Christmas is fast approaching. The holiday season is a fantastic time for going out to holiday parties, dressing up in our most festive clothes and accessorizing to look our best; it’s also a wonderful time for making the loveliest gifts we can manage and presenting them to our loved ones. In either case, you might enjoy making yourself or your loved ones some new Christmas-friendly bracelets or other jewelry. In this post, I’ll be sharing gift-worthy DIY Christmas bracelet patterns; but if that isn’t what you’re interested in working on right now, please check out our main directory of craft project ideas to find a wide variety of other projects you might enjoy.

Southwestern Turquoise and Red Coral Chip Bead Bracelet: Free Pattern

Do you like making Christmas projects that only get used once a year? Some people love doing that, while other people find it hard to want to invest the time it takes to make projects that aren’t useful all year around. I designed this bracelet in hopes that this style would be wearable for the holiday season, but that it would also look lovely for everyday wear as well. To make it work, I used traditional Christmas colors of red and green, plus I also added touches of turquoise as well.

Of course, if you make a bracelet like this one for yourself or a friend, you can use whichever bead colors you find most appealing.

Wire Crochet Lace Cuff Bracelet: Free Pattern

This cuff-style bracelet is crocheted in two colors of wire, and it’s accented with contrasting yet coordinating beads. I crocheted my sample bracelet in Christmas colors — red and green wire, with bronze-colored seed bead accents. As is, it’s a great look for those of you who would like to get a jump start on your Christmas crocheting. But, if you’re not feeling Christmas-y right now, all it would take is a color change to make the bracelet in more of an everyday look. I can see making it in silver, gold and bronze, or in other hues of colored wire.

Grab This Free Crochet Bracelet Pattern:

• Click here to get the free crochet cuff bracelet pattern.

Holiday Sparkle Bracelet

You can crochet this glittery bracelet using metallic embroidery floss and faceted beads; if you use supplies similar to these, you’ll end up with a festive bracelet design that’s perfect for the holiday season but also wearable all year around.

Want to make one of these bracelets for yourself or a friend? Grab the free crochet bracelet pattern HERE.

The bracelets pictured above are all designs that I specifically intended to be Christmas friendly. I’ve shared free crochet patterns for bunches of bracelet styles other than these; most are made in everyday colors, but a color change is all it would take to make the others suitable for Christmas, too. So if you like the idea of making a Christmas bracelet, but you aren’t in love with any of the bracelet styles shown above, you are invited to check out the rest of the list of crochet bracelet patterns HERE.

If bracelets aren’t your thing, you could try our list of DIY jewelry making ideas HERE, our accessory patterns HERE, our Christmas craft ideas HERE, our Christmas crochet and knitting patterns HERE, or our holiday craft ideas HERE.

See Also: Best Christmas Craft Books for the 2023 Holiday Season

Thanks so much for dropping by the blog today! I really appreciate your interest.

Posted By: Amy Solovay

The Holiday Season Is Upon Us! Are You Ready to Get Busy Making Holiday Crafts?

Happy November, everyone! Today is November 1, 2023. Halloween is now over and done with, and that means your local retailers are probably putting up their Christmas displays and getting ready for the holiday rush of shoppers.

For those of us planning to make our own Christmas gifts and Christmas decorations, the pressure is on to get it all finished before December 25 rolls around. On the one hand, there’s plenty of time. On the other hand, there’s never enough time — so there’s no time like the present to get moving on your 2023 holiday crafting.

If you need a little inspiration for what to make for the 2023 holiday season, we invite you to check out our list of the best Christmas craft books. These books all have fantastic Christmas project ideas, plus the patterns you can use for making each project.

I’ll highlight a few of my favorites from the list here in this blog post — but I hope you’ll check out the entire list to find some amazing Christmas knitting books, Christmas crochet books, and other assorted Christmas craft books.

My New Favorite Christmas Crochet Book for 2023: Classic Christmas Crochet

If I had to choose just one Christmas pattern book to work from, it would be a tough choice — but I think this is the one I’d go for.

Why?

A couple of reasons: First of all, because I think this book is the prettiest of all my current choices. The Christmas ornaments and projects featured are lovely and useful ones; and, second, because these projects all work well for either gift-giving or keeping.

Annie’s Christmas Special 2020: Includes Patterns for Crochet, Sewing and Quilting Techniques

This book is another top favorite that I highly recommend. It has a high number of usable patterns. It also has a fantastic variety of different techniques to try, which could help to keep you from getting bored out of your mind halfway through your gift-making sessions.

Beyond that, the patterns are mostly appealing ones, and there are bunches of easy, beginner-friendly projects included in the book. So far I’ve made one project from this book, and I’m hoping to make a bunch more before Christmas this year.

Learn More About Annie’s Christmas Special Edition 2020: (yes, this the special edition from a few years ago, but don’t worry, none of the projects are out of date; they’re all still totally current for Christmas 2023.).

• See our detailed book review of this title
• Shop for this book at the publisher’s website

A Merry Crochet Christmas

If you’re hoping to find a whole bunch of appealing Christmas crochet patterns, this is a book you’ll definitely want to take a look at. It includes some seriously fun patterns you can use for making your own Christmas decorations plus crocheting gifts for your inner circle. You’ll find patterns for crocheting afghans, Christmas ornaments, an adorable scarf, and many other wonderful holiday-themed items.

Learn More:

• Click here to check out our detailed review of A Merry Crochet Christmas.
• Click here to shop for this title at the publisher’s website.

Be sure to check out our complete list of the best Christmas craft books HERE!

If you’re looking for DIY Thanksgiving decorations, place settings and other ideas for craft projects to make or fun things to do this Thanksgiving, you’re invited to check out this roundup of Thanksgiving crafts. We’ve collected a wide range of ideas for you. Whether you are looking to create Thanksgiving decorations for your table or home, you’ll find plenty of Thanksgiving crafts and hobbies to inspire you.

Pictured above, these Pumpkin Spice Candles are from the book Home Candle Making by Stephanie Rose, published by Leisure Arts. Wouldn’t these be delightful inclusions on your Thanksgiving table this year?

If you enjoy crocheting, you’ll definitely want to check the list because it includes a lovely selection of table linens and napkin rings you can crochet to dress up your table for Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner, and every dinner during the entire holiday season.

We hope you’ll enjoy these Thanksgiving projects. Don’t forget to leave a comment below and let us know what you will be making this year for Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian readers and friends. I hope you are enjoying your holiday!

Thanksgiving Craft Projects and Patterns

Find lovely Thanksgiving crafts for adults HERE. This page includes fantastic ideas for DIY table settings, napkin rings, decorations and other projects you can make for Thanksgiving. Here’s wishing you a delightful, relaxing holiday filled with amazing food, good cheer, gratitude, and fun times with your family and friends.

More Craft Ideas

For those of you who aren’t in Canada or aren’t in the mood to make Thanksgiving crafts right now, the following links will take you to some other pages on our website that might be of interest.

• Find more holiday crafts HERE.
• Find fall-themed craft projects HERE.
• Check out our main directory of free crochet patterns HERE.

Serious questions for those of you who celebrate Christmas: Do you make any of the Christmas cards or gifts you give to your inner circle? And are you typically satisfied with the amount of holiday crafting you actually get done each year?

Most years, I spend my summers making Christmas craft projects so I will not be caught empty-handed when holiday season rolls around. However, it seems like, no matter how far I plan ahead, I never quite manage to get as much done as I’d been hoping to.

This year, I am really, really far behind on my holiday crafting goals; I did get a few Christmas cards made already, but I have a lot of catching up to do. I’m thinking I need to make a big push this month to get many more Christmas cards made, and to also get some Christmas gifts completed. I have been meaning to try making some of my own Christmas giftwrap and gift boxes, too…

Pictured above is one of the new pattern books I’m planning on working from to create my Christmas gifts and decorations this year. It’s called Classic Christmas Crochet: Traditional Holiday Ornaments, Decorations and Gifts by Heidi B. Johannesen and Pia H.H. Johannesen. This is one of the most stylish, festive Christmas crochet books I’ve come across lately. If you look closely at the cover of the book, you can see a sizable number of the finished projects that are included in the book; many of them are brightly-colored Christmas tree ornaments you can crochet. So the book’s cover beautifully shows off a good number of the projects that are included within.

I’m looking forward to sitting down with my crochet hooks, yarn, and this book, and spending some quality time making some Christmas tree ornaments and other decorations using these patterns.

This book also includes patterns for making Christmas stockings and small toys, so there’s a lovely mix of Christmas gift ideas included.

If you celebrate Christmas, you want to give handmade gifts to your Christmas gift recipients this year, and you haven’t already started your holiday crafting, I highly recommend starting NOW. If you already have Christmas patterns stashed, you can get them out and use them to get started. You’re also more than welcome to use any of the Christmas craft patterns I’ve posted; I made many free Christmas patterns available, and despite the fact that they’re Christmas projects to be used in December, many of them are actually small, summer-friendly projects that aren’t challenging to work on during the summer months (that’s because I usually design and make them during the summer months, haha).

I’ve also reviewed bunches of different Christmas craft books, all of which include useful ideas and fun, festive projects. If you’re in the market to buy new Christmas patterns for yourself, I invite you to check out my book review of Classic Christmas Crochet, which is my new favorite Christmas crochet pattern book for 2023. My other favorite from the past few years is Annie’s Christmas special from 2020.

If you don’t celebrate Christmas, or you don’t feel like working on Christmas projects right now, no worries; I have bunches of other craft projects and patterns available you might like to work on. I invite you to check out my page of summer crafts to find other summer-friendly ideas you might want to try right now.

Thanks so much for dropping by my craft blog today. I really appreciate your presence here. Happy crafting!

XOXO,

Amy Solovay, your hostess here at KnittingCrochetCrafts.com

This page was last updated on 10-26-2023.