Style your way to the most eye-catching/clashing Christmas with these ugly Christmas sweaters!
Whether you knit your own, or if refer to buy your ugly Christmas sweaters, we have some brilliantly ugly ideas for you here. Some of them are free craft tutorials , some are pre-made ugly Christmas sweaters and some are patterns you can purchase.
We hope this selection of ugly Christmas sweater ideas brightens up your year and gives your nearest and dearest a very cosy Christmas.
1. Light up llama ugly Christmas sweater
Best for light up features
Here is an off-the-peg ugly Christmas sweater with a difference – this one contains lights! As well as a brilliantly-comical acrylic-knit llama, you get a scattering of multicoloured LED lights festooned around your llamas neck.
This is dry clean only, light lovers – don't put this ugly Christmas sweater in the washing machine. But what a way to light up your Christmas party!
Find the Ugly Christmas sweater on Amazon
2. Pizza reindeer cat ugly Christmas sweater
Best for over-the-top style
Okaaaay. There a whole lot to unpack with this particular ugly Christmas sweater.
First off, we can't get past the festive pizza that is all over this ugly Christmas sweater. Festive pizza, eh. And that antler cat who looks strangely at home at the heart of it all.
It's so mad that we just love it. Not really knitted, this is a super-soft polyester spandex stretchy fabric with printed images. No real lights, just printed ons, but it is still hand-wash only to protect the printed design.
Find the pizza cat Ugly Christmas sweater on Amazon
3. Family-friendly ugly Christmas sweaters
The classic festive portrait of families in matching Christmas jumpers is one of the reasons the craze for ugly Christmas sweaters has got so huge. but not all ugly Christmas sweaters are family friendly. This knitting pattern, available as an instant download, fits the bill perfectly.
You can personalise the reindeer in the design with bows or beads to mix it up for different family members, but you'll get a grumpy face each time, which we just love! Best of all, the pattern is available as a free download.
Find the Reindeer sweater pattern on Lovecrafts
4. Ugly Christmas sweater ornament
Best for gifting to your Christmas-sweater-loving friends
Here is a great ugly Christmas sweater ideas for those who already have all the seasonal sweaters they need – an ugly Christmas sweater ornament! Get yours personalised with a name and the year from Personalised Penguins on Not on The High Street,
Find the Ugly Christmas sweater ornament on Not on the Highstreet
5. All things bright and ugly Christmas sweater
Best for all over colour
We feel a bit mean calling this bright knitted jumper ugly, but those colours are pretty clashing – on purpose, of course!
Not just an ugly Christmas sweater, these acrylic knits are designed and produced in the U.K, supporting British manufacturing, just and fair business practices and with 50 percent of profits donated to charity.
Find the Ugly Christmas sweater on Etsy
6. Waving tree ugly Christmas sweater
Best for teenagers
The downloadable PDF of this ugly Christmas sweater knitting pattern costs just £3.60 from Lovecrafts and lets you start knitting yours instantly, in both children's and adult sizes. Make one for all the family!
Find the ugly Christmas sweater knitting pattern on Lovecrafts
7. Vinyl craft your own ugly Christmas sweater
Best for learning vinyl crafting
Fancy trying your hand at your own design using craft vinyl? We show you how in our guide to using iron-on craft vinyl to create any style you want.
Make your own ugly Christmas sweater with our vinyl craft guide
8. Beginners guide to ugly Christmas sweaters
Best for Christmas upcycling
If you want to craft your own ugly Christmas sweater, try our super-simple sewing project, upcycling two old jumpers into a fresh festive look!
Find the How to sew your own Christmas jumper project
9. Make an ugly Christmas sweater card
Clash up your Christmas cards, ugly Christmas sweater style, with our great free downloads and step-by-step guide on making your own ugly Christmas sweater card, complete with pom pom neckline trim! There is a great printable paper featuring a whole host of ugly Christmas sweaters as part of the set, too!
Find the free Christmas jumper patterned papers
10. Christmas jumper decorations
If you can't get enough of ugly Christmas jumpers, then decorate your tree with them! Sew these cute Christmas jumper ornaments.
Charmingly ugly Christmas jumpers
Although garish, there's something so wholesome about Christmas jumpers! Find your favourite worst one and feel festive!
Do you prefer a more subtle festive look?
If so, check out our lovely embroidered Christmas jumper for a little festive glamour.
