Heart Shaped Crochet Santa Ornament

This crochet Santa Clause ornament is made from hearts of different sizes: a large heart for the head, a medium heart for the hat and three small hearts for the beard. The hearts are made separately and then sewn together.

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Hang this crochet Santa ornament on your Christmas tree, use it to embellish your present packaging or use it as an applique and make a cute Christmas card!

This pattern first was published in Happily Hooked Magazine, October 2018, issue 55 which features crochet for the holidays.

Happily Hooked is a wonderful monthly digital magazine filled with beautiful patterns of different levels, useful articles, tips, yarn reviews, news, tutorials, lessons, industry interviews, and more!

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You may also like my other Christmas heart-shaped designs: crochet Gingerbread hearts, crochet Christmas hearts, crochet heart Angel, crochet heart Snowflake, and crochet Reindeer. If you like Santa ornaments, you may also like this DIY Yarn-Filled Santa!

More of my crochet patterns for Christmas can be found in crochet Christmas Ornaments Free Pattern Collection and under the tag Christmas.

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Abbreviations:  

(See a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers HERE)

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

HDC – half double crochet

prev – previous

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

TR – treble crochet

Yarn:

Patons Grace, sport weight #2 yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 136 yds/124 m per 1.7 oz/50 g skein), colors – Snow (A), Cardinal (B), Blush (C).

Sizes/Finished Measurements:

This Santa crochet ornament is about 3-1/2” (9 cm) tall.

Gauge:

Not critical for this project.

Instructions:

Copyright: This pattern is an original design by GoldenLucyCrafts. You may not copy, rewrite, redistribute or resell this pattern in any form, this includes making video tutorials. You may not translate this pattern to another language and publish the pattern or any parts of it.

Face: Large Heart (make 1)

With C, Ch 4.

Rnd 1. Working under two strands, make all of the next sts in 4^th ch from hook – 3 dc, 3 hdc, ch 1,  dc (heart point), ch 1, 3 hdc, 3 dc, ch 3, sl st.

Rnd 2.  Ch 3, (hdc+dc) in first st of prev rnd, 3 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc in each of next 3 sts, hdc in ch-1 st,  (dc+tr+dc) in next st (heart point),

hdc in ch-1 st, dc in each of next 3 sts, 2 dc in next st, 3 dc in next st, (dc+hdc) in next st, ch 3, sl st in center.

Rnd 3. Ch 3, sc in first st of prev rnd, 2 sc in each of next 5 sts, sc in each of the next 6 sts, (hdc+dc+hdc) in next st (heart point),

sc in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in each of next 5 sts, sc in next st, ch 3, sl st in center.

Fasten off.

Hat: Medium Heart (make 1)

With B, Ch 4.

Rnd 1. Follow the Large Heart Instructions for the Rnd 1.

Rnd 2. Ch 3, hdc in first st of prev rnd, 2 hdc in each of next 2 sts, hdc in each of next 3 sts, hdc in ch-1 st, ch 1, dc in next st (heart point),

ch 1, hdc in ch-1 st, hdc in each of next 3 sts, 2 hdc in each of next 2 sts, hdc in next st, ch 3, sl st in center.

Fasten off.

Pom-Pom

With A, make a magic ring.

Rnd 1. Ch 1, 10 sc in magic ring, sl st to first sc to join.

Fasten off.

Beard: Small Heart (make 3)

With A, Ch 4.

Rnd 1. Work as for Rnd 1 of Large Heart.

Fasten off.

Assembly

Place Medium Heart with point facing up, on point of Large Heart.

Using a sewing needle and matching thread, sew on the Medium heart for the Hat, then the Pom-Pom on top of the Hat and finally, the 3 Small Hearts for the beard.

Finishing:

Using an embroidery needle and 10 strands of black embroidery floss, make one stitch for each eye.

Nose: using two strands together of red yarn about 6”-8” long, make a knot in the middle, bring the yarn ends to the back side through the center of the Large Heart leaving the knot on the front. Fasten off.

Attach string to the Pom-Pom.

I hope you enjoyed this heart-shaped Santa Ornament free crochet pattern!

My other Happily Hooked Magazine publications:

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Crochet Seashell Earrings

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