Author: Alison  –   Updated: September 2025

Merry Christmas Bunting: Crochet Pattern

Inspiration

Bring some handmade charm into your home this holiday season with this festive crochet bunting. I’m sharing my original pattern for a “Merry Christmas” garland that you can craft ahead of time and enjoy as part of your seasonal decorations.

Pennants

A pennant is a little triangular flag, and for this project you’ll make seventeen of them. Once finished, they’re strung together to spell out a joyful Christmas message. You can follow the pattern in classic red, green, and white, or change up the colors to suit your own style or even adapt it for other celebrations throughout the year. To see the full step-by-step process, watch the video on YouTube here.

Materials

Yarn

For this bunting, I used Impeccable acrylic yarn in size [4] worsted weight. You’ll need one ball each in red, green, and white. The exact shades I chose were Ruby Red, Sage Green, and Ivory. Get this yarn here.

Hook

5mm crochet hook. Get this hook here.

Tapestry needle. Get a similar needle here.

Measurements

Pennant


Each pennant is about 20 cm (8 inches) wide, 19 cm (7 ½ inches) tall, and 22 cm (8 ¾ inches) along the two long sides of the triangle.

Gauge


The gauge is approximately 14 stitches and 8 rows over a 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inch) square.

Bunting


When complete, the full bunting chain with end loops measures around 4 meters (just over 13 feet) in length.

Watch on YouTube

I have made a video about making the Christmas Bunting and you can watch it on YouTube by clicking the video below.

Pattern Notes: Construction Sequence

Pennants


Begin by making all the pennants. Each one starts at the bottom tip of the triangle and is worked upward. You’ll increase two stitches at the second stitch in from each edge on every row for 13 rows.

Embroidery


Once the pennants are complete, embroider the letters onto them using a simple chain stitch. This creates the words for your bunting.

Bunting Cord


Next, make the bunting cord with a long chain stitch. Add a small loop at each end so your garland is easy to hang.

Tassels


Finish by attaching tassels to the ends of the bunting for a festive touch.

Crochet Terminology

US Crochet Terms


This pattern is written using US (American/Canadian) crochet terminology.

For example, a double crochet (dc) is worked as follows:

• Yarn over, insert the hook, yarn over and pull through (3 loops on hook).
• Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops remain).
• Yarn over again and pull through the last 2 loops.
• One loop stays on the hook and the double crochet is complete. 

Stitches and Abbreviations

ch = chain stitch

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

st = stitch

sl st = slip stitch

Pennant Crochet Stitch Diagram

Color Combinations

Make 17 pennants in total. 6 red, 5 green and 6 white.

Embroider Letters

On 14 pennants embroider the capital letters:

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S 

Leave three pennants blank.

With a tapestry needle and contrasting yarn embroider each letter.

Align your letters from row 6 to row 11. Try to place the letters in the middle and do not pull too hard. 

The letter M will be wider than all the other letters being 9 stitches across whereas the other letters will be 7 stitches across and the “I” only 3 stitches wide.

Keep the embroidery chain stitch at an even tension.

Embroidery Chain Stitch Examples

Letters

Here are the photos of each pennant I made showing the embroidery chain stitch letters to help you as a guide.

Bunting Cord Pattern

Starting Loop

With red, ch10, and sl st into the first chain to form a loop. Chain 10.

Join the Pennants

Single crochet across the top 27 stitches of the first pennant. 

Gaps

Chain 5 for the gap. 

Join the next pennant. 

Note 

Make sure the pennants are added in the correct order to spell the words “_MERRY_CHRISTMAS_” with a blank pennant at the front, a blank pennant between the two words and a blank pennant at the end.

Ending Loop

After the last pennant is joined, ch20 and slip stitch into the 10th chain from the hook to form a loop.

Fasten off. Weave in the ends.

End Loops

End Loops

Here are the photos of the two end pennants. 

They show the 10 chain loops with which to hang your bunting.

Tassels

Make the Tassels

The tassels hang at the point of each pennant. Cut four strands of yarn, two strands of red and two strands of white, 20cm (8 inches) long.

Fold in the middle.

I ran out of green and so I only used red and white.

Join Tassels

Right side facing, from behind, insert your hook into the base point of a pennant and pull the folded loop of the 4 strands through for about 2cm, then pull the rest of the loose strands through the folded loops. 

Gently ease the tassel into place.

Repeat on every pennant.

Slightly trim the tassels with sharp scissors if necessary.

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