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Free crochet sleigh pattern: a Sleepy Santa Sleigh with a Mouse amigurumi, about 5 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2 mm hook. It is a red sleigh on curled gold runners, with a sleeping Santa in a striped hat, a green and a blue present and a little grey mouse climbing in over the side. You need about 80 m of yarn: 20 m red, 10 m gold, 10 m white, 10 m dark red, 5 m green, 5 m blue, 5 m pink, 5 m grey, 5 m peach and 5 m rose. Plan on roughly 3 hours. A cosy little Christmas scene for the mantel or the tree shelf, and a fun gift for anyone who loves Santa stories. Spin the 3D model to see the mouse hiding at the side and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Sleepy Santa Sleigh with a Mouse
Advanced · 5 cm tall · about 3 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Sleigh body, White trim, Runner ×2, Santa, Pompom, Nose, Present 1, Present 2, Mouse, Mouse ear ×2 (102 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 12 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 15 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.5 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 72 rounds done
- Size before assembly: an oval about 8.7 × 5.7 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 15 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 front to back; the starting chain is at the bottom 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 dark red: ch 12.
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 6.9 cm long; 24 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 8 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Bend ≈ 60° around round 20<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 20, on the centre top line). On the inner side draw rounds 19 and 21 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 3.7 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 16 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 R12).
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
- 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 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.2 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.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 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.
- Size before assembly: about 2.5 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 12 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.
- colours of round 1 in order: 1 sc in green, 1 sc in gold, 2 sc in green, 1 sc in gold, 1 sc in green
- Change to green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- → 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 2.5 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 12 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.
- colours of round 1 in order: 1 sc in blue, 1 sc in white, 2 sc in blue, 1 sc in white, 1 sc in blue
- Change to blue (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- → 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 1.8 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 8 rounds.
- → 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 0.9 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 4 circles — 2 as below and 2 plain in pink (same rounds, no colour changes).
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 3 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 70 % --> 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.
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