Triangle Santa Ornament (Free Pattern)

Loom Knit and CrochetTriangle Santa Ornament Free Pattern

Hello fiber artists! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. Today I have a stash busting Christmas ornament with versions for loom knitters and Crocheters. The crochet version was a quickie copy of the original loom knit version and it's a little bigger. If you're looking for a quick project, special holiday tag or homemade ornament then I'm sure you'll love making these adorable Santas.

Feel free to mix and match your yarn and try different colors. The sizing should stay relatively the same if you use the same types of yarn (example, faux fur for the beard, fluffy yarn for the trim of the hat, etc.) Once you get the idea behind how you make the triangles, you should easily be able to add/subtract rows as needed.

Things you'll need...loom or crochet hook, loom knitting tool (loom knit version), 4 types of yarn, and small pom-poms for the nose (red or tan, depending on if your Santa's nose is cold or not). 

Enjoy the holiday season and happy looming!-Nicole

The Santa on the left is the loom knit version and the one on the right is the crochet version.

FREE PATTERN

Pattern notes (loom & crochet version)

• Loom used:  3/8” peg spacing loom, loom knit version.
• Hook used:  I-5.5mm, crochet version.
• This is a stash buster ornament so varying yarn weights were used. The white yarn is 5/6 weight and the Red and tan were 4 weight (worsted/tan to heavy worsted/red)
• Size will vary depending on the yarn used. Sample ornament is 4” w x 3” high. You may have to play with row counts if using different yarn weights for both versions.
• The crochet version is larger than the knit version.

Loom Knit Triangle Santa Ornament

If you are new to loom knitting HERE'S A FULL GLOSSARY of terms and video instruction.

Foundation row:  E-wrap cast on 14 pegs with color A (white/fur yarn, Sirdar Alpine luxe fur)
Row 1:  Purl
Row 2:  Knit
Change to color B (tan, worsted weight, lion brand pounds of love)
Row 3:  Knit
Row 4:  K2tog, purl to last 2 pegs, ssk. (12 sts)
Row 5:  Knit
Row 6:  Purl
Row 7:  Knit
Row 8:  K2tog, purl to last 2 pegs, ssk. (10 sts)
Change to color C (white, fluffy type yarn, baby blanket #5)
Row 9:  Knit
Row 10:  K2tog, purl to last 2 sts, ssk. (8 sts)
Change to Color D (Red tweed, this is a heavy worsted)
Row 11:  Knit
Row 12:  Purl
Row 13:  Knit
Row 14:  Purl
Row 15:  K2tog, knit to last 2 sts, ssk.  (6 sts)
Row 16:  Purl
Row 17:  Knit
Row 18:  Purl
Row 19:  K2tog, knit to last 2 sts, ssk. (4 sts)
Row 20:  Knit
Row 21:  Purl
Row 22:  Knit
Row 23:  K2tog, ssk. (2 sts)
Row 24:  Purl
Row 25:  K2tog
Bind off. Optional: Leave a long tail if you wish to make a single strand hanger.
Finish:  Weave in ends. Add a hanger to your ornament or use the tail as a hanger securing it to the top of the hat. If you know how to make a chain with a crochet hook, then chain 20 and slip stitch into the 1st chain, then bind off to make the hanger. Glue a small pom pom to the center of Santas face, see picture for placement.

Crochet Triangle Santa Ornament

hdc = half double crochet

Sc =single crochet

ch = chain

Please use YouTube/Google as a resource if you need crochet instruction.

finished measurements 4” x 4”. See the above pattern notes. I didn’t need to do much decreasing as I just omitted some of the chains at the beginning of the round and the ornament just naturally pulled inward to form the triangle. The ornament will bend inward slightly but lays flat as soon as you block it (it's very slight unless you crochet tightly) Feel free to play with it and add decreases if you would like to make the chains at the beginning of the round.

Ch12, turn.
Single crochet into every chain, turn.
Change to tan color (Santa's face)
ch1, hdc into every single crochet, ch1, turn.
Hdc into every hdc, turn.
Change to white (Santa's hat trim)
ch1, single crochet into every hdc, turn.
Change to red (hat)
ch1, single crochet decrease, single crochet to last 2 hdc’s, single crochet decrease; turn.
Ch1, single crochet across; turn.
Repeat last 2 rows until hat is fully decreased.
At the tip of the hat you can either bind off or chain 20 and slip stitch into the 1st chain, then bind off and weave in all of your ends.