Santinha Free Pattern

 

Santinha Amigurumi Pattern

Important Notes

• Spiral Work: All parts start with a magic ring and are worked in a spiral (unless otherwise specified).
• Stitch Marker: Use a stitch marker or a contrasting piece of yarn to mark the beginning of each row.
• Approximate Size: 14 cm (using similar yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook).

Abbreviations

• sc: single crochet
• ch: chain
• inc: increase
• dec: decrease
• sl st: slip stitch
• sts: stitches

Materials

• Amigurumi yarn from Circulo (100% cotton, tex: 492) in the following colors:
• Hydrangea (2137)
• Chantilly (7563)
• Chestnut (7625)
• Carmine (3528)
• Cléa 125 yarn in black (for embroidering the eyes)
• Small blue pom-pom
• Gold crucifix (about 2.5 cm)
• Silicone fiber
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle (blunt)
• Thick sewing needle
• Metallic Maxxi Retros thread from Circulo (color 6144)
• Circulo Encanto yarn in gold (7577)
• 1.0 mm thick gold lurex elastic cord
• 0.5 mm thick gold lurex cord
• 5 cm diameter jewelry clip or thin wire (for the halo)
• Scissors
• Feel free to change colors and adapt materials as desired.

Head

(Using Amigurumi yarn in color Chantilly)

1. 6 sc in magic ring [6 sts]
2. 6 inc [12 sts]
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [18 sts]
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [24 sts]
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [30 sts]
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [36 sts]
7. 36 sc [36 sts]
8. Embroider the eyes on row 9, with 5 stitches between them.
9. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 [30 sts]
10. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 [24 sts]
11. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 [18 sts]
12. Start filling the head.
13. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 [12 sts]
14. Add more filling until the head is firm.
15. 6 dec [6 sts]
16. Cut the yarn, leaving enough to finish. Insert the thread into the tapestry needle and close with an inverted magic ring.

Inverted Magic Ring

Take the front loop of each sc from the last row and gently pull to close. Hide the yarn and cut the excess.

Hair

(Using Amigurumi yarn in color Chestnut)

1. 6 sc in magic ring [6 sts]
2. 6 inc [12 sts]
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [18 sts]
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [24 sts]
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [30 sts]
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [36 sts]
7. (11 sc, 1 inc) x 3 [39 sts]
8. 39 sc [39 sts]
9. From here, work in back-and-forth rows. To do this, chain and turn the work.
10. 1 dec, 35 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [37 sts]
11. 1 dec, 33 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [35 sts]
12. 1 dec, 31 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [33 sts]
13. 1 dec, 29 sc, 1 dec [31 sts]
14. At the end of row 15, the hair will look as in the pattern.
15. Sc around the front part of the hair. Then make 7 more sc and 15 ch.
16. Insert the hook into the 2nd ch from the hook and make 1 sc in each of the next 14 ch. Sl st in the next st.
17. In the next st, make 1 sc and 15 ch more, then repeat the same process.
18. Continue repeating until 6 sc remain to switch sides (you will have made 10 strands of hair).

Veil

(Using Amigurumi yarn in color Chestnut and metallic Maxxi Retros thread - work with both yarns together)

1. 6 sc in magic ring [6 sts]
2. 6 inc [12 sts]
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [18 sts]
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [24 sts]
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [30 sts]
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [36 sts]
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [42 sts]
8. 42 sc [42 sts]
9. From here, work in back-and-forth rows.
10. 1 dec, 19 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [21 sts]
11. 21 sc [21 sts]
12. 1 dec, 17 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [19 sts]
13. 19 sc [19 sts]
14. 1 dec, 15 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [17 sts]
15. 1 dec, 13 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [15 sts]
16. 1 dec, 11 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [13 sts]
17. 1 dec, 9 sc, 1 dec, 1 ch, turn [11 sts]
18. 1 dec, 7 sc, 1 dec, turn [9 sts]
19. 1 dec, 5 sc, 1 dec [7 sts]
20. At the end of row 24, the veil will look as indicated in the pattern. Change to gold yarn and sc around the entire veil.

Halo

(Using golden enchantment wire)

1. To make the halo, use a jewelry spring about 5 cm in diameter (or thin wire shaped as desired). If using a jewelry spring, cut a loop with some excess, which you can secure with tape.
2. Make sc around the entire wire, hiding the wire as you go. After the last sc, cut the yarn, leaving enough for sewing the halo onto the head.

Assembly

1. Place the 0.5 mm gold lurex cord on the thick sewing needle and pass it through the blue pom-pom. Then, pass the needle through the crucifix and again through the pom-pom.
2. If the eye of the needle is thick enough, thread the crucifix onto the cord, then insert both ends into the hook and pass through the pom-pom.
3. Pass the same thread through the heart, inserting the needle in the middle of the inverted magic ring and exiting between the two upper parts. Then, pass the needle through the head, going through the center of the inverted magic ring and the magic ring at the top of the head, and tie a knot.
4. Sew the hair to the head and then attach the veil over the top of the hair.
5. Place the halo in the desired position with the excess thread left behind. Pin and sew only a small part of the halo to the back of the head.

Heart

(Using amigurumi yarn in metallic Carmine and Maxxi Retros - work with both yarns together)

1. Top of the heart (make it twice):
2. 6 sc in magic ring [6 sts]
3. 6 inc [12 sts]
4. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 [18 sts]
5. 18 sc [18 sts]
6. For the first part, cut the yarn, fasten off, and secure. Do not cut the yarn when finishing the second part. Instead, continue crocheting.
7. Join the two top parts with a sc and crochet 17 more sc around the first part and 18 sc around the second part [36 sts].
8. 36 sc [36 sts]
9. (7 sc, 1 dec) x 4 [32 sts]
10. (6 sc, 1 dec) x 4 [28 sts]
11. (5 sc, 1 dec) x 4 [24 sts]
12. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 4 [12 sts]
13. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 4 [8 sts]
14. Add more filling until the heart is firm.
15. 4 dec [4 sts]
16. Cut the yarn and close with an inverted magic ring. Leave a thread.

Final Assembly

Cut about 40 cm of gold lurex elastic cord and thread only one end into a tapestry needle.

1. Pass through a central point in the second row of the veil, bringing the strand underneath the hair. Insert the other end into the tapestry needle and pass through a point on the side.
2. Tie a knot and finish at the bottom of the hair, hiding the leftover strand.