decorations, gifts & festive makes

Make it for Christmas.
The yarn’s sorted.

15 free patterns by real designers, grouped by how long they take. Each one shows the yarn the designer used, or a UK swap where it’s hard to get, with a button to get it.

if you only make one

Make it tonight

Quick decorations and gifts

Decoration · Crochet

8cm across

Festive bauble

A round 8cm tree bauble crocheted in five-colour stripes and stuffed.

Paintbox Simply DK

Get the yarn · £8.45 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Alternative shades in the pattern: Seafoam Blue, Midnight Blue, Dolphin Blue, Dusty Rose and Vanilla Cream. Quantities from the LoveCrafts kit for this pattern.

Also need: washable toy stuffing

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns (pattern DK-XMAS-CRO-001) · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

Decoration · Knitting

12cm

Christmas Eve star

A plump 12cm knitted star to hang on the tree, knitted flat in stripes, sewn up and stuffed.

Paintbox Simply DK

Get the yarn · £8.45 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Colourway Two: Banana Cream, Champagne White, Ballet Pink, Duck Egg Blue, Granite Grey. Quantities from the LoveCrafts kit for this pattern.

Also need: washable toy stuffing

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns (pattern DK-XMAS-KNI-001) · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

To wear · Knitting

Newborn, 6 months, 12 months

Baby’s first Christmas elf hat

A striped green, white and red stocking-cap elf hat for a baby’s first Christmas.

Paintbox Simply Aran · 69–91m in total (75–100 yards)

Get the yarn · £5.07 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

The designer used Loops & Threads and suggests Paintbox Simply Aran. The hat takes 69–91m in all; quantities from the LoveCrafts kit for this pattern.

Free pattern by Deanna Lemay-Friesen · Free on Ravelry ↗ · Intermediate

Gift · Crochet

15cm

Holly mini stocking

A small 15cm three-colour crochet stocking to hang up or fill with a small gift.

Paintbox Simply DK

Get the yarn · £5.07 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Quantities from the LoveCrafts kit for this pattern.

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns (pattern DK-XMAS-CRO-002) · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

A weekend

Toys, trees and table pieces

Decoration · Crochet

Small 13cm tall, large 21cm tall

Tis the Season Christmas trees

Stuffed crochet Christmas trees in two sizes that stand on a flat card base, decorated with stripes or bobble-stitch baubles.

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Beginner

Decoration · Knitting

Chocolate orange cover 21 × 9cm; tea cosy 44 × 15cm; garland pieces 21 × 9cm

Holly, Christmas pudding and robin set

A knitted Christmas pudding that hides a chocolate orange, with a robin, holly sprigs, garlands and a tea cosy in the same set.

Paintbox Simply DK

Get the yarn

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Quantities given for the pudding; the robin’s shades aren’t listed on the page.

Also need: toy stuffing, a chocolate orange

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

To wear · Crochet

173 × 14cm

Jingle Bells Christmas scarf

A long red and green festive scarf built from crocheted motifs; real jingle bells are optional.

The pattern uses Red Heart Super Saver, which LoveCrafts UK doesn’t have in stock. LoveCrafts suggests Paintbox Simply Aran in Rose Red and Grass Green, 1 ball of each: 368m for a scarf that takes 229–274m in all. That’s our substitution, not the designer’s, and the pattern doesn’t say how the length splits between the colours, so a spare ball of the main colour is a safe extra. Check your tension: 13 sc × 15 rows to 10cm on a 5.5mm hook.

Paintbox Simply Aran instead of Red Heart Super Saver

Get the yarn · £3.38 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Also need: polyester stuffing, stitch markers, optional: 12 jingle bells, 2cm

Free pattern by Ira Rott · Free on Ravelry ↗ · Confident beginner

Gift · Crochet

15cm tall

Mel the snowman

A 15cm stuffed snowman with a carrot nose, red scarf and twiggy arms, aimed at beginners.

Free pattern by Ilaria Caliri for Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Beginner

Gift · Crochet

25cm tall

Santa Claus toy

A 25cm stuffed Santa with a swirly beard, belt and hat, made top-down with the details sewn on.

Free pattern by Ilaria Caliri for Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Beginner

Make · Crochet

24cm tall

Rudolph the reindeer

A 24cm stuffed reindeer toy with soft antlers and a red nose; head and body are one piece.

Paintbox Cotton Aran

Get the yarn · £5.37 in all

The button opens the first shade; add the others from the list.

Also need: 9mm safety eyes, red embroidery thread, toy stuffing

Free pattern by Ilaria Caliri for Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Beginner

Make · Crochet

30cm tall

Gingerbread puppy

A 30cm stuffed puppy made to look like an iced gingerbread biscuit.

Free pattern by Addy Kaye · Free on Ravelry ↗ · Intermediate

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Bigger makes, ready for December

Decoration · Crochet

40cm across

Gingerbread Christmas wreath

A 40cm door wreath made by covering an embroidery hoop in crocheted greenery and adding stuffed gingerbread, holly and candy-cane motifs.

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

To wear · Knitting

To fit bust 81–107cm (six sizes)

Christmas jumper, three motifs

A women’s chunky Christmas jumper with a knitted-in colour motif: pick a Christmas tree, Rudolph or a Christmas pudding.

Paintbox Simply Chunky

Get the yarn · £13.00–£18.20

Main colour only; the motif contrast shades and amounts are in the PDF, not on the page. Quantities from the LoveCrafts kit for this pattern.

Free pattern by Paintbox Yarns · Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗ · Intermediate

Make · Crochet

132 × 113cm (or smaller, or a table runner)

Painted snowflakes blanket

A blanket of snowflake hexagons in frosty greys, lilacs and teals, joined as you go.

Free pattern by Vera and Bess · Free on Ravelry ↗ · Intermediate

About these projects

Every pattern here is free and belongs to its designer: follow the link for the instructions. The pictures are our own drawings, not the designers’ photos. We haven’t made these ourselves; the quantities are the ones each designer gives, checked on their pages on 6 October 2026. The groups by time are our rough guide from the size and level of each pattern; the designers don’t give making times. Where a pattern page lists only a kit, the quantities are the kit’s, and we say so on the card. One scarf uses an American yarn that LoveCrafts UK doesn’t have in stock, so we show the same length in a UK yarn.

More for Christmas: gifts for crocheters and knitters, quick crochet gifts, yarn per gift, yarn for a Christmas stocking and UK Christmas order dates. Designer with a Christmas pattern of your own? Share it on HazelLoop.

Ad · the yarn buttons, the LoveCrafts pattern links and the Amazon links are paid links: we may earn a commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. LoveCrafts prices checked 6 Oct 2026, before delivery; check shade and price at the shop. Colours on screen are approximate.