Christmas Crochet Flower Curtain – Free Pattern (Cranberry Red)

🎄 Cranberry Red Christmas Crochet Flower Curtain – Free Pattern ❤️

Little five-petal flowers, long strands and soft tassels: a cozy handmade curtain for the holidays ✨

Hi lovely crafters! 💕 Christmas is coming, and this is my favorite holiday project this year: a curtain of tiny cranberry-red flowers, joined into long strands with simple chain links and finished with soft tassels. 🎄 It glows in front of a window or a French door, next to the tree and the fairy lights. The best part? It uses one color and one small motif, so it's easy, relaxing and perfect to crochet a few flowers every evening. 🧶

Colors used: cranberry red (optional gold accents)

📏 Finished size: about 70 cm (27½ in) wide and 80 cm (31½ in) long with 12 strands of 10 flowers. Add flowers for a door curtain (sizes below).

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🧵 Materials

• Mercerized cotton yarn, DK weight, in cranberry red (one color for everything) 🎨
• 3 mm crochet hook 🪝
• Tapestry needle 🪡
• A curtain rod, a little wider than the curtain
• Stiff cardboard, 12 cm (4¾ in) tall, for the tassels ✂️
• Blocking mat and pins 📌
• Optional: gold seed beads for a festive touch ✨

How much yarn? These are estimates and depend on your tension: about 160 g for a café window, 330 g for the standard window and 980 g for a door curtain. Buy one extra ball and use one dye lot. 🧶

📖 Abbreviations (US terms)

MR magic ring · ch chain · sc single crochet · dc double crochet · sl st slip stitch · st(s) stitch(es) · rnd round · petal tip the top of a petal, between the 2nd and 3rd dc

📋 The Plan

The standard curtain has 12 strands of 10 flowers each. A short chain link joins each flower to the next, a loop at the top goes over the rod, and a tassel hangs at the bottom. 🎨

Size	Strands × flowers	Finished size	Flowers	Yarn
Café window	9 × 5	50 × 45 cm	45	about 160 g
Standard window	12 × 10	70 × 80 cm	120	about 330 g
Door	15 × 28	90 × 195 cm	420	about 980 g

Each extra flower with its link adds 6.5 cm (2½ in) to a strand, and each extra strand adds 6 cm (2⅓ in) to the width. For more help, see my curtain planning guide. 🪟

🌸 The Five-Petal Flower (make 120)

Rnd	Instructions	Stitches
1	MR, ch 1, 10 sc in the ring. Sl st to the first sc. Pull the ring almost closed, leaving a small open center.	10
2 (petals)	*Ch 2, 4 dc in the next st, ch 2, sl st in the next st.* Repeat from * to * 5 times; the last sl st goes in the joining st.	5 petals

Each petal uses 2 stitches of round 1, so 10 sts make exactly 5 petals. Fasten off and weave in the ends. A finished flower measures about 4 cm (1½ in) across. Make one test flower and check its size before you make them all. ✅

🎀 Tassels (make 12)

Wrap the yarn 30 times around a piece of cardboard 12 cm (4¾ in) tall. Slide a 20 cm piece of yarn under the loops at the top and tie it tightly, keeping the ends long. Cut the loops at the bottom, then wrap yarn 5–6 times around the tassel about 1.5 cm below the top to make the "head". Knot it, hide the ends inside and trim the bottom straight. ✂️

🔗 Making a Strand (make 12)

1. Lay out 10 flowers in a column, all facing up. 🌸
2. Hanging loop. Join yarn with a sl st in the tip of the top petal of the first flower. Ch 12 and sl st in the same tip. Fasten off.
3. Links. Join yarn in the sl st between the two bottom petals. Ch 7, then sl st in the tip of the top petal of the next flower. Fasten off. Repeat down the strand: 9 links. A five-petal flower has no petal straight below the top one, so joining in the gap keeps every flower upright. 💡
4. Tassel. From the gap between the two bottom petals of the last flower, ch 5 and sl st around the head of a tassel, or sew it on firmly. 🎀
5. Weave in every end inside the flower next to it, so the links look neat from both sides.

All strands should be the same length: about 80 cm (31½ in) with the tassel. Keep your first strand as a model. 📏

🪟 Hanging the Curtain

Slide the 12 loops onto the rod, about 6 cm (2⅓ in) apart, all at the same height for a neat straight hem. For a cozy holiday look, tie the curtain back to one side with a red velvet ribbon. 🎀

🎨 Christmas Color Ideas

• Gold centers: sew a gold seed bead in the center of every flower. ✨
• Candy cane: alternate red and white flowers on each strand. 🍬
• Winter forest: green flowers with a red one every third flower. 🌲
• Snowy white: all-white flowers with gold tassel heads. ❄️

⏱️ Skill Level & Time

Skill level: Easy. If you can make a magic ring, single crochet and double crochet, you can make this curtain.

Time: My estimate is about 8 minutes per flower, so roughly 16 hours for the 120 flowers of the standard window, plus the tassels and assembly. Your own speed may be different. ☕

💡 Tips for a Perfect Curtain

• Count round 1. Exactly 10 sc: 9 or 11 stitches will make the petals cup or ruffle.
• Keep the center open. Don't pull the magic ring completely closed: the little holes let the light through.
• Same chain count. Every link is ch 7, so all strands end up the same length.
• Work in batches. Make 20 flowers at a time and block them together.
• One dye lot. Red shades vary a lot between lots.

🧼 Care

Hand-wash gently in cool water with a little mild soap, press the water out with a towel and lay the strands flat to dry. Keep the curtain away from candles and other heat sources. After the holidays, roll each strand around a piece of cardboard so they don't tangle. 🕯️

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use acrylic yarn?
Yes, but mercerized cotton gives crisper petals and a beautiful sheen in the light.

How many flowers do I need for a door?
For a door of about 195 cm, make 15 strands of 28 flowers: 420 flowers in total.

Can I make it in other colors?
Of course! It looks lovely in white, sage or blush for the rest of the year.

Is it heavy?
No, the strands are light, but use a sturdy rod for a door-size curtain.

✅ Merry Christmas, and happy crocheting! 🧶💖

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