Look at this happy Christmas duo! Don’t they look adorable wearing their little decorations?!
Long ago I designed the crochet Santa hat pattern and a few years later I added the pattern for the mini antlers. This weekend I had the idea to do a fun photo-shoot with my newest animals wearing them. But oh no! It seemed that I’d lost the Santa hat! I looked everywhere but couldn’t find it. I was almost about to order a skein of yarn to make a new one, when I thought of a last place where it could be and there I found it!
Because I’ll be posting a lot of pictures of animals wearing these lovely items, I decided to refresh both patterns. So here they are! Happy crocheting and dressing up your Popkes with crochet Santa hats and antlers!
Mini Santa hat pattern
For this pattern you need worsted weight yarn and hook E US/ 3,5 mm. I’ve used Lett Lopi yarn; colours white 0051 and dark red 1409. You’ll also need sewing materials and a hard brush to fuzzy up the brim and pompom.
The red part, work in rows
1. magic ring of 6 = 6
2. sc in each around = 6, close with sl st.
3. ch 2, (dc in next 2, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 8, sl st,
4. ch 2, (dc in next 3, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 10, sl st.
5. ch 2, (dc in next 4, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 12, sl st.
6. ch 2, (dc in next 3, 2 dc in next) x 3 = 15, sl st.
7. ch 2, (dc in next 4, 2 dc in next) x 3 = 18, sl st.
8. ch 2, (dc in next 8, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 20, sl st.
9. ch 2, (dc in next 9, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 22, sl st.
10. ch 2, (dc in next 10, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 24, change colour to white in sl st. If you need a bigger mini hat, don’t change to white just yet and continue like above by adding two stitches each round, till your hat is the right size. Keep in mind there will be white folded rounds (three rounds of sc’s) below the red part of the hat.
11. ch 2, (dc in next 11, 2 dc in next) x 2 = 26, sl st.
12. ch 1, sc in each around = 26, sl st.
13. ch 1, sc in each around = 26, sl st.
14. ch 1, sc in each around = 26, sl st in 1st and leave yarn end for sewing.
Now fold the white part upwards, so your hat will have a nice and thick brim. Sew it tight with the yarn end.
Pompom
1. magic ring of 5
2. 2 sc in each around = 10
3-5. sc in each around = 10
6. (sc in next 3, s2tog) x 2 = 8, sl st and leave tail.
Attach the pompom to the hat by shoving the hat a bit in the gap of the ball. When it’s in the right place, carefully sew it tight and brush it. Also brush the brim of the hat. For an extra cute result, fold the top of the head down and sew it to the side.
Antlers
With this funny little pattern, you can turn every Popke into a reindeer. It’s an easy and quick to make pattern, although the antlers are a bit tiny so enough light and some patience is very much needed.
Mini antlers pattern
You’ll need worsted weight yarn in brown and any other colour you like and hook E/ 3.5 mm. You will also need pipe cleaners to make the pieces bendable.
The antlers
(Brown, make two of each piece)
Part 1
1. magic ring of 4 = 4
2 – 6. sc in each around = 4, sl st and leave yarn end
Part 2
1. magic ring of 4 = 4
2 – 4. sc in each around = 4, sl st and leave yarn end
Part 3
1. magic ring of 4 = 4
2 – 3. sc in each around = 4, sl st and leave yarn end
Now you can put the pipe cleaners in the longest 4 pieces. Stretch the parts to get the right length and make sure the cleaners in the longest two (part 1’s) stick out just a little bit, so you can prick them into the headband. Now attach the parts 2 to the bottom parts of the parts 1 and the parts 3 to the top part of the parts 1, as shown in the picture. Sew in the end tails but skip the yarn end of the longest parts, so you can use them to sew the antlers to the headband.
Headband
(Any cheerful colour will do)
1. magic ring of 4 = 4
2 – 22. sc in each around = 4, sl st.
Now stretch this piece too and insert the pipe cleaner. Now you can sew the band closed by putting the needle from the inside out through all the outside loops of the 4 st, clockwise. If you do it correctly, you can pull the yarn end and it will close the gap
All you have to do now is attach the antlers to the headband, about two rounds apart. There, now you can give all your Popkes a reindeer metamorphose!
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