Plush Santa Claus from Natalia Vilkot will decorate your home and give a festive mood. The height of the finished toy is about 22 cm when using a hook number 3.5 and yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby

Necessary materials and tools:

Himalaya Dolphin Baby Plush Yarn
Hook 3.5-5.0 mm. The hook number depends on your knitting density. I use a 3.5mm hook
2.5 mm hook for pompom
Filler
Large eye stitching needle
Scissors
Eyes 8 mm
For beard, eyebrow, cap, suit, pompom Softy Alize (color 55 – white)
Artistic pastel for cheeks (optional)

             Crochet Santa Claus pattern
Legend:

Magic ring – amigurumi ring
Ch – air loop
Sc – single crochet
İnc – increase
Dec – decrease

Legs (2 parts)

Black color:
1.5 Sc in Magic ring
2.5 İnc (10)
3.10 Sc
Change to red:
4-7. 10 Sc
We fix and cut the thread on the first leg.

We knit the second leg, do not cut the thread. We knit one air loop and connect it to the first leg.

Body head

  1. We knit 10 Sc one leg, + a column to the junction, a column to the air loop, + a column to the junction, 10 Sc to the second leg, a column to the air loop (24)
  2. (3 Sc, İnc) * 6 (30)
  3. (4 Sc, İnc) * 6 (36)
    4-9. 36 sc
  4. (4 Sc, Dec) * 6 (30)
  5. We knit 30 Sc behind the back wall
  6. (3 Sc, Dec) * 6 (24)
    13.24 Sc
  7. (2 Sc, Dec) * 6 (18)
    15-16. 18 Sc
  8. (1 Sc, Dec) * 6 (12)
    Change the thread to body:
    18.12 Sc
    19.12 İnc (24)
  9. (3 Sc, İnc) * 6 (30)
    21-25. 30 Sc
  10. (3 Sc, Dec) * 6 (24)
    We insert eyes between 24-25 rows, at a distance of 3 Sc from each other.
  11. (2 Sc, Dec) * 6 (18)
  12. (1 Sc, Dec) * 6 (12)
    29.6 Dec
    We tighten the hole, hide the thread. We embroider a nose.

Hands (2 parts)

We start knitting with a flesh-colored thread:
1.6 Sc in Magıc Ring

  1. (1 Sc, İnc * 3 (9)
  2. We knit 9 Sc, fold, the last loop should be on the side, if not, then we need to knit the right amount of Sc to shift. (I have 2 columns). Next, make a pico from 3 Ch.
  3. (1 Sc, Dec) * 3 (6)
    Change the thread to red:
    56.6 Sc
  4. 6 Sc behind the back of the hinges
    7-13. 6 Sc
    Fold the handle and knit 3 Sc for both walls.

Cap

Start in red:


1.4 Sc in Magic ring

  1. (1 Sc, İnc) * 3 (6)
  2. 6 Sc
  3. (1 Sc, İnc) * 3 (9)
    5-7. 9 Sc
  4. (2 Sc, İnc) * 3 (12)
    9-11. 12 Sc
  5. (3 Sc, İnc) * 3 (15)
    13-15, 15 Sc
  6. (4 Sc, İnc) * 3 (18)
    17-18. 18 Sc
  7. (2 Sc, İnc) * 6 (24)
    20.24 Sc
  8. (3 Sc, İnc) * 6 (30)
  9. (4 Sc, İnc) * 6 (36)
  10. (5 Sc, İnc) * 6 (42)
    Change the thread to Softy Alize:
    24-25. 42 Sc

Pompon

2.5mm hook
Knit thread Softy Alize:
1.6 Sc in Magıc Ring
2.6 İnc (12)

  1. (1 Sc, İnc) * 6 (18)
  2. (2 Sc, İnc) * 6 (24)
    5-9. 24 Sc
  3. (2 Sc, Dec) * 6 (18)
  4. (1 Sc, Dec) * 6 (12)
    12.6 Dec (6)
    We tighten the hole, leave the thread for sewing.

Registration

  1. When knitting a body in the 11th row, we knit 30 Sc for the back walls. Now enter the red color behind the front wall and knit two rows of 30 Sc each. Then change to Softy Alize and knit two rows of 30 Sc each.
  2. When knitting handles, we in the 6th row knitted 6 Sc for the back loops.
    Now we introduce Softy Alize behind the front wall and make İnc from Sc (12) into each wall, we simply knit 12 Sc in the second row.
  3. Sew the pompom to the cap.
  4. Sew the cap to the head. I fold the long part of the cap and sew it to the head.
  5. We make a beard from Softy Alize, in each column two strings (so that it is thicker).
  6. We draw cheeks.
  7. We embroider the eyebrows.
    Your new year friend is ready!