A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
This free crochet Mrs. Claus pattern makes a chibi amigurumi doll with round gold glasses and a white hair bun, holding a chocolate chip cookie. The amigurumi Mrs. Claus wears a red dress with a frilly white apron, collar and hem, striped stockings and a holly sprig in her silver hair. She is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, has safety eyes with embroidered glasses and a padded cookie sewn between her hands, and is about 13 cm (5 in) tall. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes - a sweet Christmas gift or shelf decoration.
How to crochet the Mrs. Claus
Advanced · 13 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
Crochet the 18 pieces in rounds: Body, Leg ×2, Hem frill, Apron, Collar, Head, Hair bun, Holly leaf ×2, Berry ×3, Hair curl ×2, Cookie, Arm ×2 (100 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 15 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Size before assembly: about 6.3 cm at the widest, 5.6 cm long; 19 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
Size before assembly: an oval about 2.5 × 2.1 cm at the widest, 3.7 cm long; 11 rounds.
The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs vertically, top to bottom; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
With black: ch 3.
Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
Size before assembly: about 7.3 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
Flat motif — half circle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 2.5 × 4.5 cm; 6 rows.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
Size before assembly: about 5.6 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 3 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
Size before assembly: about 8.2 cm at the widest, 6.2 cm long; 26 rounds.
Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.9 × 1.4 cm; 1 row.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
Size before assembly: about 0.7 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 2 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
A flat oval about 3 × 2.2 cm; 3 rounds.
Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running vertically, top to bottom. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With silver white: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
A flat circle about 3 cm across; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 12 rounds.
Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.
Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the head): in round 15, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 4.2 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in gold thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 13, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in gold thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, on the centre front line) → (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in gold thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 10.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, on the centre front line ) → (in round 19, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Blush about 11 mm, dry pastel or blush (on the head, both sides): between rounds 17 and 18, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left . Colour pink.
Satin stitch (on the leg) (2: one on each leg; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in gold thread, a oval about 6 mm wide and 4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 3, on the centre top line .
Embroidery in silver white thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre front line) → (in round 5, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 10 and 11, on the centre front line ).
Satin stitch (on the cookie): in chocolate thread, a oval about 3 mm wide and 2.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 1 and 2, 0.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left.
Satin stitch (on the cookie): in chocolate thread, a oval about 3 mm wide and 2.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the cookie): in chocolate thread, a oval about 3 mm wide and 2.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 3, 4.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right .
Satin stitch (on the cookie): in chocolate thread, a oval about 3 mm wide and 2.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 3, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
× scV incΛ dec
Abbreviations
MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
