# Santa Baby Mug Cover Crochet Pattern
Ho ho ho — this little Santa suit for your mug might be the jolliest thing I’ve ever crocheted. A cherry-red body, Santa’s black belt with a golden buckle, and a fluffy white “fur” trim along the top: it’s the whole North Pole look in one quick project. If you can single crochet, chain, and slip stitch, you can absolutely make this — it works up in under an hour and uses way less than a quarter skein of yarn.
It’s a dream gift for teachers, coworkers, and friends — tuck a mug inside with some cocoa packets and you’re done.
What you’ll need
- Loops & Threads Impeccable, size 4 (medium), 100% acrylic (4.5 oz / 127.5 g, 285 yd / 260 m per skein — you need way less than a quarter skein total):
- Cherry — the red suit
- Black — the belt
- Sunny Day — the belt buckle
- Bernat Pipsqueak, size 5 (bulky) fleece yarn in Whitey White (3.5 oz / 100 g, 101 yd / 92 m per skein — just a few yards for the fluffy trim)
- G/6 (4.00 mm) crochet hook for everything except the buckle
- F/5 (3.75 mm) crochet hook for the buckle
- Yarn needle, scissors, measuring tape
- 1.5 cm black button, black thread, and a sewing needle
- A mug to fit
- Gauge: 4″ x 4″ = 13 sc and 15 rows
- Finished size: 10.25″ long x 3.5″ high — fits mugs 10 1/8″–10.5″ around, 3.75″–4.5″ tall, and 3.25″–3.5″ wide
Pattern notes: Written in US terms for right-handed crochet. The cozy is worked flat, every row has 35 stitches, the ch-1 at the start of a row never counts as a stitch, and you always start in the same stitch as the chain.
The pattern
The cozy:
With red yarn and the 4.00 mm hook, ch 36.
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Row 1: Sc in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc in each chain across. (35 sts — and every row from here has 35)
- Rows 2–4: Ch 1 and turn, sc in each stitch across.
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Row 5 (belt): Turn. Fasten off the red, join black yarn with a slip stitch (no chain), and sc in each stitch across.
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Row 6 (belt): Still in black — ch 1 and turn, sc in each stitch across.
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Row 7: Turn. Fasten off the black, leaving a 24″ tail (this becomes the button strap). Join red with a slip stitch (no chain), sc in each stitch across.
- Rows 8–10: Still in red — ch 1 and turn, sc in each stitch across.
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Row 11 (fur): Turn. Fasten off the red, join the fluffy white yarn with a slip stitch, ch 1, sc in each stitch across.
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Row 12 (fur): Ch 1 and turn, sc in each stitch across.
Fasten off and weave in all loose ends — except that 24″ black tail, which you need next.
The button strap and button:
With the 4.00 mm hook and the 24″ black tail, ch 8, then pull the yarn through to close and attach it right beside the starting chain to form a loop. Pop the cozy on your mug to test the fit and find the right button placement *before* you sew. Then sew the 1.5 cm black button onto the opposite end — about 0.5″ in from the edge — with black thread.
The belt buckle:
With the 3.75 mm hook and golden yellow yarn, ch 18. Work a little rectangle in slip stitches into the back ridge loops of the chain: slip stitch into the 2nd chain and the next 2 chains, work 3 slip stitches into the next chain (that’s one short side); 4 slip stitches down the next side with 3 in the next chain (long side); 3 slip stitches with 3 in the next chain (short side); 4 slip stitches down the last side, then slip stitch into the very first slip stitch to join. Fasten off with a 12″ tail, weave in the starting end, and use the yarn needle to sew the buckle onto the cozy with the black belt rows running through its middle.
A few tips from my hook
- Measure your mug first: 36 chains gives you 35 stitches (about 10.25″ long), and the chain row plus 12 pattern rows gives you 3.5″ of height. Need it taller? Add red rows evenly above and below the belt.
- The 8-chain strap fits mugs 3.25″–3.5″ wide — add or remove chains for a narrower or wider mug.
- Pipsqueak yarn can be tricky to see your stitches in — just count carefully and trust the process; the fluff hides everything anyway.
Fill the finished mug with candy canes or cocoa, and you’ve got the easiest impressive gift on the block. Happy hooking!
