Crochet Santa Pillow Free Pattern

Crochet this santa pillow to display as part of your Christmas decor with this free crochet pattern. It goes perfectly with my crochet snowman pillow pattern too!

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Crochet Pillows

Crochet pillows add a cozy homemade touch to your decor, especially in the colder months.

The construction of this pillow is very simple. First, you will crochet two square panels. Then you will crochet the panels together around a pillow form. You can also stuff it with polyfil or stuffing if you’d like but I find the pillow form gives a nicer, firm finish.

I found a 4pack of 14″ x 14″ pillow forms on Amazon for a good deal. They do come vacuum sealed, so I put mine in the dryer on low for about 20 minutes and they came out nice and fluffy.

Color Changing in Crochet

When changing colors for the front panel (from red to white and back to red), you can carry each color to the next row instead of cutting it. You will need two separate balls of red for this or you can use the inside strand of yarn and outside strand of yarn from the same skein. Each section of color will have its own skein/ball of yarn.

To do this method, after you change colors, simply drop the old color and continue on with the new color. Once you do this, you will see that when you get to the next row, you can simply pick up the next color you need without having to cut anything.

Color changing tip within the row: Pull through the yarn color you are changing to one step before finishing the last stitch. For example, when changing from white to red in this pattern, your last red stitch will be a single crochet. Before you pull through the last two loops on your hook to complete the single crochet, let go of the red working yarn and pull the white yarn through the last two loops. Then continue to crochet with the white yarn. This will give a cleaner look.

Crochet Santa Pillow Pattern

Video Tutorial

Watch the full video tutorial on YouTube.

Materials

Worsted weight acrylic yarn in red, black, white, and gold

J/6.00mm hook

Tapestry needle and scissors

14”x14″ pillow form

Pattern Notes

Beginning chain does not count as a stitch.

Dimensions: 14” x 14”

Gauge: 2” x 2” ~ 6 st x 5 rows in half double crochet

Abbreviations: (US terms)

Ch = chain, sc = single crochet, hdc = half double crochet, dc = double crochet, st = stitch

Pattern

Front Panel

Start with red yarn.

Row 1: Ch 46, dc in 3rd ch from hook, sc in next ch, *dc in next ch, sc in next ch, repeat from * until you have a total of 16 stitches, change to white yarn, hdc in next 12 st, change to red yarn, *dc in next ch, sc in next ch, repeat from * across the last 16 ch, turn

Row 2: Ch 2, *dc in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * for a total of 16 st, change to white yarn, hdc in next 12 st, change to red yarn, *dc in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * across the row, turn

Repeat Row 2 until you have a total of 14 rows.

Change to black yarn.

Row 15-19: Ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn

Change to red yarn.

Row 20-38: Repeat Row 2

Fasten off.

Back Panel

Start with red yarn.

Row 1: Ch 46, dc in 3rd ch from hook, sc in next ch, *dc in next ch, sc in next ch, repeat from * across, turn

Row 2: Ch 2, *dc in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * across, turn

Repeat Row 2 until you have a total of 14 rows.

Change to black yarn.

Row 15-19: Ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn

Change to red yarn

Row 20-38: Repeat Row 2

Fasten off

Belt Buckle

Use gold yarn.

Round 1: Ch 24, join to first ch, careful not to twist the chain

Round 2: Ch 1, 3sc in same ch you just joined to, sc in next 5 ch, *3sc in next ch, sc in next 5 ch, repeat from * around, join to first st

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, *3sc in next st, sc in next 7 st, repeat from * two times, 3sc in next st, sc in last 6 st, join to first st

Round 4: Ch 1, sc in next 2 st, *3sc in next st, sc in next 9 st, repeat from * two times, 3sc in next st, sc in last 7 st, join to first sc.

Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.

Assembly

Sew belt buckle onto front panel using photo as a guide. Use red yarn to crochet together front and back panels using single crochets. Make 3 single crochets in each corner. Fasten off and weave in ends.