Santa

Free crochet Santa tutorial by Evgeniya Matveeva @j_toys1.

With this pattern, you can crochet Santa Claus. Any cotton blend yarn will work well for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: beige, red, black, yellow
• Alize Softy yarn: white
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• dc — double crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• BLO — back loop only
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Santa Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (48)
9-13. 48 sc
14. (7 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (54)
19. 54 sc (insert the eyes in round 18)
19. 3 inc, 8 sc, 3 inc, 40 sc (60)
20. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 40 sc (66)
21-24. 66 sc (attach the beard in round 22)
25. (9 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (60)
26. (8 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (54)
27. (7 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (48)
28. (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
29. (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
30. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
31. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24), stuff
32. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
33. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Hat

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 hdc
3. (1 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
4-5. 9 hdc
5. (2 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (12)
6-7. 12 hdc
8. (3 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (15)
9. 15 hdc
10. (4 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (18)
11. (5 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (21)
12. (6 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (24)
13. (7 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (27)
14. (8 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (30)
15. (9 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (33)
16. (10 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (36)
17. (11 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (39)
18. (12 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (42)
19. (13 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (45)
20. (14 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (48)
21. (15 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (51)
22. (16 hdc, 1 inc) x 3 (54)
23. 54 hdc, change to white yarn
24. 54 hdc

Fasten off, cut the yarn, and weave in the end.

Pom-Pom

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

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Sew it to the hat.

Legs (make 2)

1. Chain 5 and, starting in the second chain from the hook: 3 sc in one stitch, 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 2 sc, inc (12)
2. 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc (16)
3. inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 3, 3 sc, inc (22)
4. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 4 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 2, 5 sc, inc (28)
5. BLO 28 sc
6-7. 28 sc
8. 12 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x 4, 4 sc (24)
9. 12 sc, 6 dec (18)
10. 12 sc, 3 dec (15)
11-12. 15 sc, crochet 5 more sc and change to white yarn (this will now count as the beginning of the round)
13-14. 15 sc, change to red yarn
15-26. 15 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg; after finishing the last round, crochet 6 more sc, chain 4, and join to the other leg.

Body

1. 15 sc along the leg, 4 sc along the chain, 15 sc along the second leg, 4 sc along the chain (38)
2-4. 38 sc
5. 12 sc, 10 inc, 16 sc (48)
6-7. 48 sc
8. BLO 48 sc, change to black yarn.
9. 48 sc
10. (7 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (54)
11. 54 sc, change to red yarn.
12-16. 54 sc
17. 14 sc, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6, 22 sc (48)
18-19. 48 sc
20. (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
21-23. 42 sc
24. (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
25. 36 sc
26. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
27-28. 30 sc
29. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24), change to white yarn.
30. 24 sc, change to skin-tone yarn
31. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
32. 18 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Crochet the coat hem: join the yarn to the round where you crocheted BLO. Crochet 2 rounds, change to white yarn and crochet 1 round, then cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Arms (make 2)

Start crocheting with skin-tone yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-7. 12 sc
8. 5 sc, 4 dc in one stitch (crochet the thumb), 6 sc (12)
9. 12 sc, change to white yarn.
10-11. 12 sc, change to red yarn.
12-24. 12 sc
25. 6 dec

Fasten off, cut the yarn, and weave in the end.

Belt Buckle

Chain 16, join into a ring with sl st, (3 sc in one stitch, 3 sc) x 4.

Fasten off, cut the yarn, and sew it to the belt.