Dress your holiday table in festive flair with these Santa Jacket & Pants Cutlery Holders—a jolly crochet project that’s sure to spread smiles with every bite! 🎅🍴 With their classic red suit, fluffy white trim, and playful design, these mini Santa outfits are ready to cradle your silverware in style. Whether you’re hosting a cozy Christmas dinner or crafting seasonal décor, this pattern adds a cheerful handmade touch to your holiday celebrations.
Perfect for gifting, decorating, or delighting guests, each piece can be customized with sparkly yarns, tiny belt buckles, or embroidered buttons to match your merry mood. Quick to stitch and full of personality, these cutlery holders are a joyful way to bring warmth and whimsy to your table. Whether paired with matching napkins or nestled beside a plate of cookies, the Santa Jacket & Pants Cutlery Holders are a festive favorite—perfect for stitching up a little holiday magic, one loop at a time! 🧶🎄✨
🎄 Santa Jacket & Pants Cutlery Holders Crochet Pattern
Bring a festive touch to your holiday table with these charming Santa Jacket & Pants Cutlery Holders! Each holder is designed to look like Santa’s clothes and is perfect for holding forks, knives, and spoons. These make a wonderful DIY Christmas decoration and also a thoughtful handmade gift.
✨ Skill Level
Beginner to Intermediate – simple stitches, a little sewing.
📏 Finished Size
- Jacket: ~16 cm wide x 18 cm tall (6.5 in x 7 in)
- Pants: ~16 cm tall (6.5 in)
🧶 Materials Needed
- Red yarn (worsted weight, cotton/acrylic) – for jacket & pants
- White yarn – for cuffs, collar, trim
- Black yarn – for belt & boots
- Yellow yarn – for belt buckle
- Hook: 3.0 mm
- Yarn needle & stitch markers
- Scissors
🪡 Abbreviations (US Terms)
- MR = Magic Ring
- sc = single crochet
- inc = increase (2 sc in same st)
- dec = decrease (sc 2 together)
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- hdc = half double crochet
🧵 Pattern Instructions
Santa Jacket
Back panel:
- With red yarn, ch 22.
- Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across [21].
- Rows 2–18: sc in each st across [21].
FO.
Front panels (make 2):
- Ch 12.
- Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across [11].
- Rows 2–18: sc in each st across [11].
FO.
Sleeves (make 2):
- Ch 16, join in round.
- R1–12: sc around [16].
FO.
Assembly:
- Sew front panels to sides of back panel, leaving space for sleeves.
- Attach sleeves.
- With white yarn, crochet sc edging along bottom, cuffs, and front opening.
- Add a collar trim with white yarn (ch 22, sc across, sew on neckline).
Belt:
- With black yarn, ch 30, sc across, sew across waist.
- With yellow yarn, ch 14, join to form rectangle, sew onto belt front.
Santa Pants
Legs (make 2):
With red yarn:
- MR, 6 sc [6].
- R2: inc x6 [12].
- R3–14: sc around [12].
FO one leg. Do not FO second leg.
Join legs:
R15: Join both legs with ch 2 between. sc around both legs + across chains [28].
R16–20: sc around [28].
Trim:
- With white yarn, sc around waistline and cuffs of pants.
Boots (part of legs):
Change to black yarn for first 3 rows of each leg before switching to red.
Belt & Buckle:
Same as jacket – black band around waist, yellow rectangle buckle sewn on.
🎄 Assembly & Finishing
- Weave in all ends neatly.
- Lightly block to shape.
- Slip cutlery into jacket sleeves and pants legs.
🥰 Final Words
Your Santa Jacket & Pants Cutlery Holders are ready to bring holiday cheer to the table! These festive pouches will surprise your guests and make your Christmas dinner extra special. 🌟
They also make great handmade stocking stuffers or hostess gifts.
