Brighten your holidays with the "Crochet Santa Claus Basket Pattern"! This easy guide will help you create a festive basket for your decorations. Perfect for holding treats or small gifts, the adorable Santa Claus design adds joy to any room. Clear instructions ensure you can enjoy making a decoration that will be cherished for years. Add a homemade touch to your Christmas with this charming crochet basket pattern.
Crochet Santa Claus Basket
Make Your Crochet Santa Claus Basket Christmas Basket
Materials Needed:
- Milk cotton yarn 5 ply (cotton 80% & acrylic 20%), 100g ≈ 175m
- Crochet hooks:
- 2.75mm for 1 strand of yarn
- 4.0mm for 2 strands of yarn
- Wire for arms (30 cm)
- Felt fabric
- Eyes 6mm
Step by step Guide
Basket:
Crochet hook size: 4.0 mm
- Round 1: Start with white yarn, 7 single crochet in magic ring [7], slip stitch
- Round 2: 1 chain, 7 increase [14], slip stitch
- Round 3: 1 chain, (1 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [21], slip stitch
- Round 4: 1 chain, (2 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [28], slip stitch
- Round 5: 1 chain, (3 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [35], slip stitch
- Round 6: 1 chain, (4 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [42], slip stitch
- Round 7: 1 chain, (5 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [49], slip stitch
- Round 8 (Back loops only): 1 chain, 49 single crochet [49], slip stitch
- Rounds 9-17: 1 chain, 49 single crochet [49], slip stitch
- Round 9: red yarn
- Rounds 10-12: black yarn
- Round 13: red yarn
- Rounds 14-16: white yarn
- Round 17: white yarn
Head:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, use skin color yarn
- Round 1: 6 single crochet in magic ring [6]
- Round 2: 6 increase [12]
- Round 3: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) *6 [18]
- Round 4: (2 single crochet, 1 increase) *6 [24]
- Round 5: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) *6 [30]
- Round 6: (4 single crochet, 1 increase) *6 [36]
- Rounds 7-17: 36 single crochet [36]
- Round 18: (7 single crochet, 1 decrease) *4 [32]
- Round 19: (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) *8 [24]
- Round 20: (1 single crochet, 1 decrease) *8 [16]
- Round 21: 8 decrease [8]
Ears:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, use skin color yarn
- Round 1: 5 single crochet in magic ring [5]
Nose:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, use skin color yarn
- 1 chain, puff stitch
Beard:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, use white yarn
- 19 chain, skip 1
- Row 1: 4 single crochet, 2 half double crochet, 2 double crochet, 2 treble crochet, 2 double crochet, 2 half double crochet, 4 single crochet [18] => turn
- Row 2: [1 chain, (3 double crochet/1), slip stitch] *9
Mustache:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, use white yarn
- 12 chain, skip 1, 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 2 double crochet, 1 single crochet, slip stitch, 1 single crochet, 2 double crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 single crochet
Hat:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, start with red yarn
- Round 1: In magic ring: 6 double crochet [6]
- Round 2: 6 double crochet [6]
- Round 3: [1 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [9]
- Round 4: 9 double crochet [9]
- Round 5: [2 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [12]
- Round 6: 12 double crochet [12]
- Round 7: [3 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [15]
- Round 8: 15 double crochet [15]
- Round 9: [4 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [18]
- Round 10: [5 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [21]
- Round 11: [6 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *3 [24]
- Round 12: [3 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *6 [30]
- Round 13: [4 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *6 [36]
- Round 14: [8 double crochet, (2 double crochet/1)] *4 [40]
- Round 15: 40 double crochet [40] => white
- Rounds 16-22: 40 single crochet [40]
Arms:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, start with black yarn
- Round 1: 6 single crochet in magic ring [6]
- Round 2: 6 increase [12]
- Rounds 3-4: 12 single crochet [12] => white
- Rounds 5-6: 12 single crochet [12] => red
- Rounds 7-46: 12 single crochet [12] => white
- Rounds 47-48: 12 single crochet [12] => black
- Rounds 49-50: 12 single crochet [12]
- Round 51: 6 decrease [6]
Legs:
Crochet hook size: 2.75 mm, start with black yarn
- Round 1: 7 single crochet in magic ring [7]
- Round 2: 7 increase [14]
- Round 3: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) *7 [21]
- Round 4: 21 single crochet [21] => white
- Rounds 5-7: 21 single crochet [21]
- Round 8 (Back loops only): (1 single crochet, 1 decrease) *7 [14]
- Round 9: 7 decrease [7]
Embellishments:
- Eyes: 6mm, between rounds 13 and 14, positioned 4 single crochet apart.
- Ears: Between rounds 14 and 15, with the distance from the ears to the eyes being 7 single crochet.
- Beard: From round 17
- Mustache: From round 16
- Nose: Between rounds 14 and 15
