Christmas decoration & gift boxes winter village Silent Night, Holy Night

The winter village with church and Christmas trees is an extraordinary Christmas decoration that can be decorated according to your personal style and in many different ways. You can decorate all levels as a tower with a church and fir trees, or individual levels with a church, a small decorated Christmas wreath or a small Christmas arrangement. And of course you can also decorate the beautiful church and the three-dimensional Christmas trees individually.

In addition, the three levels can be used as beautiful gift boxes.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

Level of difficulty: intermediate for advanced crocheters, not suitable for beginners.

Skills required: crocheting in rounds, crocheting in rows, magic ring, chain stitches, slip stitches, single crochet stitches (also: only in the front/back loop), double crochet stitches (half, whole, double), front post double crochet stitches.

The Winter Village crochet pattern includes two files, using US term.

In addition to the written crochet instructions, the PDF files also contain the crochet charts and a large number of detailed and explained photos, so that you can successfully recreate this extraordinary Christmas decoration step by step with ease.

Size Information

Sizes approx..:
complett Height 60 cm = 23.5 inch, Depth 27 cm = 11 inch, Width 27 cm = 11 inch
Box large Height 15 cm = 5.9 inch, Depth 27 cm = 11 inch, Width 27 cm = 11 inch
Box medium Height 14 cm = 5.5 inch, Depth 22 cm = 8.7 inch, Width 22 cm = 8.7 inch
Box small Height 13 cm = 5.1 inch, Depth 18 cm = 7.1 inch, Width 18 cm = 7.1 inch
Church Height 28 cm = 11 inch, Depth 13 cm = 5.1 inch, Width 8,5 cm = 3.3 inch

Materials List

Material needed for the boxes:

Material list (without church):
Acrylic yarn LL 133m = 50g / 145 yds = 1.75oz (e.g. Bravo from Schachenmayr)
Approx. 170 g / 6 oz in white
and
Cotton yarn LL 125m = 50g / 137 yds = 1.75oz (e.g. Catania from Schachenmayr)
Approx. 85 g / 3 oz in red
Approx. 90 g / 3.2 oz in gray
Approx. 180 g / 6.4 oz in white
Approx. 80 g / 2.8 oz in fir green for the fir trees + wreaths
Crochet hook EU 3.0 / US size C / UK size 11
Crochet hook EU 4.0 / US G / UK 8
Scissors, wool needle
Gold/silver lamè yarn e.g. from Rico Design
Pencil
Compasses, large set square
Ruler / tape measure
5x DIN A2 or 6x 40x50cm / 15.7“x19.7“sturdy thin cardboard e.g. Bristol board 600g/m² or gray cardboard
Cutter knife / paper scalpel
Craft glue and sellotape, hot glue gun
Optional: beads, star beads + flower stem wire 0.4mm chubby, pipe cleaners for decorating

Material needed fort he church:

Cotton yarn LL 125m-50g = 137yds-1.75oz / Sport 12 wpi / 5 ply / fine
Approx. 35 g / 1.2 oz in white
Approx. 45 g / 1.6 oz in gray or desired color
Crochet hook EU 3.0 / US size C / UK size 11
Wool needle, scissors
Pencil
Compasses, large set square
Ruler / tape measure
Cutter knife / paper scalpel
DINA3 / 12 x 17 inch sturdy, thin cardboard (block back, Bristol board)
Craft glue
Optional: per cross 12 beads 4 mm / 0.16 inch

Material needed for the 3D Christmas trees:

Cotton yarn LL 125m/50g in green or white
Approx. 22 g / 0.8 oz for large Christmas tree
Approx. 17 g / 0.6 oz for medium fir tree
Approx. 13 g / 0.5 oz for small Christmas tree
Crochet hook EU 3.0 / US size C / UK size 11
Wool needle, scissors
Compasses, ruler / tape measure
DINA4 / US letter size paper (can be waste paper)
adhesive tape

Additional Details by the Author

The crochet pattern includes two PDF files each in German and English.