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I feel jubilant! My stash is shrinking by the day!! I gave myself this challenge to help me de-stash! I had so much Christmas stuff saved up – you know, supplies and thrifted yarn and things I have purchased throughout the year – and I just knew that if I did not give myself a public challenge – a goal – it would not all get done. I am so excited to have my 7th day of my 12 Days of Christmas challenge done! Only a few more days to go and then I will compile all of these into a downloadable PDF to purchase for a small fee – or maybe two PDFs and one sale – heck, it might even have to be 3 because my documents is getting quite large! I am also super excited to share all this with you all here. I just hit my one year mark on my blog and pattern designing and could not have even imagined a year ago how much I would truly love sharing my passion!! So, let’s get to gettin’:
One thing to note in this pattern – and all the patterns for my Christmas trees – I shop end of year clearance sales – so, go after Christmas if you need to stock up on a stash to work up for next year. These foam balls and cones can be expensive, but if you shop with 50% off coupons and sales you can be thrifty as well.
If this is your first stop on my 12 Days of Christmas blog extravaganza make sure you go back and see:
All of these post have a different pattern and fun information. I am working hard to make a new blog post with a new pattern each day for all 12 days. Unless something drastic happens (like yesterday) check back here each day and see all the fun, holiday goodness. I have an idea for the next few days and am hoping for the time to make a HUGE finale!! So, check back with me and see what is next.
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Materials:
Yarn: I have written most of these patterns with “stash busting” in mind. I have a huge assortment of old yarn and odds and ends yarns from a vast collection of mostly thrifted bags of yarn. Most all of what I am using is 4-ply worsted weight yarns like Red Heart Super Saver. For these two trees I have used green from my stash. For the smaller tree, I alternated two colors and for the larger tree I tried to put them together in a sort of “ombre” method and used 7 different greens. All of these skeins and balls were scraps so you won’t need much of each one and you can easily change to a different green – or white or any color! – if you run out.
Here are some supplies that might help you out if you need to refresh your stash:
–Hooks: For these trees I have used my I//5.5mm hook for all the “discs” except the topper of the tree and for the top I have used my H/5.0mm hook. These are the hooks I typically use for 4-ply worsted weight yarn, but please use the right one for your yarn. You definitely don’t want stiff “discs” so don’t use one too small.
Other supplies: I have used cardboard cones that you can find in most craft stores, some craft paint to paint the core, and my steam iron. You will find at the end that steaming the “discs” really makes a huge difference in not only how each disc lays, but also the way it looks at the end. You can use a regular steam iron or a garment steamer. I just used my steam iron and laid them on my ironing board. For more information on how to steam your crochet work there are many online descriptions – basically you just steam it. Don’t touch your work, but steam about 1-2” away from the pieces. You will see how soft and relaxed they becomes. You may need your glue gun if you want to secure them forever so they don’t move.
First thing to decide is how many layers or “discs” you want your tree to have. I chose 6 for the small one and 7 for the larger one. You can easily do less layers and then add more rows to each one. You can switch it up and make completely different looking trees.
After you decide on how many layers, decide on where on the cone they will “sit.” One thing to remember is that after you make your chain and join it to form a circle, it will get BIGGER after you crochet in it and it will also get a little bigger if you decide to steam it – SO, what I suggest is make your chain a bit smaller than what you want. You can easily add an extra disc if you need at the end – BUT, if you get all the way done and your disc ends up still too big for your cone, simply weave a strand of yarn in and out of the part closest to the cone and pull tight and tie (I did this for my bottom disc on my large tree since it ended up being too low on the cone)
IDEAS: String on some beads before you start and pull one up on the last round for “ornaments.” Add some white fluffy yarn on the last round for “snow.” Use some metallic yarn for “tinsle,”
So, the first step is to chain the number of chains you want for where you want it to sit on your cone. I tried to stick with multiples of 5.
For example, on my large tree my lowest disc was a chain of 50 – after that I shortened each starting chain like this: 45, 35, 30, 20, and 10.
So, chain around and join and then chain up 3 (for this pattern chain 3 DOES count as a double crochet) – after you chain up 3 and double crochet around in each chain join to the top of the chain 3 and that completes the first round. (See photo above) – you can check fit again here if you want.
Round 2: Chain up 3 and make 2dc in each double crochet around. Join to the top of the chain 3 and chain up 3 again (do this for each round)
Round 3: Double crochet one double crochet in double crochet around.
Round 4: Repeat Round 2
Round 5: Repeat Round 3
You can decide now if you want to continue to do an increase round (Round 2) or work straight a few rounds until you reach the length you want. Most of my discs had 5 rounds and then I did a final round of half double crochet. The increase rounds are what makes the discs “wavy” at the end and helps them drop down.
For the small tree I just finished in a simple half double crochet, but for the large tree I did a chain 3 between every 5 hdc – so, it would be (hdc in next 5, chain 5, hdc in next 5) repeat.
IDEAS: String on some beads before you start and pull one up on the last round for “ornaments.” Add some white fluffy yarn on the last round for “snow.” Use some metallic yarn for “tinsle,”
So, the first step is to chain the number of chains you want for where you want it to sit on your cone. I tried to stick with multiples of 5.
For example, on my large tree my lowest disc was a chain of 50 – after that I shortened each starting chain like this: 45, 35, 30, 20, and 10.
So, chain around and join and then chain up 3 (for this pattern chain 3 DOES count as a double crochet) – after you chain up 3 and double crochet around in each chain join to the top of the chain 3 and that completes the first round. (See photo above) – you can check fit again here if you want.
Round 2: Chain up 3 and make 2dc in each double crochet around. Join to the top of the chain 3 and chain up 3 again (do this for each round)
Round 3: Double crochet one double crochet in double crochet around.
Round 4: Repeat Round 2
Round 5: Repeat Round 3
You can decide now if you want to continue to do an increase round (Round 2) or work straight a few rounds until you reach the length you want. Most of my discs had 5 rounds and then I did a final round of half double crochet. The increase rounds are what makes the discs “wavy” at the end and helps them drop down.
For the small tree I just finished in a simple half double crochet, but for the large tree I did a chain 3 between every 5 hdc – so, it would be (hdc in next 5, chain 5, hdc in next 5) repeat.
Weave in those ends and steam! (I have posted more on this above in materials on this post) – the first picture is before I steamed and the second is after.
The top of the tree is made a little different. Starting with your smaller hook, chain 2. In the 2nd chain from the hook make 4 sc.
Round 2: Join and chain up 1 and make 1 sc in each stitch around. (4 sc)
Round 3: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (5 sc)
Round 4: Join and chain up 1 and make a sc in each stitch around. (5)
Round 5: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (6 sc)
Round 6: Join and chain up 1 and make a sc in each stitch around. (6 sc)
Round 7: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (7 sc)
Round 8: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (8 sc)
Round 9: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (9 sc)
Round 10: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (10 sc)
Round 11: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (11 sc)
Round 12: Join and chain up 1 and make 2sc in the 1st sc and then sc in each of the rest of the stitches around. (12 sc)
Round 13: Join. Chain up 3 and make 2dc in each double crochet around. Join to the top of the chain 3 and chain up 3 again (do this for each round) (24dc)
Round 14: Double crochet one double crochet in double crochet around. (24)
Round 15: Repeat Round 13 *you may decide you don’t want to increase again and just work straight up.
Round 16: Repeat Round 14 *repeat this row for the length you want.
Assemble. I can’t STRESS enough how much difference it makes to steam your discs. It’s a huge thing! It makes your cheap, 4-ply old yarn into a soft, fluffy, nice draping tree. Look at the difference before and after steaming. I painted my cone and then while the paint was drying I steamed all of my disc.
And voila! Two new trees for your Holiday decorations, craft fairs, gifts etc. Thank you so much for visiting me and I hope you enjoy these patterns as much as I have. I would love for you to tag me over on IG @theburgundybasket. I am also on Facebook with the same name, but that does also serve as my local small business page so I have a lot of local stuff on there as well as all my new patterns/releases.
