Santa Doggie Hat and Beard

This adorable dog knitting pattern will put your pooch in the Holiday spirit in no time.

If you love pet knitting patterns, then this Santa Doggie Hat and Beard is sure to tickle your fancy. This dog costume pattern will teach you how to make an adorable doggie Santa hat and beard for your canine friend. This free knitting pattern is available in multiple sizes, so you should be able to find one to fit your puppy pal, however big or small. With your pooch wearing this knitting pattern for dogs, everyone you meet will be in the holiday spirit. A Santa beard and a wagging tail are too cute to resist.

NotesThis pattern calls for 2 balls (red, white) of worsted weight yarn and one ball of super bulky fur yarn. Recommended yarns are: RED HEART® Soft®: 1 ball each White 4600 and Really Red 9925, and RED HEART® Boutique Fur™: 1 ball Polar 9100.

You will also need 3 stitch markers, a yarn needle, and a pom pom maker for this knitting pattern.

Intermediate

Knitting Needle Size17 or 12.75 mm, 8 or 5 mm

Finished SizeHat fits dog neck size 11 (13½, 16½, 19½,)” [28 (34, 42, 50) cm].

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Santa Doggie Hat and Beard

This project is knitted flat and then seamed. Directions are for size X-Small. Changes for sizes Small, Medium and Large are in parentheses. The dog in the photo is wearing size Small. White is yarn A. Red is yarn B. Fur yarn is yarn C.

Hat

Begin the Neck:

With smaller needles and A, cast on 48 (60, 72, 84) sts.
Row 1: K2, P2. Continue in K2, P2 ribbing until piece measures 3 (4, 5, 6)” [8 (10, 13, 15) cm] from cast on.
Next row: Continuing in K2, P2 pattern, work first 12 (16, 18, 22) sts, bind off 24 (28, 36, 40) sts, work last 12 (16, 18, 22) sts.
Next row: Continuing in K2, P2 pattern, work first 12 (16, 18, 22) sts, cast on 24 (28, 36, 40) sts, work last 12 (16, 18, 22) sts. Continue in K2, P2 pattern for 1 (1½, 2, 2½)” [3 (4, 5, 6) cm].
Last row: Purl across.
Crown of Hat:

Change to B.
Row 1: K8 (10, 12, 14) sts, place st marker, K16 (20, 24, 28) sts, place st marker, K16 (20, 24, 28) sts, place st marker, K last 8 (10, 12, 14) sts.
Row 2: Purl across.
Row 3: Knit across.
Row 4: Purl across.
Row 5: Knit across.
Row 6: Purl across.
Row 7: *Knit to 2 sts before marker, K2tog, slip marker, SSK; repeat from * to end of row–42 (54, 66, 78) sts.
Repeat Rows 4-7 until 6 sts are left on needle. Bind off.

Beard

With larger needles and C, cast on 3 sts.
Row 1: Kfb, knit to last st, kfb—5 sts.
Row 2: Knit
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until there are 7 (9, 11, 13) sts on needle. Bind off.

Finishing

With A, whipstitch beard to neck just below the opening left from the bound-off sts. Whipstitch the side edges of the neck together, forming a tube.
With B, whipstitch the side edges of the crown together to form the hat.
With A and pompom maker, make a pompom. Attach to top of hat.
With yarn needle, weave in all loose ends. Finished hat should look like this.

Abbreviations

A, B, C: Colors A, B, or C

K: knit

P: purl

St(s): stitch(es)

St st: stockinette stitch

kfb: Knit into the front and then the back of the same st

Ssk: slip slip knit. Slip next 2 stitches, one at a time as if to knit, to right needle, insert point of left needle through front of sts, knit these sts together through back loop.

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Obergius

Nov 25, 2020

I really want to knit this for my puppy but I am confused by the Beard instructions. I am knitting for an XS dog if I CO 3 sts then increase to 5 sts in the 1st row and then 7 sts in the 3rd row it would mean that the beard is only 6 rows but it seems more than that in the picture. How long should the beard be?

Lisa

Sep 05, 2018

This would be a difficult pattern to make with all the missing information, like which yarns to use and how much of them and without this information you can't tell which yarn is designated A, B etc.

Susan S

Sep 20, 2018

The type of yarn is in the short write-up above the pattern, and I agree, it should be in the body of the pattern where people can see it. And which yarn is which is given right at the top of the pattern White is yarn A. Red is yarn B. Fur yarn is yarn C.