SANTA CLAUS – Crochet Applique – Free crochet pattern

Here a cute crochet applique that can be used in innumerable ways, designer KaiaCrochet…Would look fantastic sewn on your favorite objects like hats, t-shirts, bags, school knap-sacks, jacket, jeans, pillow, blanket quilt, and lots of other stuff you can think of.

Materials:

• Crochet hook: 1.8 mm and 1.0 mm
• 4-ply cotton yarn:  white, skin color, red, brown, light green, black, gold

Abbreviations: here

Face (skin color yarn, hook 1.8mm)

1. (sc, hdc, 2dc, hdc)x 2 in MR = 10

2. inc, (1sc, 1hdc) – in the same stitch, inc-dc, (1hdc, 1sc) – in the same stitch, 2inc, (1sc, 1hdc) – in the same stitch, inc-dc, (1hdc, 1sc) – in the same stitch, inc = 20

Beard (white color yarn, hook 1.8mm)

Turn the face over and insert the hook into the second dc, crochet in BLO: 1ch, (1sc, 1hdc) – in the same stitch, (1hdc, 1sc) – in the same stitch, 4inc-tr, (1dc, 1hdc) – in the same stitch, (1hdc, 1sc) – in the same stitch

White brim of the hat (hook 1.8mm)

Crochet 7sc on the face in FLO, on the opposite side of the beard; cut the thread.

Red hat (red color yarn, hook 1.8mm)

Continue with 1ch, turn, BLO: 2sc, hdc, dc, inc-dc, hdc, (6ch from the second ch of hook crochet slst, dec, 1sc, 1slst).

Hat tip: embroider with white thread (4 strand) and then make one knot embroidery.

Nose (red color yarn, remove 2ply, hook 1.0mm): 10sc in MR

Embroider the eyebrows, mouth and eyes with brown thread as in the photo below.

Ears (skin color yarn, hook 1.8mm): 1ch, 1sc, 1slst.

Body (red color yarn, hook 1.8mm)

Turn over the face fabric piece and insert the hook in the third stitch of the beard:

1. 1slst, [1sc, 5ch from the third ch of hook crochet 1slst, 2sc (right arm)]- in the same st, (sc, 2ch, dc) – in the same st, 6dc, inc-dc, 2ch, turn

2. dec-dc, 6dc, dec-dc, ch, turn

3. 1dec, 4sc, dec, cut off the thread; the left arm (start another stitch on the far left side of the body): 5ch from the third ch of hook crochet 1slst, 1sc, 1hdc, pull out at the appropriate position on the left side of the body

Legs: 2ch, dc, (dc, 2ch, slst) – in the same st, (slst, 2ch), dc, (dc, 2ch, slst) – in the same st

Left foot (brown color yarn, turn body piece)

1. 3sc

2. 3ch, from the third ch of hook crochet: 3dc, (dc, 2ch, slst) – in the same st

Right foot (turn body piece)

1. 3sc, 2ch, turn

2. 2dc, (dc, 3ch, slst) – in the same st.

Gloves (brown color yarn, remove 2ply, hook 1.0mm): (1sc, ch, slst) – in the same st, 2ch, (dc, 3ch, slst) – in the same st

Belt (black color yarn, remove 2ply, hook 1.0mm): between rows 2 and 3, crochet 10 slst and embroider in the middle with gold thread.

Crochet slip stitches on the cuffs of the hands and trousers with white thread.

Gift box (red color yarn, hook 1.8mm)

1. 8sc in MR

2. (1sc, inc3sc)x 4 = 16

3. 2sc, inc3sc, (3sc, inc3sc)x 3, 1sc = 24

4. 3sc, inc3sc, (5sc, inc3sc)x 3, 2sc = 32

5. 4sc, inc3sc, (7sc, inc3sc)x 3, 3sc = 40

Hands (white color yarn, hook 1.8mm):

BLO: 2inc at the right position on the side of the gift box.

Green decoration of the box: make slip stitches with green color thread.

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