Make an heirloom your family can snuggle up with year after year with this free corner to corner crochet Christmas afghan pattern!
Is it appropriate to throw a party because you finish a crochet project? Because, if so, you’re all invited. I’ll bring the eggnog!
Many of you have been sweet enough to watch me plug along on this C2C Christmas afghan since August, so I think you deserve a special mention at this party. I started this project at the end of summer thinking that I’d have plenty of time to lovingly craft it over the coming months.
PHEW. I’m exhausted. And I’m ready to crochet something that doesn’t require a graph. I have loved learning how to corner-to-corner crochet for this Christmas afghan. For my first go of it, I’m really happy with how this turned out. There are weird, wonky things about it if you look closely, but I don’t plan to look closely. 😉
I hope my family curls up under this Christmas blanket to watch “The Polar Express” and sip hot chocolate for many years to come. (Don’t worry, you better believe that hot chocolate is going to be in spill proof cups!)
All of that is to say, you shouldn’t have the same issue I did with needed to add extra borders (besides for aesthetic purposes!)
This entire Christmas afghan was worked in Lion Brand Vanna’s choice (aff link). Each blog post notes the colors I used, but there are so many pretty colors of Vanna’s Choice available, that I encourage you to follow your own creative vision!
In the meantime:
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HERE ARE THE FREE CORNER TO CORNER CHRISTMAS CROCHETÂ PATTERNS IN THIS SERIES:
Note: I worked the entire afghan using half double crochets instead of double crochets. (Read more details about how to do that here.) My finished blanket is approximately 57×66″.
WEEK 1:Â C2C RUDOLF THEÂ REINDEER
WEEK 2: C2C CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
WEEK 3: C2C MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE
WEEK 4: C2C CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB
WEEK 5: C2CÂ WINTER MITTEN
WEEK 6: C2C SNOWFLAKE
WEEK 7: C2CÂ PINECONE
WEEK 8: C2C STOCKING
WEEK 9:Â C2C WREATHÂ PATTERN
BANNER: MERRY & BRIGHT
HOW TO ADD A BORDER TO C2C SQUARES
HOW TO JOIN C2C SQUARES WITH AN INVISIBLE SEAM (VIDEO)
If you’re a fan of corner-to-corner crochet, be sure to check out my free “Winter Wander” Nordic super scarf pattern too!
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47 Comments
Margaret
December 10, 2016 at 5:23 amWow, bravo, i admirw your patience and grit to go all the way to create this unique and beautiful piece of work… Congratulations and i do hope m able to crochet something similar one day. A herculean task and you did it…yayyyyy. wishing You and Your Family a bright and cheery Christmas!! God bless
Helda
December 10, 2016 at 5:42 amYou have inspired me! One question: how many skeins of the background color dodnyou use? Thanks!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
December 12, 2016 at 9:25 pmHi Helda,
Gosh, I wish I kept better track. I just kept starting new skeins to add as necessary to the designs so I am not exactly sure. If I had to give a rough estimate, I’d guess about 12-15.
Sorry I can’t give you a completly specific answer. 🙂
Jess
Ana Ahern
December 10, 2016 at 6:11 amAbsolutely beautiful, congratulations and a very Happy Christmas 🙂
Doreen
December 10, 2016 at 7:12 amLove your patterns and already have made the elf hat but don’t know where to get the skin colour yarn for the ears … they may be an odd colour.. I’m going to try your hexagon afghan pattern. I recently went to a seniors home and they need Lapghans for seniors in wheel chairs. They are about 4 feet by 4 feet do you have any ideas. Do you have a pattern idea for that other than a plain stitch?
Anyway as I said I love your patterns and if I wasn’t working full time I would be crocheting full time.
Doreen
Susan Harrison
December 10, 2016 at 7:24 amThe finished C2C is gorgeous. Well done xx
Jan MacKay
December 10, 2016 at 7:35 amIts a beautiful quilt. I absolutely love it. Thank you so much for sharing all the blocks and your creating of this awesome warm throw.
Pegi
December 10, 2016 at 9:37 amBeautiful Christmas blanket, a treasure to be cherished forever. A lot of work and wonderful results.
Bonnie
December 10, 2016 at 9:58 amAbsolutely love the afghan. I hope when I make I can do it justice!
Lorin
December 10, 2016 at 10:14 amIt is beautiful! Great job in the details! Very impressive work.
Carol
December 10, 2016 at 1:13 pmYour Christmas afghan turned out really great. Congratulations!! and Happy Holidays!!
Rebecca Pierce
December 10, 2016 at 4:47 pmoh my ! I do love your blanket. This makes me wanna try c2c. You did good !
Claire
December 10, 2016 at 6:16 pmIt is just gorgeous. I love it. Yes, I understand why it took so long to make but it is worth it when you look at it.
Meme Smith
December 10, 2016 at 8:58 pmIts awesome. Can’t wait to make it.
Beth Essington
December 10, 2016 at 9:54 pmWhat an outstanding afghan; absolutely beautiful. You did a wonderful job.
Margaret
December 10, 2016 at 10:59 pmI have watched each post with great interest. I have done crochet for years, though I put it aside for a time. Your posts have me itching to work on the c2c afghan for next Christmas. I tried getting to it this year, but find I will have to fine tune my craft time a bit. Thank you for your wonderful projects and patterns.
Debra Accetta
December 11, 2016 at 10:14 amIt came out beautiful!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!?
Heidi Wegand
December 11, 2016 at 10:17 amLooks fantastic!! Don’t fret over how long it took…the point is you finished it, didn’t get frustrated and let it sit for 3 years ? I think I’ll be making this for sure!!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
December 12, 2016 at 9:14 pmHaha–YES! Because I’ve definitely taken that other 3 year route before. 😉
Kealy
December 11, 2016 at 11:46 amIs it possible to use the graphs with regular techniques, instead of the c2c?!?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
December 12, 2016 at 9:14 pmYou sure could! Like you could make each graph in rows of single crochet, although each square would be significantly smaller than these are.
Happy crocheting!
Jess
Joan Clark
December 13, 2016 at 6:54 amThank you so much for sharing all of your lovely patterns. This Christmas afghan takes the cake.
Ginny
December 13, 2016 at 11:39 amJess,
This is so cute. absolutely precious in from of the tree with one of your little ones sprawled out on it. Thank you for your patterns and your very friendly blog!! Blessings to you for the Christmas Season and throughout 2017!
Sharri Eastridge
December 13, 2016 at 2:07 pmJust beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Carrie P.
December 21, 2016 at 5:39 pmI love love love this Christmas blanket. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Merry Christmas!
Fran
December 31, 2016 at 3:24 pmI love the afghan and have started collecting the yarn. I don’t understand at what point in the design do I start decreasing to make the square?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
January 18, 2017 at 9:02 pmGood question! And I’m sorry I’m delayed in answering it. In the case of these blocks, you work until you have 25 squares across along the bottom edge. That will mean you’ll have crocheted all cells along the very bottom row of the graph. That’s when you’ll start decreasing so that the other edge of the square can be established. Does that make sense?
Frances Setaro
January 19, 2017 at 7:46 amYes. Thank you.
terry
January 15, 2017 at 11:00 amgoing to make the C2C christmas afghan for christmas presents for next year
Cheryl
February 19, 2017 at 9:21 pmI LOVE your Xmas afghan and have made the pine cone so far. I have one question though. When I got done the square is wonky and I had to block it severly(sp?)in order for it to be a square. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Thank you for the beautiful pattern.
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
February 20, 2017 at 3:18 pmHey Cheryl,
I’m so glad you’re having fun with the Christmas afghan patterns! When you say wonky, was it a rectangle or just sort of slanted? I noticed a lot of mine tended to be slanted, sort of in a diamond-ish shape. Once I blocked them and sewed them together, they looked square. I think that slanty thing might just be an outcome of C2C.
I’d love to see your blanket when you finish!
Jess
Cheryl
February 21, 2017 at 9:41 amThank you for answering me and making me feel so much better! Yes, they were slanting like a diamond but blocking them fixed it. Will be sure to send a pic when it’s done but beware that I am slow so might be a while. lol
Caitlin
March 1, 2017 at 11:10 amThis is a beautiful blanket and I plan on starting on it as soon as I finish the other 3 I’m working on now. LOL! I’m trying so hard to not get distracted…that’s how I wound up with 3 WIPs at the same time!
One thing I didn’t see is where you indicated what yarn and hook was used to make the banner. Could you confirm?
Thank you!!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
March 1, 2017 at 10:22 pmHaha, gosh, I feel you on that Caitlin. So. Many. Projects.
The yarn and the hook for the banner is the same as I used throughout the afghan squares (Vanna’s Choice yarn and a size G hook, I believe.) I just sort of grabbed left over colors from the afghan until I liked the order they were in for the banner. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
Jess
Caitlin
March 2, 2017 at 8:18 amThank you! Also, does the banner get a border of double crochet before it’s attached to the squares? Or is it attached to the squares and then everything gets a double crochet border?
Caitlin
March 1, 2017 at 6:21 pmThis is gorgeous! What colors did you use for the Merry & Bright banner?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
March 1, 2017 at 10:23 pmHey Caitlin,
I know sometimes it can get confusing because comments come to me for moderation and don’t show up on the blog right away. Please let me know if you’d like me to expand on my previous comment. 🙂
Margie Ings
August 29, 2017 at 6:01 pmHave you ever posted a picture of the backside of the afghan? does it look as pretty as the front?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
August 30, 2017 at 2:35 pmIt can! Essentially, if you’re diligent with changing colors the “right” way, the back will just be a mirror image of the front. 🙂
Jess
Bob
October 3, 2017 at 1:33 pmHi, Where on your website can I find written directions (a pattern ) for the corner to corner afghan? I see lots of videos but nothing that I can print.
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
October 3, 2017 at 3:58 pmHey Bob,
I’m sorry, at this point I don’t have written instructions for the xmas afghan, just the graphs. If that changes, I’ll definitely update the post to let you know!
Jess
Shanell
October 28, 2017 at 1:43 pmBeautiful Afghan! It reminds me of an Afghan blanket from my grandmother’s home. It had a single bird in each square (cardinal, bluejay, hummingbird, etc). I believe it also used Tunisian stitch. The blanket is long gone as she passed away almost 40 years ago and I was quite young at the time. I have been searching for a pattern to rekindle one of my few memories of her without much success. Your site gives me hope that it is possible to do this and to continue my search for the pattern. Thanks!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
October 28, 2017 at 8:33 pmOh wow! That sounds beautiful! I’m so happy you found your way here, Shanell and that you might have found the inspiration you needed.
Jess
Brittany
October 29, 2017 at 4:16 pmIs there a central supply list? I’d like to make this without just buying a ton of yarn that I don’t need or too little to finish. Thanks!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
November 2, 2017 at 11:41 pmHey Brittany,
I list the exact yarns I used in each individual pattern. I’m sorry that I don’t know the exact amount of each color though. I’ve since learned to keep better track of that. 🙂
Jess
Cristina
November 22, 2017 at 7:43 pmI almost finished the blanket but, I don’t understand how to crochet the banner! When to decrease or increase! Thanks so much
Jess @ Make and Do Crew
November 23, 2017 at 9:52 amCongratulations! Working the banner is the same as as working the squares, except for there will be a long section where you’re only increasing on one side. This means that there will be lots of rows that you have the same number of tiles per row (instead of growing by one or eliminating one). This c2c tutorial may be helpful too. 🙂