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    Home » Crochet » Crochet Patterns » Holidays » Christmas » Crochet Santa Hat – Easy Free Pattern and Video Tutorial

    Crochet Santa Hat – Easy Free Pattern and Video Tutorial

    November 10, 2020 by Nicole Riley

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    This adorable Santa Hat is long and includes a faux fur pom pom. The free crochet pattern is made using basic crochet stitches and the worsted weight Brava yarn by WeCrochet. The ribbing and hat are made with Fable fur yarn.


    It’s finally Christmas time. Yes we haven’t had Thanksgiving yet, I get it. But it’s never too early to start making Santa Hats for the family and for your friends. My family loves wearing Santa hats, but without bells. LOL Although I think they are cuter with bells, especially for little kids.

    Crocheting for Christmas

    Christmas decorations can be stressful or enjoyable to crochet. I love decorating and making unique pieces that no one has seen before. For example, the Gingerbread House is an all-time favorite. But to make it even better the family would wear Santa Hats to really get into the swing of the celebrations. Don’t you think?

    Crocheting a hat

    When I first started to crochet, I was scared to crochet hats. I never knew how to make the hats fit for a specific head. But then I figured out how to crochet hats perfectly every time. And it truly is not as hard as it might seem. You just need a good reference table and a measuring tape.

    This Santa hat was made with worsted weight yarn called Brava yarn by WeCrochet. It’s soft and so easy to use. It also uses Fable Fur yarn for the perfect ribbing and faux fur pom pom.

    Santa Hat with Pom Pom Free Crochet Pattern Tutorial

    Making the Santa Hat into an Elf Hat

    Easy. All you will need to do is switch out the white for red and the red for green. But it may be hard to find true red faux fur yarn (some yarn companies may have those). So you may need to switch out with worsted or bulky yarn that is not faux fur and adjust the pattern slightly (for the ribbing and the pom pom). But the rest of the pattern can still be used easily.

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    So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this cute Santa hat pattern.

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    This pattern is also available as an ad-free, printer-friendly pdf pattern that can be purchased at the links below for only a small fee.

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    How to crochet the long
    Santa Hat with Faux Fur Pom Pom

    You will need:

    • WeCrochet Brava Worsted yarn (1 skein/ 100g/ 218yd) – color red
    • WeCrochet Fabel Fur Yarn (1 skein/ 100g/ 71yd) – color eisbar
    • 4.0 mm hook
    • 9.0 mm hook
    • scissors
    • tapestry needle
    • Polyfil

    Gauge:

    4 sts x 4 rounds = 1 square inch

    Size:

    Size varies and is different for each hat size. Adult Santa Hat is 9 inches in diameter and 22.5 inches long.

    Stitches used:

    Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE

    • sc = single crochet
    • sk = skip
    • st = stitch
    • moss stitch = 1 sc, 1 ch, sk 1 st
    • sl st = slip stitch
    • ch = chain

    Cute Crochet Santa Hat
    Video Tutorial

    https://youtu.be/lnRSay2V6uU

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    Crochet Santa Hat - Free Pattern

    Written Pattern for the Santa Hat:

    First, you will need to determine which hat size you will be making. You will first make the ribbing. For that, you will need to reference the head circumference and subtract about 1 inch since the Fable Fur yarn is stretchy. Next, turn the rectangle ribbing piece into a circle and add the Moss Stitch for the upper hat part until you reach the hat height measurement for the head size of the person you’re making the hat for. Then you will start decreasing and finally add the Pom Pom at the end.

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    Ribbing of the Santa Hat

    Start with the Fable Fur yarn, Chain 5 using the 9.0mm hook

    R1: start from the 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc in each st, turn

    R2: 1 sc in each st, turn

    Repeat row 2 until you reach 1 inch less of what the reference table shows for “head circumference”.

    Then fold the long rectangle in half and slip stitch the first and last row together. Fasten off and weave in your ends.

    Red Hat Part of the Santa Hat

    Attach the red brava yarn to the ribbing using the 4.0mm hook.

    Evenly crochet all around the ribbing, around 2 sc’s per row of the ribbing until you have an odd number of stitches. Make sure it’s a bit more than you normally would have for a hat in the head size you are making it for. For example, for an adult hat I crocheted 81 sc’s (typically I crochet around 70 for a hat).

    You will now crochet in continuous rounds using the moss stitch (1 sc, sk 1 st, 1 ch) until you reach the height of the hat measurement (check the reference table).

    Crochet Santa Hat Pattern ribbing

    Elongating the Santa Hat with decreasing rounds

    Now you will start decreasing in a specific pattern. That means you will decrease for 2 rounds (1st round removing 4 chains, 2nd round removing 4 sc’s), followed by 5 normal rounds of moss stitches.

    Divide the last round you crocheted into 4 parts and mark them with a stitch marker.

    ***

    Now for the next round, crochet the moss stitch as normal until you hit a stitch marker, skip the ch of the moss stitch (so just 1 sc, sk 1 st) right where the stitch marker is. Repeat from * until you finished the round and skipped 4 chains in total.

    In the following round, you will crochet the moss stitch as normal until you hit a stitch marker, then skip 1 sc, such that you crochet over the stitch marker. Repeat from * until you finished the round and have skipped 4 sc’s in total.

    Please reference the video tutorial if the above decreasing rounds are not clear.

    After you did the 2 decreasing rounds, you will crochet 5 rounds of normal moss stitches (no decreases).

    Repeat from *** until you can’t decrease anymore and have about 10 stitches in the last round.

    Close the hole, by sewing/weaving your yarn through the the moss stitches and then pull to close. Fasten off.

    Adding the Pom Pom to the Santa Hat

    To add the pom pom, you first either buy one, make one or crochet one. I crocheted mine using this Faux Fur Pom Pom pattern (it includes a video) using Fable Fur Yarn.

    Sew the pom pom to the end of the Santa Hat.

    Fasten off and weave in your end.

    Crochet Santa Hat Pattern long

    Now you are done and can wear, gift or sell your Santa Hat for the Christmas time.

    I hope you love this Santa Hat pattern as much as I do. If you love this pattern and technique, please use the social media share buttons above or below and share this pattern link with the world and your friends.

    Santa Hat Free Crochet Pattern Tutorial

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