A green Christmas tree stands on cream snow under a navy night sky, with a yellow star on top, three yellow garlands and eight red ornaments with a cream highlight on each. Dark green shading along the bottom of each layer of branches gives the tree its depth. The snow and the sky give you long, easy runs, but take care with the garlands, whose ends step by a single stitch, and with the cream stars and dots in the sky, some of them only one stitch. It makes a festive pillow for the sofa from late November to the new year.

The free pattern has the full color chart (64 stitches by 74 rows, 6 colors), every row written out with its colors in the order you work them, a printable pattern, and the chart as a picture to download. It explains how to read the chart, carry the colors, make the back (crocheted or fabric) and put the pillow together.

You need: worsted weight yarn (medium, 4) in 6 colors (Navy, Green, Cream, Dark green, Red, Yellow), a 4 mm (US G-6) or 4.5 mm (US 7) hook, and a 16 inch (40 cm) pillow insert. For the back, more yarn in one color, or fabric.

Gauge: 16 stitches and about 18.5 rows in 4 inches (10 cm) in single crochet, carrying the colors. US terms.

We drew this design stitch by stitch. No image AI was used.