Green Dino with a Red Saddle
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A free crochet Santa pattern for a chubby little Santa Claus with a round belly, a big white beard and a red pointed hat with a pom-pom. This amigurumi Santa wears a red coat with white trim, a black belt with a gold buckle, black mittens and boots, and has fluffy white brows, a rosy ball nose and blushing cheeks. He is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, has 10 mm safety eyes, and stands about 14 cm (5.5 in) tall; the beard, moustache and brows are flat ovals sewn on. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes on this Christmas gift.
How to crochet the Santa Claus
Advanced · 14 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 14 pieces in rounds: Body (coat), Head, Hat, Pom-pom, Beard, Moustache half ×2, Nose, Eyebrow ×2, Arm ×2, Boot ×2 (110 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 11 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.
What you'll need
0 of 11 gathered
Gauge
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.
Parts
0 of 98 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.6 cm at the widest, 5.2 cm long; 18 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.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Change to black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- 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 9.1 cm at the widest, 6.9 cm long; 29 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.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
- → 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 7.1 cm at the widest, 6.2 cm long; 20 rounds.
- 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. Bend ≈ 110° around round 8<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's right on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 8, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right <!-- st 3.38 right -->). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 6 to round 10, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 4 rounds) and fasten off inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 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 10.2 × 6.6 cm; 9 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 4 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With white: ch 11.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat oval about 3.4 × 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 side to side. 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 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With white: ch 5.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 6 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 2.3 × 1.5 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 white: ch 4.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 4.1 cm long; 12 rounds.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to 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.
- Size before assembly: an oval about 2.5 × 2.1 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 6 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.
- 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.
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