Little Santa

Free Little Santa crochet tutorial by Maria @trunosha.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a little Santa Claus. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi. You can use Santa as a keychain or Christmas tree ornament.

The finished toy is about 5 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: red, skin tone, black, white, yellow
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Little Santa Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head

Begin the hat with white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. 6 dec (6)
Change to red yarn
5. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
6. 9 sc (9)
7. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (12)
8. 12 sc
9. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
10. 18 sc
11. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
12. 24 sc
Change to skin-tone yarn
13. Work 24 sc in the back loops only. Work 24 white sl sts into the remaining front loops
14. 24 sc
15. 24 sc
16. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
17. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18. 12 sc

Stuff the hat and head. Change to red yarn.

19. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
20. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
21. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
22. Work 5 rounds of 30 sc. Between the third and fourth rounds, work 30 black sl sts over the crocheted fabric
23. Work 30 sc in the back loops only. Work white sl sts into the remaining front loops
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
26. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
27. 6 dec

Stuff firmly, close the opening, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail.

Legs (make 2)

Begin with black yarn:

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

Change to red yarn. Next, make a chain of the desired length. I made 5 ch. Cut the yarn, leaving a long enough tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)

Begin with skin-tone yarn:

1. 5 sc in MR
2. 5 inc (10)
3. 10 sc
4. 5 dec (5)

Change to red yarn. Next, make a chain of the desired length. I made 5 ch. Cut the yarn, leaving a long enough tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)

With skin-tone yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR

Pull the ring closed. Leave yarn tails for sewing.

Scarf

With white yarn:

1. Chain 40. Turn your work. Work 39 sc.

Fasten off and cut the yarn.