In this tutorial, I show you how to crochet a small simple Santa sack ornament to decorate your Christmas tree or to combine with an amigurumi.
This project you can finish in about 1 hour and I suggest you to work with a glitter yarn to give an elegance touch.
Used yarn and accessories to crochet a sack
I used:
- 50 gr mercerized cotton yarn ICE YARNS brown color
- 20 gr metallic polyester acrylic ORO MONDIAL red color
- Crochet hook size 3 mm
- scissor
- stitchmarker
- needle
- Polystyrene ball 17 cm circumference
Other recommended yarns: try doing it with the golden cord, the result will be a much bigger and more robust sack than the one proposed in the tutorial.
Cotton, wool and acrylic are ideal for this bag if you want a softer finish.
Depending on the yarn you choose, you will need to adjust the crochet hook size.
Crochet pattern Santa sack ornament
🕰️ Working time: about 1 hour | Skill Level: 🌸🌸 easy
📗 Abbreviations & meanings (us terms)
- MR = Magic ring
- CH = chain
- SC = single crochet
- SLST = slip stitch
- HDC = half double crochet
- INC = Increase, 2 SC in the same stitch
- DEC = Decrease, 2 SC together
- REP * = repeat from * to * until the end of the round
📜 Tutorial crochet sack
The Santa Sack is to crochet in continuos round, without closing with a slip stitch at the end of each round.
Use a stitch marker to mark the first or the last stitch of the round and move it.
To give the shape, I used a polystyrene ball about 17 cm in circumference.
Follow the table down here to start with a circle.
| ROUND | INSTRUCTION | TOT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MR, 6 SC | 6 |
| 2 | 6 INC | 12 |
| 3 | * 1 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times | 18 |
| 4 | 1 SC, INC ; * 2 SC, INC *; REP * 5 times, 1 SC | 24 |
| 5 | * 3 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times | 30 |
| 6 | 2 SC, INC; *4 SC, INC *; REP * 5 times, 2 SC | 36 |
| 7 | * 5 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times | 42 |
| 8 | 3 SC, INC; * 6 SC, INC *; REP * 5 times, 3 SC | 48 |
| 9-13 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 48×5 |
| 14 | 3 SC, DEC; * 6 SC, DEC*; REP * 5 times, 3 SC | 42 |
| 15 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 42 |
| 16 | * 5 SC, DEC*; REP * 6 times | 36 |
| 17 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 36 |
| 18 | 2 SC, DEC; *4 SC, DEC*; REP * 5 times, 2 SC insert the styrofoam ball. | 30 |
| 19 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 30 |
| 20 | * 3 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times | 24 |
| 21 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 24 |
| 22 | 1 SC, DEC; *2 SC, DEC *; REP * 5 times, 1 SC | 18 |
| 23 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 18 |
| 24 | * 1 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times | 12 |
| 25 | 1 SC in each stitches around | 12 |
| 26 | 2 CHs (= 1st HDC), 1 HDC in the base of the CH and 2 HDC in each stitches around. Close with 1 SL ST in the 2nd beginning CH. | 24 |
Cut the yarn and hide it. Now take a contrasting colour, better if “glittered”, like the red one I chose to make the string. Make 90 CHs, fasten them and then cut the thread leaving a long end of about 20 cm.
Knot the string made between the 25th and 26th round and form a bow. Stitch the ends of the string together and then, with the same thread, run over the top back of the bag to form a loop, so you can hang it on the branch of the Christmas tree. Watch the video to see how.
🎬 Video tutorial how to crochet a Santa sack ornament
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The Christmas crochet project is finished!
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