Granny Santa Hat Pattern
Bless my sweet boy! It has been a few years since he modelled my Christmas Granny Santa Hat. He is much bigger than this now, in fact, he is taller than me and growing every day. However, I know that this Granny Santa hat still fits him as it’s a bit of a one size fits all hat.
Made from super chunky yarn, this hat is incredibly quick and easy to crochet. It’s not even Halloween yet, so you have plenty of time to crochet a Santa hat for everyone in the family this Christmas!
This is a crochet design from a few years ago and I thought it would be good to have as a festive freebie (scroll down to find the free pattern). However, you can also grab a copy of the PDF version, which also has a bonus pattern of matching crochet granny hat bunting!
The Crochet Christmas Collection
Not to confuse matters but I also created a collection of crochet patterns I thought were Christmassy, into one bundle. It’s the Christmas Crochet Collection and features: granny stitch baubles, cosy crochet slipper socks the aforementioned hat and bunting, as well as a C2C sweater with a subtle nod to Christmas.
The Christmas Crochet Collection is available to buy, or you can find the patterns for free in the following places:
Things you Need to Crochet a Granny Santa Hat
Granny Hat Pattern Notes:
- All the pictures in this pattern are of the same chunky Christmas hat, it’s just different heads that it’s perched upon.
- The hat is worked​ bottom up, starting with the front post/back post brim.
- Finished​ ​size:​ When laid flat the length (excl pompom) is ​​approx 14 inches / 36cm. The diameter is approximately 9.5 inches / 24cm.
- There is an option to finish the hat a few rounds early (that way, just one ball of red can be used). See Round 17.
- Whilst tension isn’t too much of an issue for a hat like this, it will affect the amount of yarn you use.
- The pattern is written in UK terms and has US equivalents in brackets (see abbreviations). However, it is pretty much all one stitch – the US double crochet. As long as you use that, you’re good to go.
- When “cluster” is referred to in the pattern, this means a traditional 3 stitch granny cluster. (3tr for UK and 3dc for US).
Chunky Yarn for a Crochet Santa Hat
I used Stylecraft Life Super Chunky (100g/80m per ball). You will need one ball of the Cream and two balls of the colourway, Cardinal. If you need to be a bit more conservative with the amount of yarn you use, you could finish your hat a few rounds early and then you would only need one ball in Cardinal.
The bonus garland pattern within the PDF version came about because I had to break into the second ball of the red to finish the pointy bit of the hat. I had plenty of chunky yarn left over and didn’t want it to go to waste. So the result is the garland of mini crochet Santa hats!
Note that in the US a super chunky is often in the same category as super bulky.
Don’t Forget Your Other Crochet Tools:
- 8mm crochet hook.
- Large eye darning needle – something that will fit super chunky yarn.
- Pompom maker for approx 8-9cm diameter pompom.
- Scissors – you can’t break a bulky yarn with your hands unless you have some kind of magical Christmas spirit strength.
Crochet Pattern Abbreviations
Ch=​ ​chain, BPtr= back post treble (US BPdc), FPtr= front post treble (US FPdc)
Rep=​ ​repeat, St= ​stitch, ​​​Sl st=​ ​slip​ ​stitch, ​Tr= Treble crochet​ ​(US double).
Granny Santa Hat Pattern
With Cream, chain 54.
1: Working in back bumps of chain, 1tr in 4th ch from hook, 1tr along to end, join with a sl st to the top of ch3 to form a circle. [52 sts]
2-4: Ch3 (counts as a FPtr), *1BPtr, 1FPtr; rep from * around, finishing on BPtr, join with a sl st to top of ch3. Fasten off Cream.
5: Attach Cardinal to any st, ch3, 2tr in same st, miss 3 sts, *3tr cluster, miss 3 sts; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of ch3. [13 clusters]
6 -10: Ch3, 2tr in same sp, *3tr cluster in next sp; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of ch3. [13 clusters]
11: Ch2, 1tr in next sp (counts as a decrease), *3tr cluster in next sp; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of 1tr, sl st into next sp.
12: Rep 6. [12 clusters]
13: Rep 11.
14: Rep 6. [11 clu]
15: Rep 11.
16: Rep 6. [10 clu]
17: Rep 11. (This is where I ran out of the first ball of Cardinal so, for a shorter, less pointy hat, fasten off here).
18: Rep 6. [8 clu]
19: Rep 11.
20: Rep 6. [7 clu]
Finishing Off Your Santa Hat
Fasten off by using the tail to weave between clusters. Pull tight to securely close. You might want to weave the yarn in and out a few times just to be sure it’s fastened off nice and firmly. Then, sew the bottom of the brim closed with a couple of stitches (see above). Sew in all other ends.
Make and trim a beautiful, big, fluffy pompom to attach to the top of the hat. The best way to attach it is to use the tie ends of the pompom.
Hey Presto!! You now have a fabulous granny stitch hat that would make Father Christmas very proud! What do you think? I quite fancy a green and white striped version. Maybe I will make one this year.
All three of these photos are the same hat on different people. I think it gives you a good idea of the one-size-fits-all approach.
With thanks to my old pal, Paul Courtney who took most of these pics with his fancy camera. That’s him below, a Father Christmas in the making.
Ho ho ho!
