I’m sharing the fourth of five weekly roundups including free patterns for gift ideas as part of the seventh annual Christmas in July Make Along! Last week’s theme was gift ideas for the home and this collection includes 20 crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns for Christmas stockings and ornaments; blankets and quilts; coasters, trivets, and hot pads; wine cozies, and more, along with over 35 more ideas to inspire you!
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20+ Free Patterns for Gift Ideas for the Home
Whether you’re looking to make your own home festive for the holidays or want to gift something special for the home to someone on your handmade holiday list, you’ll love this pattern collection. It includes blankets, quilts, and pillows, and cozies, coasters, pillows, and hot pads, along with Christmas stockings and ornaments.
10 Crochet Patterns for Gift Ideas for the Home
These free patterns include Christmas ornaments and stockings; a coaster, trivet, and hotpad; pillows and a blanket.
- Fireside Christmas Bauble by A Crocheted Simplicity: The vibe of this simple and timeless ornament design can be transformed by using different colors and types of yarn.
- Icy the Snowman Coaster by Underground Crafter: This adorable snowman coaster is perfect for a big mug of coca or to decorate the “kids table” at your holiday dinner.
- Penguin Pals Throw by Nana’s Crafty Home: This adorable throw uses the popular corner-to-corner (C2C) crochet technique.
- Christmas Tree Hot Pad by SASS Crochet: This festive hot pad combines intarsia and tapestry crochet techniques.
- Winter Spruce Trivet by My Crochet Space: This thick and textured trivet uses a variation of the popular alpine stitch and includes a photo tutorial.
- Polar Bear Pillow by Raffamusa Designs: This adorable pillow has a button closure so you can wash the cover and it fits a 20” pillow form.
- Granny Sweater Ornament by Wild and Wanderful: This adorable ornament pattern is video only.
- Moose Jingle Bell Ornament by Blackstone Designs: This is one in a series of Jingle Bell Ornaments including a Gingerbread Man, Santa, and an Elf.
- Dear Santa Pillow Cover by My Hobby is Crochet: This envelope pillow cover pattern includes written instructions and a downloadable color graph.
- Mini Yuletide Stockings by HanJan Crochet: The pattern includes 5 different mosaic designs.
6 Knitting Patterns for Gift Ideas for the Home
These free patterns include Christmas stockings, wine cozies, an ornament, a towel, and a throw.
- Annurca Kitchen Towel by ChristaCoDesigns: This simple textured dishcloth combines multiple stitch patterns with a self-striping yarn to make colorwork easy.
- Chunky Christmas Stocking by Fox & Pine Stitches: This Christmas stocking pattern works up quickly in super bulky yarn.
- Fair Isle Christmas Ornament by Love Life Yarn: This small project is a great way to learn or practice the Fair Isle colorwork technique.
- Candy Dots Throw by Two of Wands: This textured pattern works up quickly with bulky yarn and combines simple colorwork with fringe so you don’t have to weave in all the ends.
- Classic Christmas Stocking by A Box of Twine: This simple Christmas stocking uses easy stitches and a bulky yarn.
- Ocean Waves Wine Cozy by Marly Bird: This is one of three festive wine cozy patterns.
4 Sewing Patterns for Gift Ideas for the Home
These free patterns include a potholder, a quilt, a hanging basket, and a Christmas tree skirt.
- Heart Potholder by Sew Can She: This cute potholder is a perfect gift for anyone that cooks at home.
- Rag Quilt by Adventures of a DIY Mom: This pattern for a quilt-as-you-go rag quilt includes written instructions and a photo tutorial. A video is available here.
- Hanging Basket by AppleGreen Cottage: This basket has a large loop that is perfect for hanging over different objects.
- Christmas Tree Skirt by Sally Stevens for Gathered: This quilted pattern includes written instructions, a downloadable PDF pattern template, a video tutorial, and helpful progress photos.
Still looking for gift idea inspiration for the home? Find 35+ more ideas in these roundups:
- 22+ Handmade Gift Ideas for Home including crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns
- 17+ Free Crochet Patterns for Blankets