Christmas Granny Squares Crochet Pattern Book — 28 Festive Motif Squares

Twenty-eight Christmas granny squares in one 68-page book — a gingerbread house, a Christmas pudding, a penguin, a wreath, a stocking, Santa and Grandma Claus, and plenty more. Make one as a coaster, a dozen as a cushion, or all of them as a blanket.

One square, twenty-eight faces

The clever thing about this book is that every square shares the same eight-round base. Rounds 1–4 grow a flat circle in half double crochet; rounds 5–8 turn that circle into a square with corner chain spaces — and those four rounds are identical in all twenty-eight. Learn them once and you never learn them again. What changes is the colour, and the appliqués and embroidery that go on top: a cap and a hanger make a bauble, a surface-crocheted line with little appliqué bulbs makes a string of Christmas lights, a brim and a pompom make a hat.

That also means you can stop wherever you like. One square is an evening. Four are a set of coasters. Nine make a cushion front. The full set makes a blanket you build across a season — which is what this file was written as.

What's in it

Christmas lights, bauble, "ho ho ho", peppermint, candy cane, Christmas tree, wreath, hat, stockings, gingerbread man, gingerbread house, Christmas pudding, coffee mug, snowman, bear, penguin, North Pole, Santa Claus, Grandma Claus, presents, elf, reindeer, bells, hedgehog, apple, acorn, lantern and angel.

Technique tutorials included

Three full photo walkthroughs, which is what lifts this above a plain pattern list:

• Magic circle — six photographed steps, from how to hold the yarn to closing the ring
• Mid-stitch colour change — every colour change in the book happens in the middle of a stitch, so the join disappears; shown in three steps
• Surface crochet — six steps, used for drawing lines across a finished square (the Christmas lights wire, for instance)

Special stitches are written out too: puff stitch, picot, mini picot, increases, back and front loop work.

Size, yarn and hooks

• Each square measures 5.5 in (14 cm)
• Gauge: the first three rounds measure 2.25 in (5.5 cm)
• 4.0 mm (G/6) hook for the squares, 3.5 mm (E/4) for the appliqués
• Paintbox Yarns Simply DK — thirteen shades named with their colour codes, so you can order the exact palette, or substitute any DK you like
• Tapestry needle

US crochet terms throughout, with stitch counts in brackets at the end of every round.

What you get

• 68-page PDF, instant download after purchase
• Twenty-eight complete granny square patterns with appliqué and finishing instructions for each
• Three photo technique tutorials and a full abbreviation key
• Colour reference chart with shade codes
• For personal use — please do not resell or redistribute the file

Your PDF link arrives by email as soon as your payment goes through, and it's also on your order confirmation page. Save the file somewhere safe, it's yours to keep.

Because a pattern can't be handed back once it's downloaded, digital orders aren't refundable. If something is wrong with the file or a round doesn't add up, email us and we'll sort it out.