It’s time for the Christmas crochet makes to get underway – I’m trying to make sure I start with plenty of time to go this year as I always seem to end up in a complete rush at the end!.

I’m starting with some quick decoration makes as these are great for gifting and I always pop a little decoration in with presents – You can also sure them as tags and make them in the favourite colour of your recipient.

First up this year is a folded crochet ribbon Santa with some button details – no matter how many button makes I do I still seem to have a load of buttons that still need using up!. You can make these with white or grey beard details – or make some with white beards and some with grey and make them into bunting!

Other Crochet Christmas Makes:

• Check out some other Christmas themed crochet makes here.

Other Sewing Christmas Makes:

• Check out some other Christmas themed sewing makes here.

Folded Crochet Ribbon Santa Christmas Decoration With Button Details

Materials

• 25g ball DK wool in red.
• 25g ball DK wool in white or grey.
• Small amounts of pink wool.
• piece of card to cut a 5cm long by 2cm wide piece.

Folded Crochet Ribbon Santa Christmas Decoration With Button Details

Folded Santa Body:

With a 4.5mm crochet hook and white or grey wool:

ch100.

Change to red:

ch90, htr(UK)/hdc(US) into 2nd ch from hook, 88htr(UK)/hdc(US), change to white/grey, tr(UK)/dc(US) along rest of row.

Fasten off, leaving long thread to attach.

Nose

Using 4.5mm hook and pink wool:

Make a magic ring, ch1, 8sc into ring, ss into top fo the first sc at the start of the round.

Fasten off, leaving long thread to attach.

Pom Pom

Using white wool:

Cut a piece of card 5cm long and 2cm wide, wrap wool around the 2cm wide end 20 times. carefully remove the wrapped wool, tie around the middle with 1 10cm piece of white wool to secure, cut the loop ends.

Assembly

• Take the crochet ch length, fold the red section to make a hat shape, with the bottom edge of the hat being the start of the white/grey section.
• Starting at the top of the hat cast on and pull through to the underside of the ch length, attach 2 buttons, pull through to the next folded section and attach 2 more buttons, repeat to the bottom of the hat section. Cast off.

• Cast on at the red and white/grey join section. Complete a few stitches to secure the end of the end section to the folded red part above. Fold the white/grey section to form a beard along the bottom edge. Sew to attach the grey loops that meet the bottom red edge of the hat.

• Sew on the nose.
• Sew on the pom pom.
• Cut a 15cm long piece of wool, and attach to the top to make a loop.