Free Crochet Pattern: Mama Claus

 

Free Crochet Pattern: Mama Claus

This pattern is free for personal use only.

My Mama Claus is 18cm (about 7 inches) tall, from feet to bun.

Materials

• Yarn in colors:
  • Red
  • Brown
  • White
  • Green
  • Skin color
  • Black yarn for details
• Compatible hook (I used a 2.5mm hook, 4/0)
• Tapestry needle
• Fiber filling
• Wire (if you wish to insert in arms)
• Scissors

Difficulty

Mama Claus can be crocheted by beginners.

Stitches

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• sist - slip stitch
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• bst - bubble stitch (5 dc finished together)
• BPSC - back post single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• dc - double crochet
• tc - treble crochet
• dtr - double treble crochet
• dc inc - 2dc in the same stitch
• picot - chain 2, 1sist in the first of the two chains
• 2hdcT - 2hdc closed together

Arms (Skin Color)

1. 1 osc on MR [6]
2. 2 binc [12]
3. 3-4 12sc [12] (2 rows)
4. 5 5sc, 1bst, 6sc [12]
5. 6 12sc [12]
6. Change to white
7. 7 12sc [12]
8. Change to red
9. 8 BLO: 12sc [12]
10. 9-10 12sc [12] (2 rows)
11. 11 (3sc, 1inc)x3 [15]
12. 12-15 15sc [15] (4 rows)
13. 16 (3sc, 1dec)x3 [12]
14. 17-18 12sc [12] (2 rows)
15. Fasten off with invisible finish. If you wish to insert wire in the arms, insert just a little bit of fiber filling.

Legs (Brown)

To make the legs, we will leave a long yarn at the beginning of the work. We will use a technique called cocave feet. If you don't know how to do it, check Evy's reels on her Instagram @pettalas_amigurumis.

1. 1 chain 5, 3sc, 3sc in the same stitch, 2sc, 1inc [10]
2. 2 1sc, 2sc, 3inc, 2sc, 2inc [16]
3. 3 1sc, 1inc, 2sc, (1sc, 1inc)x3, 2sc, (1sc, 1inc)x2 [22]
4. 4 22BPSC [22]
5. 5-7 22sc [22] (3 rows)
6. Change to skin color
7. 8 5sc, 2dec, 1sc, 2dec, 8sc [18]
8. 9 5sc, 1dec, 1sc, 1dec, 8sc [16]
9. 10 4sc, 2dec, 8sc [14]
10. 11-13 14sc [14] (3 rows)
11. 14 1sc, (2sc, 1inc)x4, 1sc [18]
12. Change to white
13. 15 BLO: 18 loose sist [18]
14. 16 On the BLO of the sist: 18c [18]
15. 17 1sc, (3sc, 1inc)x4, 1sc [22]

On the first leg, fasten off. On the second leg, continue crocheting to the body. Before crocheting the body, make the white details on the arms and legs.

Arms: In the loops left on row 8, attach a new white yarn and (chain 1, 1sist) to the end.

Legs: In the visible white loops on row 15, attach a new white yarn and (chain 1, 1sist) to the end.

Body (from 2nd leg)

1. 18 2sc on the 2nd leg, 22sc on the 1st leg, 20sc on the 2nd leg [44]
2. 19 (10sc, 1inc)x4 [48]
3. 20 48sc [48]
4. 21 (11sc, 1inc)x4 [52]
5. 22 52sc [52]
6. 23 (11sc, 1dec)x4 [48]
7. Change to red
8. 24 48sc [48]
9. 25 BLO: 48s [48]
10. 26 (10sc, 1dec)x4 [44]
11. 27 44s [44]
12. 28 (9sc, 1dec)x4 [40]
13. 29-30 40sc [40] (2 rows)
14. 31 (8sc, 1dec)x4 [36]
15. Now we will join the arms to the body. Pay attention so the arms are on the sides of the body with the thumbs (bobble stitch) pointing forward.
16. 32 8sc on the body, 1sc joining a stitch of the arm to a stitch of the body, 12sc on the body, 1sc joining a stitch of the arm to a stitch of the body, 4sc on the body [36]
17. 33 8sc on the body, 1sc on the rest of the stitches of the arm, 12sc on the body, 6sc on the rest of the stitches of the arm, 4sc on the body [36]

If you want to insert wire in the arms, now is a good time to do so.

34. (4sc, 1dec)x6 [30]
35. (3sc, 1dec)x6 [24]
36. (2sc, 1dec)x6 [18]

To make the dress collar, we will make a row in BLO to work on the front loops afterwards. With skin color yarn, we make:

1. 37 BLO: (1sc, 1inc, 1sist)x6 [24]
2. 38 (3sc, 1inc)x6 [30]
3. 39 (2sc, 1inc, 2sc)x6 [36]
4. 40 (5sc, 1inc)x6 [42]
5. 41 (3sc, 1inc, 3sc)x6 [48]
6. 42-51 48s [48] (10 rows)
7. 52 (3sc, 1dec, 3sc)x6 [42]
8. 53 (5sc, 1dec)x6 [36]
9. 54 (2sc, 1dec, 2sc)x6 [30]
10. 55 (3sc, 1dec)x6 [24]
11. 56 (1sc, 1dec, 1sc)x6 [18]
12. 57 (1sc, 1dec)x6 [12]
13. 58 6dec [6]

Finish with an inverted magic ring.

Collar (White)

Attach white yarn on the loops left on row 38, in the middle of the back part of the neck.

1. 1 (1lsc, 1inc)x9 [27]
2. 2 Sslst, 2sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1tc, 2dtr on the same stitch, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sist*, 1hdc, 1dc, 2dtr on the same stitch, 1tc, 1dc, 1hdc, 2sc, 5slst [27]

*The sist must be in the center of the front of the neck. Finish off and hide the yarn. I glued the collar in place so it would stay in position.

Hair (White)

1. 1 6sc on MR [6]
2. 2 6inc [12]
3. 3 (1sc, 1inc)x6 [18]
4. 4 (1sc, 1inc, 1sc)x6 [24]
5. 5 (3sc, 1inc)x6 [30]
6. 6 (2sc, 1inc, 2sc)x6 [36]
7. 7 (5sc, 1inc)x6 [42]
8. 8 (3sc, 1inc, 3sc)x6 [48]
9. 9-14 48s [48] (6 rows)
10. 15 23dc, 1hdc, 1sist, 1hdc, 22dc, 1sist on the first stitch of the row [48]

Finish off. Leave a long yarn for sewing. You can cut the yarn and glue the hair on the head if preferred.

Bun (White)

1. 1 6sc on MR [6]
2. 2 6inc [12]
3. 3 (1sc, 1inc)x6 [18]
4. 4 (1sc, 1inc, 1sc)x6 [24]
5. 5 (3sc, 1inc)x6 [30]
6. 6 30s [30] (4 rows)
7. 7 (3sc, 1dec)x6 [24]

Finish off and leave yarn to sew on top of the head, on the hair. You can sew it in the position you prefer.

Ears (Skin Color)

Make two.

1. 1 5hdc and 1sist on MR [5]

Finish off and leave yarn for sewing between. Sew between rows 7 and 8 of the head. After sewing, glue it with a little glue so the ears don't stick out.

Holly Berries (Red)

Make two.

1. 1 6sc on MR [6]
2. 2 6inc [12]
3. 3-4 12s [12] (2 rows)
4. 6dec [6]

Finish off with inverted MR and leave yarn for sewing.

Holly Leaf (Green)

To make the leaves, I used a smaller crochet hook:

1. Chain 9, 1sc, (2hdc, 1picot)x2, 2hdc, on the last chain: (1sc, 1picot, 1sc).
2. On the other side of the chains: (2hdc, 1picot)x2, 2hdc, 1sc.

Finish off and hide the ends on the first leaf. Make the second leaf the same way. Then chain 40, slip stitch on the beginning of the first leaf, return by making slip stitch on the 40 chains and finish with a slip stitch on the second leaf. You can leave yarn for sewing or cut it and glue it to the head.

Detail Assembly

With the green part, make a knot around the bun and glue with a little glue. Glue the berries on the knot in green.

Dress (Red)

The dress will be made by attaching a new red yarn on the loops left on row 25 of the body, with the doll's head turned to you. We will work in circular crochet, so at the beginning of each row, chain 2 and at the end, slip stitch in the first stitch of the row.

1. 1 (1hdc, 1dc inc)x4 [52]
2. 2-5 52dc [52] (4 rows)
3. Change to white
4. 6 52dc [52]
5. Finish off with invisible finish and hide the yarn.

Nose (Skin Color)

I embroidered the nose 2 stitches wide, between rows 6 and 7 of the head.

Mouth (Black Embroidery Yarn)

With the same yarn I made the mouth 3 stitches wide.

Eyes (Black Embroidery Yarn)

To start the eyes, exit with the black yarn up 2 stitches and 1 stitch away from the nose. Insert the needle 3 stitches to the side. Secure the middle of the yarn one row up to make it look like closed eyes. Then we will make the eyelashes by exiting one stitch up and to the side from the end of the eyes.

Eyebrows (White)

The eyebrows were embroidered as wide as the eyes, without considering the eyelashes. We will align the beginning of the eyebrow to the beginning of the eye, and the end of the eyebrow to the end of the eye, but make it diagonally, going down one row.

Earrings

You can glue or stitch a bead to the ear to look like earrings!

Happy crocheting!