Santa Claus is one of the most popular Christmas crochet projects. Let’s get festive.

The difficulty level of this amigurumi piece is set as intermediate because of the loop stitches used in making the beard. Other parts of Santa are relatively beginner friendly. Though the project uses fuzzy yarn, a usually challenging material for crocheting because of the difficulty of locating spots to insert the hook, in this project, the fuzzy yarn will be relatively easy to handle.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

The PDF is written in English, and it includes:

• A list of recommended materials and tools
• A written pattern (in US terms)
• Guiding images
• References: crochet technique introductions, including:
  • Regular single crochet stitch vs. single crochet cross stitch
  • How to change colors in single crochet
  • How to crochet on limbs
  • How to make invisible single crochet decrease

Crochet stitches used in this project:

• magic circle
• chain stitch
• slip stitch
• single crochet stitch
• half double crochet stitch
• double crochet stitch
• front side loop stitch (explained in the pattern)
• increase
• decrease

The size of Santa depends on the yarn weight and the crochet hook size. Try to use a smaller size hook than recommended on the yarn label.

As a reference, using the recommended materials and tools, Santa’s size will be approximately 7.75” tall (including the hat) and 5.25” wide (with the arms spread out).

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out via email at XYCraftStudioInfo@gmail.com. Any feedback is highly appreciated.