This is a beautiful and festive Christmas tree towel that will brighten your surroundings!

The Christmas tree motive and the styling evokes a long-time traditional design that you may have seen over the years. When it comes to decorating for the Christmas holiday season, no corner of the home is left untouched, and that includes the kitchen. If you’re busy in the kitchen in these coming weeks whipping up your holiday favorites, you’ll have these gorgeous towels around you as reminders of the season.

This Christmas tree towel is perfect as a gift, too! And if you sell your creations at crafts fairs or online, these dazzling towels just might become your next bestseller!

This wonderful pattern is free! It’s the “Retro Christmas Tree Towel” by famed crochet designer and instructor Jennifer Pionk of A Crocheted Simplicity. You’ll find a written pattern that uses basic crochet stitches including the half double crochet. There’s also a chart to help with the colors and the design. If you’re new to color changes, she links you to her excellent photo tutorial.

If you’re unfamiliar with the half double crochet — or just want a quick refresher — be sure to check out the right-hand and left-hand video tutorials we’ve posted below.

Click here to get the free pattern at A Crochet Simplicity

As promised, here are the tutorials!

Half Double Crochet Tutorial – Right Hand

Half Double Crochet Tutorial – Left Hand

And for even more fantastic — and free! — patterns for the Christmas holiday season check out some of our other favorites here at Crochet Maze:

As always, happy crocheting!

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