Christmas Tree Granny Square Pattern – FREE

Welcome to this delightful crochet project, where you will learn how to create a lovely Christmas tree granny square. It will be perfect for adding a festive touch to your holiday décor! With a cleverly crafted Christmas tree at its center, you can use this square to make blankets, pillows, coasters, or bunting to enhance your seasonal decorations.

Christmas Tree Granny Square Pattern

The Christmas tree granny square pattern is made just like a regular granny square. The tree is formed by carefully changing yarn colors to reveal its shape. If you can make a granny square, then you can definitely make this tree granny square.

Difficulty Level

This crochet granny square Christmas tree is for confident beginners. The stitches are just the same as in a normal granny square.

Supplies

• Yarn of your choice. It looks very effective with green yarn for the tree and white yarn for the background, but you can create it in any color you choose!
• Crochet hook suitable for your yarn.
• Scissors.
• Yarn needle for weaving in the ends.

I used Paintbox Cotton Aran with a 4mm hook. Granny squares made with a smaller hook size usually look nicer and have tighter stitches.

Abbreviations

• ch = chain stitch
• dc = double crochet
• sp = space
• sl st = slip stitch.

How to Crochet a Christmas Tree Granny Square

Here are the step by step instructions to crochet a Christmas tree granny square.

TIP: With this crochet granny square Christmas tree project, cutting the yarn each time you change colors is better. This does mean a bit of extra weaving in of ends, but it gives your finished tree a clean, crisp look. If you carry the yarn to the next color change, you will have fewer ends to weave in, but that color will be visible between the clusters.

NOTES – Chain 3 counts as the first DC in each row.

Round 1:

Start with a magic ring. In many cases, you can substitute a 4-ch circle for the magic ring, but for this project, you need to be able to pull that center ring tight so that you don’t have a hole in the middle of your tree!

1. Ch 3, 2 dc into the magic ring (first dc cluster), ch 2.
2. (3 dc, ch2) 3 times.
3. Sl st into the top of the starting ch.
4. Pull the tail of your magic ring up to tighten it firmly.

You will now have 4 dc clusters and 4 ch2 corners in round 1. It should look like a little square.

Round 2:

1. Ch3, 2 dc, ch2, 3 dc. (This is one corner.)
2. *(3 dc, ch2, 3 dc) into each ch2 sp.
3. Repeat from * 3 times.
4. Finish your round with a sl st into the top of the starting ch.

You now have a larger square, which still looks just like a conventional granny square.

Round 3:

1. Ch 3, 2 dc into the side space.
2. Change color. When changing colors, pull the new color through in the last pull-through of the dc. This makes a neater change.

3. Using color 2, work 3 dc, ch2, 3 dc into the ch2 sp to make the corner.
4. 3 dc into the next space from the previous round.
5. Change color again to color 1.

3. Work the next corner, (3 dc, ch2, 3 dc).
4. 3 dc into the next side space.
5. Work the 3rd corner into ch2 space.
6. At last dc, change color again back to color 2.
7. 3 dc into the space. Work a corner into ch2 sp.
8. Sl st into top of starting chain to close the round.

Round 4:

1. Ch2, crochet 2 dc into space, 3dc into next space.
2. Work (3 dc, ch2, 3 dc) into ch 2 sp.
3. 3 dc into the next 2 spaces.
4. Change color on last dc.

5. Work 3 dc into ch 2 sp. Change color on last dc.

6. Ch2, work 3 dc into the same corner. This will complete this corner. This corner has two colors.
7. 3 dc into next 2 spaces. 3 dc into ch2 space.
8. On last dc, change the color again.

9. 3 dc in color 1 into the ch2 of the corner. This is another corner with two colors.
10. Change colors again!
11. 3dc into next 2 spaces.
12. Work 3 dc, ch2, 3 dc into ch2 corner.
13. Sl st into 3rd ch to finish round.

Round 5:

Now that your tree is complete, the color changes are finally over! To create a border, we must work one more round in color 2.

1. Work this round in the same manner as a traditional granny square round.
2. Place 3 dc into the spaces, then (3 dc, ch 2, and 3 dc) into each corner.

If you want your Christmas tree granny square to be larger, you can add more of these border rounds. Here I added a single crochet border with 3 sc into each corner.

How to Decorate Crochet Christmas Trees

You can sew on brightly colored beads or small buttons as ornaments or use sequins for a shiny, festive look! You could embroider garlands across the trees using the chain or straight stitch. A straight-stitch crisscross star could top your tree, or a star-shaped button would also work well.

Uses of the Christmas Tree Granny Square

• You can make cute little festive coasters with just one square per coaster.
• You could string a few of these along a mantel as bunting.
• A few extra rounds on your square could make a cushion cover with a central tree, or you could sew four basic squares together to make a multi-tree cover.
• If you want to make a seasonal throw as part of your festive décor, it looks very effective to alternate tree squares with plain granny squares and sew together as many as you like to make a throw the size you desire.
• Another idea is to make dainty little Christmas tree squares using very fine crochet cotton and a small hook, and use them to decorate gifts.

Christmas Tree Granny Square – In Conclusion

Well done on completing your crochet Christmas tree granny square! Following this tutorial, you will have crafted a beautiful piece that can be used in various holiday projects.