Santa Chocolate Orange Cover Knitting Pattern PDF Christmas Gift Bag DK

Turn a chocolate orange or small festive gift into an adorable Santa with this cheerful Christmas knitting pattern.

The finished cover features Santa’s red hat, wide white trim, friendly face, rosy cheeks, shaped beard and two separately knitted moustache pieces. A bright ribbon gathers the top and completes the festive design.

The cover is worked from the top down in one piece on straight needles, with a single seam at the back. It can also be used as a miniature gift bag filled with wrapped sweets or another small surprise.

Pattern details:

• Finished height: approximately 12 cm

• Designed as a chocolate-orange cover or miniature gift bag

• Uses DK, 8-ply or light worsted weight 3 yarn

• Knitted flat on 3.25 mm straight needles

• Worked from the ruffled top down

• Stocking stitch and garter stitch construction

• Simple colour changes create Santa’s hat, face and beard

• Two separately knitted moustache pieces

• Eyelet row for the ribbon or twisted cord

• Embroidered nose

• Optional rosy cheeks

• Single back seam

• Written in English using standard knitting abbreviations

Materials required:

• Approximately 10g each of red, white and flesh-coloured DK yarn

• Black yarn for embroidered eyes or suitable glue-on eyes

• Approximately 38 cm of ribbon, or yarn for a twisted cord

• 3.25 mm knitting needles

• Sewing needle

• Pink pencil for the optional cheeks

A lovely quick Christmas project for stocking fillers, Secret Santa gifts, festive table decorations or handmade gift packaging.

Please note: This listing is for a digital PDF knitting pattern only. The completed Santa cover, chocolate orange and other materials are not included.