Crochet Santa Ornament – Free Pattern

This year, I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in a lovely ornament exchange hosted by Amy at One Artsy Mama. It was so exciting because I have never participated any kind of exchange before. I was even more excited when I got Amy, herself. I love her blog and admire her greatly so it was a true honor to make an ornament for her. Since I am a crocheter and so is Amy, I decided to make a crocheted ornament. Plus, I wouldn’t be worried about it breaking or being damaged in transit. I came up with this crocheted Santa Claus ornament. I’m glad to say that Amy loved it and so did her adorable little man =) After sending it to her, I figured, why not share it with you all so you can make one as well. The pattern is an intermediate pattern. I hope you enjoy it and make one for your Christmas tree!

• Size H (5mm) Crochet Hook*
• Worsted weight yarn in red and white with small amounts of black, gold, and peach (I used Lily Sugar n Cream* in red, white,black, and tea rose and Lion-Cotton* in mustard.
• Scissors
• Tapestry Needle, for weaving ends
• Fiber fill*
• (2) 6mm black safety eyes*
• 3″ long piece of 5/8″ ribbon

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Notes:

• This pattern is written in US terms.
• All stitches are worked through both loops unless otherwise noted.
• For rounds 10-12, if you don’t want to cut the yarn and have to weave too many ends, you can use the carry along method listed in the tutorial section below.
• This pattern uses safety eyes. If you do not feel comfortable using safety eyes, you can embroider the eyes using yarn or embroidery floss.

Special Stitches:

Bobble Stitch:

• yo, insert into designated st
• pull up a loop
• yo, pull through 2 loops
• yo, insert into same st
• pull up a loop
• yo, pull through 2 loops
• yo, insert hook into same st
• pull up a loop
• yo, pull through all four loops on hook
• yo and lock the bobble st with a ch

Tutorials:

Magic Circle (Magic Ring)
Carry Along Method
Double Loop Stitch

Instructions:

Santa’s Body:

Magic Circle, ch 1.
Round 1: 6 sc into magic circle, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (6)
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc into each st around, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (12)
Round 3: Ch 1, *2 sc into first st, 1 sc into next st.** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (18)
Round 4: Ch 1, *2 sc into first st, 1 sc into the next 2 sts.** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st (24)
Round 5: Ch 1, *2 sc into first st, 1 sc into the next 3 sts.** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st (30)
Round 6: Ch 1, *2 sc into first st, 1 sc into the next 4 sts.** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st (36)
Round 7-9: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (36)

Change to black yarn in last yarn over of last stitch.

Round 10: Ch 1, sc into the next 16 sts, change to mustard yarn, sc in the next 4 sts, change back to black yarn, sc into the next 16 sts, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (36)
Round 11: Ch 1, sc into the next 16 sts, change to mustard yarn, sc in the next st, change back to black yarn, sc into each of the next to sts, change to mustard, sc in next st, change to black, sc in each of the next 16 sts, join in beginning sc with a sl st (36)
Round 12: Ch 1, sc into each of the next 16 sts, change to mustard, sc into each of the next 4 sts, change to black, sc into each of the next 16 sts, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (36)

Change to red in last yarn over of last st.

Round 13: Ch 1, *sc into each of the next 4 sts, sc dec** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st.(30)
Round 14: Ch 1, *sc into each of the next 3 sts, sc dec** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (24)

Change to white yarn in last yarn over of last st.

Round 15: Double loop stitch (see tutorial listed above) in each st around. (24)

Change to tea rose in last yarn over of last st

Round 16: *sc into each of the next 2 sts, sc dec** Repeat from * to ** around, join in beginning sc with a sl st. (18)
Round 17: Ch 1, sc into each of the next 9 sts, bobble st in the next st, sc into each of the next 8 sts, join in beginning sc with a sl st.
Round 18: Ch 1, *sc in the next st, sc dec** Repeat from * to ** around (12)

At this point, start stuffing your ornament with the fiber fill. You want it to be firm because the fiber fill will flatten over time. Add safety eyes.

Round 19: Ch 1, sc dec around. Fasten off, weave ends. (6)