♥ Day5; Santa Claus Amigurumi

Hey Lovelies!! It’s Santa time for day 5! I sometimes think he’s the most important of Christmas. But then I think.. if he wouldn’t have Mother Christmas, or the elves. Where would he be? Would he still be able to run Christmas like he does now? Or would it be a total mess? Yeah, I know I am over thinking. Let’s stop and just go to the pattern. Do you over think things some times?

For this pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors Red, White, Beige and Black. (I used Stylecraft Special DK)
♥ Tiny bit of Yellow yarn for the belt detail.
♥ Crochet hook. ( I used 3mm)
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Stitch Marker.
♥ Safety Eyes, 6mm.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
FSC = Foundation Single Crochet.
SC = Single Crochet.
Crab st = Crab Stitch
ST = Stitch.
FL = Front Loops.
BL = Back Loops.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

This pattern is made with continues rounds, unless stated otherwise. Use a stitch marker to mark your first/last stitch of your row.

♥ Pattern Santa Claus

Head
Use the color Beige.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (5SC, inc) 3 times. [21]
5: 21SC. [21]
6: 21SC. [21]
7: 21SC. [21]
8: (5SC, dec) 3 times. [18]
Place the eyes between row 6&7, about 5st apart.
9: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
Stuff the head.
10: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Body
Start with the color Black.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
Change to the color Red.
2: 6SC. [6]
Break the yarn and make another leg using row 1&2. Keep the yarn attached on the second leg.
3: 3SC, make the next SC in the other leg, 6SC, go back to the first leg, 3SC. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: 12SC. [12]
6: 12SC. [12]
7: 12SC. [12]
8: (2SC, dec) 3 times. [9]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the body as well.

Arms (Make 2)
Start with the color Beige.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
Change to the color Red.
2: 6SC. [6]
3: 6SC. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Belt
Use the color Black.

Ch13, SlSt in the first st. [13]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. (You can also weave in the ends and just attach the belt with the yellow yarn).

Hat
Start with the color Red.

1: 4SC in a Magic Ring. [4]
2: (Inc, 1SC) 2 times. [6]
3: (2SC, inc) 2 times. [8]
4: (Inc, 3SC) 2 times. [10]
5: (4SC, inc) 2 times. [12]
6: (Inc, 5SC) 2 times. [14]
7: (6SC, inc) 2 times. [16]
8: (Inc, 7SC) 2 times. [18]
9: (8SC, inc) 2 times. [20]
10: (9SC, inc) 2 times. [22]
11: (Inc, 10SC) 2 times. [24]
12: 24SC. [24]
13: 24SC. [24]
Change to the color White.
14: 24SC. [24]
15: 24Crab St. [24]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Pom Pom
Use the color White.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: 12SC. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Don’t forget to stuff the pompom.

Mustache (Make 2)
Use the color White.

Ch3, insert in second ch from hook, 1SlST, 1SC + 1SlSt in the next st.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Beard
Use the color White.
This part is not made with continues rounds.

1: 11FSC, turn. [11]
2: 1SlSt, 9SC, 1SlSt. [11]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

♥ Assembling

Whenever I start assembling Amigurumi, I’d like to use sewing pins to position all parts first until I’m happy. Then I will sew them on. I recommend you do so as well.

Start with sewing Santa his body to his head. Then sew on the arms and add the belt as well, with the Yellow yarn create the buckle of the belt.
To his hat, add the pompom and put in later on his head. If you want the top to bent, use a bit of yarn to hold it in place
First add the beard to his face, you might wanna put his hat on to see till where you need to sew it on, so you don’t get a gap of skin in between. When you are happy, take his hat off and sew it on. Then put the mustache parts in between his eyes. Get his hat back on and Santa is ready to go.
If you want to hang it, don’t forget to add a loop to the top.

I hope you enjoyed today’s pattern of this little Santa! I think it’s adorable. If you decided to make any of the blogmas amigurumi, please show me on Twitter or Instagram  with #DelinleaDIY. I’d love to see what you make using my patterns.

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Have a wonderful day and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Love
Danielle

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