and Front of the Coat

White yarn color.

Ch 49.
1. 47 sc along the chain, 3 sc in the last stitch, turn and 46 sc along the other side of the chain, inc, sl st (98)

Leave a long yarn tail for sewing to the body, the starting tail can be hidden.

Pockets (2 pieces)

White yarn color.

Ch 6, crochet 5 sc, and in the same 5th stitch make a sl st.

Leave a yarn tail for sewing to the body. Hide the starting tail.

Toy Assembly

Before sewing, pin all parts in place to check symmetry.

SEW THE NOSE to the head so that its center is at the level of row 11 of the head.

SEW THE EYES very close to each other above the nose (~row 9) using reinforced thread folded in half. Mark one hole between stitches at the bottom back of the head for inserting and removing the needle; all yarn tails will come out through this hole. Repeat the following steps for both eyes:

  • Insert the needle into the selected hole so that a thread tail remains for tying.
  • Then bring it out at the eye attachment point.
  • After threading on the eye, bring it back through the hole at the back of the head.

At the end, lightly tighten the thread tails from each eye and tie them together with several knots. Then bring them through the same hole and inside the head (so the knots are hidden inside).

SEW THE HEAD on approximately the second-to-last body round (3 rounds above the arms), along the line of maximum contact with the body. Alternately catch stitches from the head fabric and then stitches from the body fabric.

POSITION THE BEARD so that the yarn tail left for sewing is on the toy's right side. The central beard dip should be directly under the nose, and the side corners of the beard should be secured roughly under the row where the eyes are attached. Sew through the back loops.

SEW THE HAT along the edge so that on the front, the distance from the eyes to the hat edge is 1 round, and on the back, the hat edge sits flush with the bottom of the head.

SEW THE BOOTS to the bottom center of the body, with 1-1.5 rounds from the center to the inner edge of each boot.

BOTTOM COAT TRIM. The right side is the side where the face of row 1 sc is visible. In the front and on the sides, sew it under body row 9; at the back, sew it slightly higher so the trim sits as level as possible. At the end, stitch the trim edges together.

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