Free knitting patterns for blankets with holiday motifs like Christmas trees, stockings, Santa, snowflakes, and more. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 10/22/25
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Free Patterns
Christmas Highland Blanket
Festive patchwork blanket created of colorwork and textured squares inspired by the Scottish Highlands, including snowflakes, stags, icicles, and Highland Plaid. DK weight yarn. Designed by Nicola Valiji.
Fair Isle Festive Blanket
Heirloom Christmas blanket with sections of Christmas tree, poinsettias, and hearts separated by stripes of zigzag and diamond designs. Size 55 x 56 in. / 140x142cm. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Jenny Watson for West Yorkshire Spinners.
Happy Holidays Blanket
Christmas throw featuring red-nosed reindeer, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, Wreaths, and Snowmen, created with intarsia and appliques. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Amy Bahrt.
Pine Tree Blanket
Blanket throw knit with an overall lace tree design. Size Approx. 44”x 50”. Written instructions and charts. DK weight yarn. Designed by KnittingUnlimited
More Free Patterns
Winter Pines Blanket
Blanket with rows of Christmas trees or pine trees knit in mosaic colorwork (one color per row). Size 36" square. Designed by Ann McDonald Kelly, originally for a giant Christmas charity project. Bulky weight yarn. Pictured projects by pthorne999 and psuhokie
Christmas Poinsettia Throw
Garter stitch blanket knit in modular sections in all knit stitches and embellished with knit flowers and a ruffled border. Make this an all year flower blanket just by using different colors. Designed by Ann Regis.
Winter Blanket
Includes video tutorials (released during the KAL weeks). Beautiful holiday blanket is created from five seasonal motifs including reindeer, snowflake, tree, heart, and star. Knit in squares that use knit, purl, intarsia, Fair Isle and swiss darning/duplicate stitch. 2 sizes but you can make as big as you like by making extra squares! DK weight yarn. Designed by Debbie Bliss. Kits are also available.
Tree Lover 3D Blanket
Blanket with a fun stitch that creates a forest of raised trees. Approx 48"x 60"/122cm x 152cm. Designed by Kate Agner. Worsted weight yarn. Pictured project by Icy657
Hibernate Afghan
Cozy blanket afghan with giant snowflake inspired by close-up photos of real snowflakes knit with intarsia. Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Cheryl Bach for Knitty.
Patterns for Purchase
Festive Forest Blanket
Stunning Christmas throw knit with a knit forest of enchanting trees. Great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Margaret Holzmann
Santa Claus Father Christmas Blanket
Knit this Christmas blanket using only simple knit and purl stitches to create stripes for Santa's suit, beard, face, hat, and more. Designed by Doodlepip
Christmas Patchwork Blanket
Great holiday stash buster with blocks featuring stars, reindeer, snowflakes, snowmen, trees, and more. Each completed square will measure 20 cm x 20 cm (8 inches x 8 inches) when knitted in Aran/worsted weight yarn. Designed by KnitSewMake
Christmas Tree Lot Blanket
Festive red and green blanket knit in garter stitch and easy intarsia (video tutorials included). Designed by TheKnitwitpatterns
Seton Portage Blanket
Blanket featuring a forest scene with stars or snowflakes. 3 sizes Baby Blanket, Throw, Blanket. Patterns for matching hat, scarf, cowl, and mitts. Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Monika Anna.
Nordic Throw
Bright blanket with a forest of colorful trees is created of large squares appliquéd with a little Christmas or evergreen tree, some Fairisle, some plain garter stitch. Great stashbuster. Designed by Martin Storey. DK weight yarn.
