Free Crochet Wreath Pattern

I originally designed this free crochet wreath pattern for the 3D granny squares book and I am delighted to share it with you here now!

This Christmas granny square would make a lovely dishcloth topper or a festive cushion, or even mounted in a shadow box to hang on the wall.

Christmas wreath granny square pattern requirements

C2/2.75 mm hook
Yarn needle
Stitch marker (optional)
DK Cotton yarn (such as Paintbox Yarns*) in the following colors:
Cream (Paintbox yarns Light Champagne)
Red (Paintbox yarns Red Wine)
Dark Green (Paintbox yarn Racing Green)
Light Green (Paintbox yarn Lime Green)

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*Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK: 50g (1.75oz), 125m (137yds), 100% cotton, 8 ply (less than 1 ball of each color is required for this square)

NOTES

Finished size: 13cm square using the hook and yarn suggested and is compatible with my other granny squares.
This pattern uses US terminology (view conversion chart and abbreviations)
If you are looking for a plain square to use alongside the Christmas crochet wreath granny square, consider either the Solid Granny Square or the Polka Dot Square.
Don’t know how to do the magic ring? Head over to my magic ring tutorial.
A low cost, printer friendly, ad free version of this pattern (including a chart) is available here, or on Ravelry here.

Special stitches

4-dc-popcorn stitch: work 4 dc into the same stitch. Remove your hook from the last dc and insert it, from front to back, into the top of the first dc of the popcorn stitch. Insert the hook into the loop from the last dc and pull it through to make the popcorn stitch puff. Change to the next color by doing a chain st.

3-dc puff stitch: *Yarn over and insert the hook into the stitch. Yarn over and pull back through the stitch (like a dc), yarn over and pull through two loops. Repeat from * 5 times and there will be 6 loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all of the loops on the hook

picot: ch 2, slst into the second ch from hook. Continue with the next st.

Rnd 1: Starting with Cream, mr 6 sc, slst to close the rnd (6)

Rnd 2: ch 3 (counts as a dc), 3 dc in next 5 st, 2 dc in last st, slst into 3rd ch of initial ch 3 to close the rnd (18)

Rnd 3: ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc into next st. *dc in next st, 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * 8 times. Invisible join to close rnd. Weave in ends (26)

Rnd 4: Join Dark Green in any st with a slst. 3-dc puff st into the same st. *ch 2, 3-dc puff into the next st. Repeat from * 24 more times. Ch 2 and slst into the first puff of rnd to close. (26 x 3 dc puff st, 26 x ch-2-sp)

Your crochet wreath may seem distorted at this point, but do not stress! It will straighten out when it is squared off and blocked.

Rnd 5*: slst into next ch-2-sp and work (4 dc popcorn st + ch 2). Work 6 more (4 dc popcorn + ch 2), omitting the very last ch. Change to Red. Work (4 dc popcorn + ch 2) into each of the next 2 st, omitting the very last ch. Change to Dark Green. Work (4 dc popcorn + ch 2) into the next 6 st, omitting the very last ch. Change to Red. Work a (4 dc popcorn + ch 2) into each of the next 2 st, omitting the last ch. Change to Dark Green. Work a (4 dc popcorn + ch 2) into the next 7 st, omitting the last ch. Change to Red. Work a (4 dc popcorn + ch 2) into each of the last 2 st. Slst to close. Fasten off and weave in ends. (26 x 4 dc popcorn st, 26 x ch-2-sp)

*don’t forget to carry the unused color at the back, working over it for a neater finish.

Rnd 6: Note, that you may be working into a ch-2-sp which is also considered a stitch for this round. I.e. work into alternating popcorn and ch-2-sp around.

Join Cream into any ch-2-sp with a standing tr. ch 2 and tr into the same st, *tr into the next st, 2 dc into the next st, 2 hdc into the next st, sc into the next 5 sts, hdc into the next 2 sts, 2 dc into the next, tr into the next st, into the same st (tr + ch 2 + tr), repeat from * 3 more times, leaving out the (tr + ch 2 + tr) in the last repeat . Slst into the first st of rnd to close. (68, 4 x ch-2-sp)

Rnd 7: slst into ch-2-sp. Into ch-2-sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc) dc + ch 2 + 2 dc, *dc into the next 17 sts, into the ch-2-sp (2 dc + ch 2 + 2 dc). Repeat from * 3 more times, leaving out the (2 dc + ch 2 + 2 dc) in the last repeat. Slst into first st of rnd to close (84, 4 x ch-2-sp)

Rnd 8: ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in the next st, *into the ch-2-sp (2 dc + ch 2 + 2 dc), dc into the next 21 sts. Repeat from * 3 more times, leaving out the last 2 dc in the last repeat. Slst into the 3rd ch of the initial ch 3 to close. (100, 4 x ch-3-sp)

Rnd 9: ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in the next 3 sts, *into ch-2-sp (2 dc + ch 2 + 2 dc), dc in the next 25 st. Repeat from * 3 more times, leaving out the last 4 dc in the last repeat. Fasten off with an invisible join and weave in ends. (116, 4 x ch 3)

Crochet Holly leaves (x 6)

Using Light Green, ch 6, slst into the 2nd ch from hook. *sc into next st, picot, slst into next st. Repeat from * once more.
Ch 1. Working on the other side of the ch, *slst into next st, sc into next st, picot. Repeat from * once more. Slst into last st. Ch 1. Fasten off leaving a tail for joining.

Christmas wreath granny square crochet pattern

Assembly and details

To finish off the free crochet Christmas wreath granny square pattern, use yarn tails to stitch the holly leaves in place around the berries. Weave in any remaining ends. Block square, taking extra care to puff up the puff stitches.

Hope you have enjoyed this free Christmas crochet wreath pattern! Have a look here if you are looking for more Christmas patterns.