Crochet a Santa Claus – to Open Up and Fill (EN & DE)

IMPORTANT: You are buying a PDF crochet pattern, NOT the finished Santa.

This pattern is included in English AND German – both PDF versions are part of the download.

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A Santa Claus you can fill. He is made of two parts: on top the red jacket with white edges, a black belt and a yellow embroidered buckle – on the inside a black pouch that holds sweets. At the bottom the red trousers with both legs and the black shoes with a yellow buckle, roomy enough for a handful of nuts. Put together he stands there as one figure: with head, a skin-coloured nose, a white beard made from fluffy yarn and a red pointed hat with a white brim and a pompom.

Detailed step-by-step PDF with 15 photos and stitch-count checks
All parts: shoes, trousers with legs, inner part, jacket, belt, sleeves, hands, nose, head, hat, pompom and beard
US crochet terms (sc, ch, inc, dec) – German version with German abbreviations included
Materials: yarn weight 4–4.5 (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania Grande), 4 mm and 3 mm hook
Skill level: intermediate – lots of separate pieces, but only basic stitches and very doable round by round

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You are welcome to sell your finished Santa, as long as you include a note "Made from a pattern by Masche-fuer-Masche" with a link to my shop. The pattern itself is for private use only.

Required skills: chain, single crochet, slip stitch, double crochet, magic ring, increase and decrease – worked in rounds and in rows.

The pattern is a detailed step-by-step PDF with photos. Every round or row is written out individually, with stitch-count checks.

Skill level: intermediate – lots of separate pieces, but only basic stitches.

Gauge: 24 stitches × 26 rows = 10 × 10 cm.
Yarn used: Schachenmayr Catania Grande for the yarn weight 4–4.5 and Schachenmayr Catania for the nose (yarn weight 2–2.5).
Unless stated otherwise, always use the 4 mm hook.

• 200 g red, yarn weight 4–4.5
• 100 g black, yarn weight 4–4.5
• 50 g white, yarn weight 4–4.5
• a scrap of fluffy yarn (e.g. Lana Grossa Peppina)
• a scrap of yellow, any weight
• 50 g skin colour, yarn weight 2–2.5
• a pair of black safety eyes, approx. 9 mm
• crochet hook 4 mm and 3 mm, darning needle, scissors, glue