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A square deep green pillow with a pixel wine red Christmas ornament with a cream band of diamonds.Our crocheted wall hanging, a wine red ornament on green, beside balls of cream and wine red yarn.
The photo: the small wall hanging we crocheted from this pattern.

Free Christmas pattern

Christmas ornament pillow or wall hanging

64 × 74 stitches, 4 yarns, single crochet. Fits a 16 in (40 cm) pillow insert when your gauge is 4 stitches per inch.

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A round wine red ornament hangs from its ring on a deep green background, with a cream band of diamonds across its middle, a curved shine and a small sparkle. A dark gray cap and string finish it off. No row uses more than three colors, but the pillow's green background takes more than one ball. Below the pillow's chart is a chart of the small wall hanging we crocheted, with a shorter cap and no string, made with one ball of each color.

The small wall hanging: 56 × 55 stitches, about 25.5 × 21.5 cm, one ball of each color.

The chart

The Christmas ornament pillow chart: 64 stitches by 74 rows in 4 yarns, with row and stitch numbers
  • Dark green 2843 stitches
  • Wine red 1378 stitches
  • Cream 410 stitches
  • Dark gray 105 stitches

Other sizes

Your gaugeFront panel size
14 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)18.3 × 18.4 in (46.4 × 46.7 cm)
16 stitches in 4 in (10 cm) (this pattern)16 × 16.1 in (40.6 × 40.9 cm)
18 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)14.2 × 14.3 in (36.1 × 36.3 cm)
20 stitches in 4 in (10 cm)12.8 × 12.9 in (32.5 × 32.7 cm)

Working at a different gauge? Enter it in the size calculator with 64 stitches and 74 rows.

How to make it

Yarn and hook

Start with worsted weight yarn (medium, 4) and a 4 mm (US G-6) or 4.5 mm (US 7) hook. A hook one or two sizes smaller than the yarn label suggests makes a denser fabric that hides the carried strands. Swatch in two colors and measure: if you get more than 4 stitches per inch, go up a hook size; if you get fewer, go down.

Reading the chart

Each box in the chart is one single crochet stitch. The boxes are drawn a little wider than they are tall, so the chart matches the pillow's proportions. For a 16-inch (40 cm) square, aim for 16 stitches and about 18.5 rows in 4 inches (10 cm).

  • Row 1 is at the bottom.
  • Read odd rows (right side) from right to left and even rows (wrong side) from left to right.
  • Row numbers sit on the side where that row starts; stitch numbers count from the right.
  • Left-handed? Read every row the other way, on the chart and in the rows written out, and the picture still comes out as charted.

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Chain 65 in the first color for row 1. Starting in the second chain from the hook, work row 1 for a total of 64 stitches. Chain 1 and turn between rows. In the rows written out, each row's colors are listed in the order you work them.

Carrying the colors

Lay the unused colors along the top of the row below and crochet over them, so they ride inside the stitches. Change color on the final pull-through of the stitch before the new color begins: with two loops on the hook, pull the new color through both. Keep the carried strands relaxed so the fabric does not pucker. When you will not use a color for several rows, cut it, leave a tail, and join it again where it next appears.

The back

Crochet a second panel of 64 stitches by 74 rows in one color, and check it against the front: plain single crochet can come out a different size, so change the hook or the number of rows until the two match. Or sew on a fabric back cut to the front's size plus seam allowance; for an envelope back, use two hemmed pieces that overlap.

Assembling the pillow

Weave in the tails, then gently block the front to 16 inches (40 cm) square, following the care instructions on the yarn label. Put the panels wrong sides together and join three sides with single crochet or whip stitch through both edges. Push in a 16-inch (40 cm) pillow insert (a cushion pad in the UK) and close the fourth side the same way.

The rows written out

Show all 74 rows
  1. Row 1 (RS): 64 Dark green
  2. Row 2 (WS): 64 Dark green
  3. Row 3 (RS): 64 Dark green
  4. Row 4 (WS): 28 Dark green, 8 Wine red, 28 Dark green
  5. Row 5 (RS): 25 Dark green, 14 Wine red, 25 Dark green
  6. Row 6 (WS): 23 Dark green, 18 Wine red, 23 Dark green
  7. Row 7 (RS): 21 Dark green, 22 Wine red, 21 Dark green
  8. Row 8 (WS): 19 Dark green, 26 Wine red, 19 Dark green
  9. Row 9 (RS): 18 Dark green, 28 Wine red, 18 Dark green
  10. Row 10 (WS): 17 Dark green, 30 Wine red, 17 Dark green
  11. Row 11 (RS): 16 Dark green, 32 Wine red, 16 Dark green
  12. Row 12 (WS): 15 Dark green, 34 Wine red, 15 Dark green
  13. Row 13 (RS): 15 Dark green, 34 Wine red, 15 Dark green
  14. Row 14 (WS): 14 Dark green, 36 Wine red, 14 Dark green
  15. Row 15 (RS): 13 Dark green, 38 Wine red, 13 Dark green
  16. Row 16 (WS): 13 Dark green, 38 Wine red, 13 Dark green
  17. Row 17 (RS): 12 Dark green, 40 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  18. Row 18 (WS): 12 Dark green, 40 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  19. Row 19 (RS): 12 Dark green, 40 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  20. Row 20 (WS): 11 Dark green, 42 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  21. Row 21 (RS): 11 Dark green, 14 Wine red, 14 Cream, 14 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  22. Row 22 (WS): 11 Dark green, 10 Wine red, 10 Cream, 2 Wine red, 10 Cream, 10 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  23. Row 23 (RS): 10 Dark green, 8 Wine red, 12 Cream, 4 Wine red, 12 Cream, 8 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  24. Row 24 (WS): 10 Dark green, 6 Wine red, 14 Cream, 4 Wine red, 14 Cream, 6 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  25. Row 25 (RS): 10 Dark green, 4 Wine red, 4 Cream, 2 Wine red, 9 Cream, 6 Wine red, 9 Cream, 2 Wine red, 4 Cream, 4 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  26. Row 26 (WS): 10 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 4 Wine red, 7 Cream, 8 Wine red, 7 Cream, 4 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  27. Row 27 (RS): 10 Dark green, 6 Cream, 6 Wine red, 7 Cream, 6 Wine red, 7 Cream, 6 Wine red, 6 Cream, 10 Dark green
  28. Row 28 (WS): 10 Dark green, 6 Cream, 6 Wine red, 8 Cream, 4 Wine red, 8 Cream, 6 Wine red, 6 Cream, 10 Dark green
  29. Row 29 (RS): 10 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 4 Wine red, 9 Cream, 4 Wine red, 9 Cream, 4 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  30. Row 30 (WS): 10 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 11 Cream, 2 Wine red, 11 Cream, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 3 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  31. Row 31 (RS): 10 Dark green, 4 Wine red, 36 Cream, 4 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  32. Row 32 (WS): 10 Dark green, 4 Wine red, 12 Cream, 12 Wine red, 12 Cream, 4 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  33. Row 33 (RS): 10 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 8 Cream, 22 Wine red, 8 Cream, 3 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  34. Row 34 (WS): 10 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 7 Cream, 26 Wine red, 7 Cream, 2 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  35. Row 35 (RS): 10 Dark green, 6 Cream, 32 Wine red, 6 Cream, 10 Dark green
  36. Row 36 (WS): 10 Dark green, 4 Cream, 36 Wine red, 4 Cream, 10 Dark green
  37. Row 37 (RS): 11 Dark green, 1 Cream, 40 Wine red, 1 Cream, 11 Dark green
  38. Row 38 (WS): 11 Dark green, 42 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  39. Row 39 (RS): 11 Dark green, 42 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  40. Row 40 (WS): 12 Dark green, 1 Wine red, 2 Cream, 37 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  41. Row 41 (RS): 12 Dark green, 36 Wine red, 2 Cream, 2 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  42. Row 42 (WS): 13 Dark green, 1 Wine red, 3 Cream, 34 Wine red, 13 Dark green
  43. Row 43 (RS): 13 Dark green, 24 Wine red, 1 Cream, 8 Wine red, 3 Cream, 2 Wine red, 13 Dark green
  44. Row 44 (WS): 14 Dark green, 1 Wine red, 4 Cream, 6 Wine red, 3 Cream, 22 Wine red, 14 Dark green
  45. Row 45 (RS): 14 Dark green, 23 Wine red, 1 Cream, 6 Wine red, 4 Cream, 2 Wine red, 14 Dark green
  46. Row 46 (WS): 15 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 4 Cream, 28 Wine red, 15 Dark green
  47. Row 47 (RS): 16 Dark green, 26 Wine red, 4 Cream, 2 Wine red, 16 Dark green
  48. Row 48 (WS): 17 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 4 Cream, 24 Wine red, 17 Dark green
  49. Row 49 (RS): 18 Dark green, 22 Wine red, 4 Cream, 2 Wine red, 18 Dark green
  50. Row 50 (WS): 19 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 3 Cream, 21 Wine red, 19 Dark green
  51. Row 51 (RS): 20 Dark green, 19 Wine red, 2 Cream, 3 Wine red, 20 Dark green
  52. Row 52 (WS): 22 Dark green, 20 Wine red, 22 Dark green
  53. Row 53 (RS): 24 Dark green, 16 Wine red, 24 Dark green
  54. Row 54 (WS): 24 Dark green, 16 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  55. Row 55 (RS): 25 Dark green, 14 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  56. Row 56 (WS): 27 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 8 Dark gray, 27 Dark green
  57. Row 57 (RS): 27 Dark green, 8 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 1 Dark gray, 27 Dark green
  58. Row 58 (WS): 27 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 8 Dark gray, 27 Dark green
  59. Row 59 (RS): 27 Dark green, 8 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 1 Dark gray, 27 Dark green
  60. Row 60 (WS): 28 Dark green, 8 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  61. Row 61 (RS): 29 Dark green, 6 Dark gray, 29 Dark green
  62. Row 62 (WS): 28 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 4 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  63. Row 63 (RS): 28 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 6 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  64. Row 64 (WS): 28 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 6 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  65. Row 65 (RS): 28 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 6 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  66. Row 66 (WS): 28 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 4 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 28 Dark green
  67. Row 67 (RS): 29 Dark green, 6 Dark gray, 29 Dark green
  68. Row 68 (WS): 31 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 32 Dark green
  69. Row 69 (RS): 32 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 31 Dark green
  70. Row 70 (WS): 31 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 32 Dark green
  71. Row 71 (RS): 32 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 31 Dark green
  72. Row 72 (WS): 31 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 32 Dark green
  73. Row 73 (RS): 64 Dark green
  74. Row 74 (WS): 64 Dark green

The small wall hanging

This is the one we crocheted ourselves: the same ornament with a shorter cap and no string, on a chart of 56 by 55 stitches, for sport or DK weight yarn of about 160 m (175 yd) per 50 g and a 3 mm hook. One 50 g ball of each color is enough, border included.

Our crocheted wall hanging: a wine red ornament with a cream band of diamonds on green, beside balls of green, wine red, dark gray and cream yarn.
Our finished wall hanging, with the four yarns we used.

56 × 55 stitches (3,080 in all), 4 yarns, single crochet. About 10 × 8.5 in (25.5 × 21.5 cm) when your gauge is 22 stitches and 26 rows in 4 in (10 cm).

Its boxes are drawn a little wider than they are tall, as our stitches came out, so the ornament is a little wider than round. If your stitches are taller than wide, it comes out rounder.

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The Christmas ornament small wall hanging chart: 56 stitches by 55 rows in 4 yarns, with row and stitch numbers
  • Dark green 1462 stitches
  • Wine red 1185 stitches
  • Cream 372 stitches
  • Dark gray 61 stitches

Chain 57 in dark green for row 1 and work it like the pillow, reading the chart the same way. To hang it, crochet a few plain rows in dark green after the last row, fold them to the back and sew them down to make a pocket for a rod, or crochet loops along the top edge.

Show all 55 rows
  1. Row 1 (RS): 56 Dark green
  2. Row 2 (WS): 56 Dark green
  3. Row 3 (RS): 23 Dark green, 10 Wine red, 23 Dark green
  4. Row 4 (WS): 19 Dark green, 18 Wine red, 19 Dark green
  5. Row 5 (RS): 17 Dark green, 22 Wine red, 17 Dark green
  6. Row 6 (WS): 15 Dark green, 26 Wine red, 15 Dark green
  7. Row 7 (RS): 14 Dark green, 28 Wine red, 14 Dark green
  8. Row 8 (WS): 12 Dark green, 32 Wine red, 12 Dark green
  9. Row 9 (RS): 11 Dark green, 34 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  10. Row 10 (WS): 10 Dark green, 36 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  11. Row 11 (RS): 9 Dark green, 38 Wine red, 9 Dark green
  12. Row 12 (WS): 9 Dark green, 38 Wine red, 9 Dark green
  13. Row 13 (RS): 8 Dark green, 40 Wine red, 8 Dark green
  14. Row 14 (WS): 7 Dark green, 42 Wine red, 7 Dark green
  15. Row 15 (RS): 7 Dark green, 42 Wine red, 7 Dark green
  16. Row 16 (WS): 6 Dark green, 44 Wine red, 6 Dark green
  17. Row 17 (RS): 6 Dark green, 15 Wine red, 14 Cream, 15 Wine red, 6 Dark green
  18. Row 18 (WS): 5 Dark green, 11 Wine red, 11 Cream, 2 Wine red, 11 Cream, 11 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  19. Row 19 (RS): 5 Dark green, 8 Wine red, 13 Cream, 4 Wine red, 13 Cream, 8 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  20. Row 20 (WS): 5 Dark green, 5 Wine red, 15 Cream, 6 Wine red, 15 Cream, 5 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  21. Row 21 (RS): 5 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 9 Cream, 8 Wine red, 9 Cream, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 3 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  22. Row 22 (WS): 5 Dark green, 7 Cream, 4 Wine red, 9 Cream, 6 Wine red, 9 Cream, 4 Wine red, 7 Cream, 5 Dark green
  23. Row 23 (RS): 5 Dark green, 6 Cream, 6 Wine red, 9 Cream, 4 Wine red, 9 Cream, 6 Wine red, 6 Cream, 5 Dark green
  24. Row 24 (WS): 5 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 4 Wine red, 11 Cream, 2 Wine red, 11 Cream, 4 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  25. Row 25 (RS): 5 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 26 Cream, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 3 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  26. Row 26 (WS): 5 Dark green, 4 Wine red, 14 Cream, 10 Wine red, 14 Cream, 4 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  27. Row 27 (RS): 5 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 9 Cream, 22 Wine red, 9 Cream, 3 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  28. Row 28 (WS): 5 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 7 Cream, 28 Wine red, 7 Cream, 2 Wine red, 5 Dark green
  29. Row 29 (RS): 5 Dark green, 6 Cream, 34 Wine red, 6 Cream, 5 Dark green
  30. Row 30 (WS): 6 Dark green, 2 Cream, 40 Wine red, 2 Cream, 6 Dark green
  31. Row 31 (RS): 6 Dark green, 44 Wine red, 6 Dark green
  32. Row 32 (WS): 6 Dark green, 44 Wine red, 6 Dark green
  33. Row 33 (RS): 7 Dark green, 39 Wine red, 2 Cream, 1 Wine red, 7 Dark green
  34. Row 34 (WS): 7 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 2 Cream, 38 Wine red, 7 Dark green
  35. Row 35 (RS): 8 Dark green, 25 Wine red, 1 Cream, 9 Wine red, 4 Cream, 1 Wine red, 8 Dark green
  36. Row 36 (WS): 9 Dark green, 1 Wine red, 4 Cream, 7 Wine red, 3 Cream, 23 Wine red, 9 Dark green
  37. Row 37 (RS): 9 Dark green, 24 Wine red, 1 Cream, 6 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 9 Dark green
  38. Row 38 (WS): 10 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 5 Cream, 29 Wine red, 10 Dark green
  39. Row 39 (RS): 11 Dark green, 27 Wine red, 5 Cream, 2 Wine red, 11 Dark green
  40. Row 40 (WS): 13 Dark green, 2 Wine red, 4 Cream, 24 Wine red, 13 Dark green
  41. Row 41 (RS): 14 Dark green, 22 Wine red, 4 Cream, 2 Wine red, 14 Dark green
  42. Row 42 (WS): 15 Dark green, 3 Wine red, 3 Cream, 20 Wine red, 15 Dark green
  43. Row 43 (RS): 17 Dark green, 22 Wine red, 17 Dark green
  44. Row 44 (WS): 21 Dark green, 14 Dark gray, 21 Dark green
  45. Row 45 (RS): 24 Dark green, 5 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 2 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  46. Row 46 (WS): 25 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 4 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  47. Row 47 (RS): 25 Dark green, 4 Dark gray, 1 Cream, 1 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  48. Row 48 (WS): 25 Dark green, 6 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  49. Row 49 (RS): 25 Dark green, 6 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  50. Row 50 (WS): 24 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 4 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  51. Row 51 (RS): 24 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 6 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  52. Row 52 (WS): 24 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 6 Dark green, 1 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  53. Row 53 (RS): 24 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 4 Dark green, 2 Dark gray, 24 Dark green
  54. Row 54 (WS): 25 Dark green, 6 Dark gray, 25 Dark green
  55. Row 55 (RS): 56 Dark green

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