Quick Crochet Granny Santa Hats

Granny Stitch Santa Hats

Oh, how I wish I’d thought of these crochet Santa hats a wee bit earlier. There is literally just one week to go before Christmas Day, for goodness’ sake! Better late than never, I suppose, and now they’re here, they’re here forever!

It was this chunky Santa hat that popped into my head first (a couple of days ago). I didn’t like my other crochet Christmas hat very much; I’d not made enough of an effort in the design stakes (see me talk about that disaster Here). Instead of fiddly fine fluffy mohair yarn (i.e, the other Xmas hat I crocheted), I decided to go for a rush job and choose the chunkiest yarn my LYS had.

In the last two days, I’ve made three versions of this granny Santa hat to get the result I’m really happy with (the first two I was quite chilled about frogging; this festive hat takes no time to work up!). Yesterday we had a lovely Christmassy lunch at a pub with friends, and I sat there and worked on matching mini versions!

Crochet Santa Hat Bunting

The human-sized Santa hat used just over one ball of red chunky yarn and left me with about half a ball of cream colour. I felt bad about abandoning all those leftovers, and the mild to moderate guilt resulted in this collection of mini Santa hats that are ideal for crochet bunting.

One-Size-Fits-All Granny Santa Hat

Regarding the biggun, one size of the large granny stitch Santa hat fits all. We tested it on our after-lunch walk yesterday. It fits beautifully on all heads in different kinds of ways. My boy has it so that it is slightly oversize-in-a-good-way, it fits me like a normal hat, and it perches snuggly on a giant nut, like the one my friend got (cheers Paul!).

Today I’ve typed up the crochet patterns for both Santa hat sizes as a 2-for-1 thing. I have a free Granny Santa Hat pattern right here on the blog. The ad-free pdf is available as a download from Ravelry. More technical talk is over there, so do please pop over, and whilst you’re there, maybe you’ll be tempted to buy a copy! There is still time, honest! Or, if you would like to further explore more Christmas crochet patterns, go here.

The mini crochet hats can be Christmas tree decorations or a fabulous garland. I love both (which surprises me as I’m not a bunting person), it’s so versatile!!

What do you think? Does it make you feel festive?! Honestly, I think this is such a quick crochet make for Christmas that you could make Santa hats for every member of the family over one weekend! HoHoHo? X