Christmas Hot Pad Crochet Pattern
If you’re looking for a quick and festive project this season, you’ll love this Christmas Hot Pad Crochet Pattern! These adorable Rudolph and Santa hot pads are made with durable cotton yarn and the thick, heat-resistant thermal stitch—perfect for decorating your holiday kitchen or gifting to friends and family.
About the Christmas Hot Pad Crochet Pattern
This set includes two Christmas hot pads: a sweet Rudolph design with his signature red nose and a classic Santa hot pad with his iconic belt and buckle. Both patterns are beginner-friendly, work up quickly, and add the perfect handmade touch to your holiday decor.
Because these hot pads are made with cotton yarn, they’re practical for everyday use, washable, and safe for handling warm dishes and cookie trays. The thermal stitch creates extra thickness, making these hot pads functional as well as festive.
Materials
- 100% cotton yarn (various colors for Santa & Rudolph)
- Crochet hook size recommended on yarn label
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Skill Level
Easy / Beginner-Friendly
If you can work the thermal stitch, single crochet, and color changes, you can absolutely make these Christmas hot pads.
How to Use Your Christmas Hot Pads
These festive hot pads are cute and functional, making them perfect for:
- Setting out with your holiday table decor
- Protecting surfaces while serving warm holiday dishes
- Hanging as decorative Christmas kitchen accents
- Pairing with cookies, candles, or handmade treats as Christmas gifts
- Adding to a handmade gift basket or stocking
No matter how you use them, these Christmas hot pads add the perfect warm and whimsical touch to your home.
Making the Christmas Hot Pads Crochet Pattern
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Materials
WeCrochet Dishie yarn in Fiesta Red, Black, Linen, and Sunny Day (or any worsted weight cotton yarn)
H/5.0 mm hook
yarn needle
scissors
Level
easy+
Pattern Notes & Stitches to Know
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
blo – back loop only
flo – front loop only
TS – thermal stitch (insert hook into blo & flo of row below previous row, make a sc)
· Written in US terms
· ch 1 does not count as stitch
· In the graph for the Santa hot pad, the yellow is listed as Butterscotch but I used Sunny Day in the sample
Watch the Stitch Tutorial
See how it’s done! This easy-to-follow video tutorial will walk you through each step of the Thermal Stitch.
Pattern Support
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This Christmas hot pad crochet pattern is provided as a printable graph, not a row-by-row written pattern. The graphs for both the Rudolph hot pad and the Santa hot pad make it easy to follow along visually and customize colors as needed.
Because the project is worked in the thermal stitch, each “row” on the graph actually counts as two rows in the stitch pattern. The thermal stitch builds up thickness by working into loops from the previous row and the row below, so your fabric grows in double layers. Keep this in mind as you follow the graph—each horizontal line represents two worked rows.
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