Down the Chimney Santa Hat Knitting Pattern

This adorable Down the Chimney Santa hat features Santa delivering a sack of toys down the chimney, it’s the perfect Christmas knitting pattern!

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I’ve knit lots of Santa hats in my time. And hats with Santa on them. And hats with Santa’s hat on them! Really all combinations. But this year I thought it would be really cute to knit a hat showing Santa taking a sack of toys down the chimney!

I’m calling it the Down the Chimney Santa Hat knitting pattern. The brim and bottom of the hat are knit in a brick pattern to look like a chimney top. Then Santa is added above holding on to the edge of the chimney and his sack of toys. It’s so cute!

A child wears a gray knitted hat featuring a charming Santa Claus design, complete with a red chimney and toy sack detail. With a bright smile, the child looks down, wearing a crisp white shirt. The hat's delightful appearance stems from a creative Santa hat knitting pattern.

This Santa’s Toys hat knitting pattern is knit in the round with worsted weight yarn on both circular knitting needles and double pointed knitting needles (for the decrease section at the top of the hat).

A child wearing a knitted hat featuring a Santa holding a bag of toys going down a brick chimney. The gray hat, accented with red and beige borders, perfectly frames the child's blonde hair. Dressed in a white shirt, the child gazes thoughtfully to the side.

The bottom part of the hat with the brick patten is knit with stranded Fair Isle colorwork techniques meaning you will need to knit with two colors of yarn in the same row. The brick pattern is incredibly easy to knit and this would be a great project to learn or practice your color work techniques with because it’s only part of the hat and it’s an easy pattern repeat.

A young girl wearing a gray knit hat with red and beige brick patterns and a cute Santa peeking out the top of a chimney, looks to her right. She is dressed in a white shirt, has light brown hair, and a calm expression. The background is plain white.

After you finish knitting this easy Christmas hat knitting pattern, you will add Santa peeking out over the top of the brick chimney with duplicate stitch. If you don’t know how to do duplicate stitch in knitting, don’t worry, I’ve got a great in-depth tutorial that will show you how.

Finally, after you add Santa and his mittens to the hat, you can knit his sack of toys. It’s small, quick and you’ll be ready to add it to the hat in no time. This is a fun Christmas pattern that combines several techniques in an easy way and I think you will enjoy knitting it!

Are you ready to deliver some toys down the chimney?

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Down the Chimney Santa Hat Knitting Pattern

Sizes included: 0-3 months, (6 months, 1-2 years, 3-6 years, Child Large/Adult Small, Adult Large) Read our sizing guidelines post for more information.

Gauge: 19 stitches = 4 inches

(If you need help, my favorite knitting reference book for everyone from beginners to advanced knitters is THIS ONE!)

This cute pattern is available for sale only. When you purchase this pattern, you’ll get an instant download PDF pattern in a few nicely formatted easy-to-print pages that includes written instructions and step by step photos. This pattern is available in my Etsy shop or on Ravelry where it will also be permanently stored in your Ravelry pattern library.

Happy Knitting!

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Craft and Knitwear Designer at Little Red Window Design

Welcome to Little Red Window! I’m Cassie, a professional craft and knitwear designer working in the field for more than 10 years. I have a degree in Art History from Northwestern University and a Master's Degree in Architecture and Design from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I've designed more than 300 separate knitting patterns, hundreds of craft projects, and I love to bring joy to your crafts and knitting with well-designed, easy to understand tutorials and patterns.

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