A Christmas tree is one of the first signs of the holidays-windows light up from the twinkle lights on every branch, the town square puts up its community's tree, and families start hunting for that perfect evergreen. Working up a Christmas tree pattern for your shelves is such a festive way to add a little extra love to your decorations this holiday with one of the beloved symbols of Christmas. This free amigurumi pattern is an easy project for when the weather starts getting cooler, and it has a friendly personality with its button eyes and red trimmings.

It's hard to think of Christmas crochet patterns without wanting to work up a crochet angel pattern. The Serene Christmas Angel Amigurumi represents the divine messenger with grace and delicacy, from the tip of the halo to the ruffled hem of the skirt. With basic crochet stitches and an accessible design, this is an easy crochet pattern that you must work up for your homemade Christmas decorations. The personal touch of crochet will bring special meaning to an already special subject, and this Christmas angel would be the a divine finishing touch to your nativity set.

Although they generally follow a similar design, here we have a pattern which will show you that a Santa gnome ornament, can also have a lot of variety the one with the Christmas hat looks especially cute, but you should try them all to put little variety in your Christmas tree.

So, our fist Santa Gnome Christmas Ornament is a quick and easy pattern that will allow you to use up your stash of scrap yarns. While this gnome is a medium sized amigurumi, at 3″ tall, the beard almost double its hight. Therefore he will be perfect for large Christmas wreath, or a stout branch of the tree.

To begin with, here is a small one with a sleeve to go over the tip of the tree. In particular, the size of this topper makes it very suitable for smaller trees.

If you have younger children, you will appreciate these free patterns. Santa, Elf and reindeer gnomes will be great ornaments, but kids will love to play with these guys, too.

Finally here is a large, 16″ tall, crocheted gnome in classic Christmas colors. Consequently, it will be ideal for shelves, and window displays, especially where people will look at it from a distance.

First, this funny and joyful pattern is 11″ (28 cm) tall. As a bonus pattern for Gilby's cat companion called Freya the Cranky Christmas Cat, it will be a great addition to all gnome collections.

This delicate three-coloured wreath resembles a traditional Christmas wreath the most. To follow this pattern, you will need a small plastic ring for the center of the wreath.