Crochet Christmas Garland – FREE Pattern

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The Crochet Christmas Garland is an amazing crochet pattern for the Holidays. It’s a great Christmas crochet idea for any scrap yarn you have laying around.

The crochet Christmas bunting itself features tiny crochet presents, that you can make as many of as you’d like and then attach them together with a crocheted string.

Those tiny Christmas gifts you crochet can also be turned into crochet ornaments to hang on your Christmas tree.

Find more: Crochet Applique Patterns.

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Pattern overview

Pattern overview

How to crochet the Christmas Gift

This Crochet Christmas Garland is an easy pattern that you start by creating individual squares. 

For a decorative touch, use lace thread to crochet slip stitches across the middle of each square in both directions. Tie a small bow in the center by working one row completely and then crocheting towards the middle from both sides for the second row.

To assemble the garland, chain stitches with the lace thread to create the string. Attach each square by slip stitching them onto the string, adjusting the number of chains between each square to your preference.


Project level: Easy
Hook size: 4.5 mm
Yarn used: Lion Brand – Kitchen Cotton
Sizes: one-size

Materials & Tools for Crochet Appliqués

To crochet appliques, you can use any size/mm crochet hook and yarn. You can use any yarn fiber, like cotton yarn, wool yarn or acrylic yarn. If you are attaching them to a crochet project, it’s great if you can use the same crochet hook and yarn as for the main project. It’s common to use either 3 light yarn (dk weight yarn) or 4 medium weight yarn (aran or worsted weight yarn). Here are a couple of yarns I’d recommend to crochet appliques: These two yarns come in many beautiful colors & work for a range of applique patterns. Next, you’ll need a crochet hook that matches the yarn weight.

If you like this appliqué pattern, save it on Pinterest!

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Best Tips for Crocheting Appliqués

There are several factors that can help you have success when crocheting appliques.
  1. Count stitches: Make sure you got each round right by counting stitches after finishing one round.
  2. Block your appliques: Make sure you get a professional finish by blocking your appliques.

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A Great Home Decor Christmas Crochet Idea

The Crochet Christmas Garland is a great crochet project for a crochet Christmas idea for your home. Crochet these tiny presents in less than 60 minutes.

The crochet garland can be used to hang on your fireplace mantel or in any corner of your home, like your hallway. Nothing is better than decorating your own home with crochet.

Want to make other DIY crochet Christmas garlands? Maybe try making a Christmas tree garland or a Christmas star garland.

You can also use the tiny crocheted presents to put a personal touch when wrapping Christmas gifts, or as crochet appliques on your holiday garments.

No matter how you use them, they’re definitely a great idea to put you into the cozy Holiday mood.

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Crochet Christmas Garland

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternAbout the Christmas Gift

The Crochet Christmas Garland is a fun project to use scrap yarn for the holiday season. It works up fast & you can make multiple in just an hour.

Use them for gift wrapping or as a garland on your mantle, or use your creativity to come up with another way to use them, there’s so many possibilities.

Get into the holiday spirit during the countdown to Christmas by crocheting this simple project featuring tiny crochet Christmas presents.

Project level: Easy

Project LevelEasy

The Yarn

To crochet the Crochet Christmas Garland you can use any yarn you’d like.

Maybe you have some holiday colored scrap yarn laying around?

The featured yarn on the gift itself is a 4 medium / aran or worsted weight yarn. But you could also use any yarn weight you have.

The ties on the small Christmas presents are crocheted with thread, as well as the string for the garland itself.

Pick a few different colors to create this crochet Christmas Garland.

A suggestion is to use Lion Brand Yarn Kitchen Cotton.

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternMaterials

Crochet Hook Size

Use any crochet hook size that works with your yarn.

For this tutorial I used 4.5 mm (US: 7 UK: 7).

Yarn

Use any yarn you like for this pattern.

For this one I used Lion Brand – Kitchen Cotton.

2 colors of yarn

Other Materials Needed

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternCrochet Pattern Notes

  • This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
  • All measurements given are unblocked.
  • Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
  • Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
  • Make a swatch that measure at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
  • Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
  • This pattern is written for 1 size.

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternSizes and Measurements

Not important for this pattern.

Note that you can adjust the size by changing your hook size & yarn thickness.

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternAbbreviations

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Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.

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Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternInstructions for the Christmas Gift

With the ticker yarn

Ch 10 stitches.

Row 1: Crochet sc in 2nd ch from hook. Continue in all ch from beginning row, turn.

Row 2-x: Ch 1, crochet sc in all st, turn.

Continue until you have crocheted a even square, fasten thread.

With lace thread

For a finishing touch, crochet sl st across the middle of the square both ways. Tie a small bow in the middle. To make this bow as easy as possible you can do one whole row first.

Then crochet towards the middle from both sides to tie the bow on the second.

Fasten off & cut yarn.

String

With the lace thread, chain stitches to create the string.

Slip stitch into the packages to attach.

Place each gift as closely as you prefer on the string by adjusting the number of chains you crochet.

Crochet Christmas Garland - FREE PatternFinishing

Fasten threads & weave in ends.

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Crochet Project Ideas for the Christmas Gift

There are so many creative ways to use the Christmas Gift crochet appliqué in your projects.

  • Attach it to a holiday sweater or a cozy scarf for a festive touch.
  • Use it as a standalone ornament by adding a hanging loop, perfect for decorating your Christmas tree.
  • Make multiple appliqués and string them together to create a cheerful garland for your mantelpiece or doorway.
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Janne Kleivset

Janne Kleivset

Founder, Crochet Pattern Designer & Owner of Joy of Motion Crochet.

Janne has helped millions of crocheters find their next crochet project with more than 250 free crochet patterns and 110 crochet tutorials on her blog.

With more than two decades of crochet experience, and crochet designing since 2011, she's been featured on multiple prominent sites such as Lion Brand Yarn, in crochet magazines and the OML "Make" book.

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