I have a Free Pattern for a Christmas Snowflake Pillow to share with you today! You will love crocheting this fun and festive crochet pillow for a welcome gift or adding to your Christmas Holiday Decor.
Details of the Christmas Snowflake Pillow
I used a standard 17″ pillow that I bought in a local store. The lovely textured pillow cover is attached to the ready-made pillow to save time. The snowflake is made separately and sewn on to the front. This is an easy and fast project!
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The crochet pieces were made with Anchor Creativa 8-ply, a sturdy, DK weight cotton yarn. This yarn has been discontinued but you can use any equivalent light-weight (#3) cotton. You can use Yarnsub.com to find yarns with the same weight and similar properties. Red and Cream were my color choices for this pillow. So fresh and festive.
Scroll down the blog post for the the Free Pattern for this Snowflake Pillow.
Making the Snowflake Pillow in Any Size
You can make the pillow front to fit any size of pillow. To do this, make a chain that is smaller by about 1 -1.5″ than the size you want, making sure you have an uneven number of chains. For example, if you want to attach your pillow front to a 20″ pillow, make a chain approx.18″ long.
The border rows will add an additional 0.5″ to the piece. I always like to leave a pillow front slightly smaller than the cushion and stretch it on as I attach it.
More Crochet Christmas Decor Patterns
Try these fun Christmas patterns to add more holiday cheer to your home:
- Super Size Christmas Baubles using worsted weight chenille yarn
- Easy Granny Christmas Baubles, a popular favorite
- Granny Joy Christmas Bunting with granny triangles
- Crochet Christmas Stars, perfect for stash busting
Christmas Snowflake Pillow Pattern
Materials
- DK/ light worsted weight (#3) yarn
- Cream or white yarn, approx. 250m/274yd
- Red Yarn, approx. 60m/66yd
- Crochet hook 4.5mm for pillow, 5mm for snowflake
- 17in [43cm] ready-made pillow
- tapestry needle
- matching sewing thread
Abbreviations Used (US terms)
US Crochet terms
- sc – single crochet
- dc – double crochet
- tr – treble crochet
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- st – stitch
- rep – repeat
- beg – beginning
- t-ch – turning chain
Measurements
17in [43cm] square.
Special Stitches
Reverse single crochet or Crab Stitch – Ch 1, working from left to right, skip first sc, insert hook from front to back in next sc to the right, yo, pull loop through st, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook. Repeat as indicated in pattern.
I hope you are ready to start making your own Christmas Festive Pillow! You could also make this project in your own colour choices….. Have fun!
Instructions for Pillow
Pillow Front (make 1)
With cream yarn and 4.5mm hook, ch 57
Row 1: 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook (counts as 1 sc, 1 dc), * skip next ch, (1 sc, 1 dc) in next ch; rep from * across to last 2 ch, skip next ch, 1 sc in last ch, turn – 55 sts
Rows 2-50: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 dc in first st, * skip next st, (1 sc, 1 dc) in next st; rep from * across to last 2 sts, skip next st, 1 sc in last st (t-ch), turn.
On final row, do not turn. Continue to border.
Border
Round 1: Continue with cream yarn, ch 1, work sc evenly spaced around all edges of pillow, working 3 sc in each corner, join with a sl st to first sc.
Round 2: With red yarn join in any st, ch1 and work reverse single crochet around edge of Pillow.
Fasten off. Weave in all ends.
Snowflake
With red yarn and 5mm hook, ch 6 and join in a ring.
Round 1: Ch 7 (counts as 1 tr, ch 3), work [1 tr, ch 3] 11 times into ring, join with a sl st in 4th ch of beg ch 7 – 12 tr, 12 x ch-3 sp
Round 2: Sl st into next ch-3 sp, ch 1, 1 sc in same sp, ch 4, * 1 sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4; rep from * around. Join with a sl st in beg sc – 12 sc, 12 x ch-4 sp
Round 3: Sl st into next ch-4 sp, [2 sc, ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook (picot made), 2 sc] in same sp,* [2 sc, ch 10, sl st in 7th ch from hook (picot made), ch 6, sl st in 5th ch from hook (picot made), ch 7, sl st in 7th ch from hook (picot made), ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook (picot made), sl st in last ch of ch 6 previously made, ch 7, sl st in 7th ch from hook (picot made), sl st into 3rd, 2nd and 1st chains of ch 10, 2 sc] in next ch-4 sp, ** [2 sc, ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook (picot made), 2 sc] in next ch-4 sp; rep from * to ; 4 more times and from * to ** once. Join with a sl st to beg sc. Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends. Pin out snowflake and spray with water and leave to dry.
Using picture as a guide, pin in place and sew snowflake applique on pillow front.
Lay pillow piece on ready-made pillow and pin in place, stretching where needed. Using matching sewing thread, sew the snowflake on to the pillow.
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Hi, would love to try this pattern but the anchor crafts website is down so I can’t download it. Is there another way to access?
I am so sorry about that. It is out of my hands. I hope to have the full pattern on my blog soon for you to use:)