♥ Christmas CAL 2019; Part 1
Hey Lovelies! It’s here! The first part of the Christmas CAL 2019, I hope you are ready! First we are gonna make the Christmas tree. Not that hard to make, but read carefully, at some rows you have to work in back loops only, if you forget this, you won’t be able to make the branches. I guess, you don’t wanna start over haha.
For this pattern you’ll need:
♥ Green yarn. (I used Greengage from StyleCraft Special)
♥ Crochet hook 2,5 or 3 mm.
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Stitch Marker.
♥ Yarn Needle.
Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet
Picot = Chain 4 and make a SLST in the 3rd loop of the first chain.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
BL = Back Loops.
FL = Front Loops.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.
Pattern
Base of the tree.
For row 2 -14, at the start of every row you’ll crochet 2Ch, this will count as the first DC. You’ll close all these rows with a SlSt.
Row 15-21, I crochet continuously, without closing of the row. (Just like Amigurumi).
1: 6SC in
Magic Ring. [6]
2: *1DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [9]
3: BL, *2DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [12]
4: *3DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [15]
5: BL, *4DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [18]
6: *5DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [21]
7: BL, * 6SC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [24]
8: *7DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [27]
9: BL, *8DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [30]
10: *9DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [33]
11: BL, *10DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [36]
12: *11DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [39]
13: BL, *12DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [42]
14: *13DC, 2DC in the next st* repeat 3 times. [45]
15: BL, *13SC, dec* repeat 3 times. [42]
16: *5SC, dec* repeat 6 times. [36]
17: *4SC, dec* repeat 6 times. [30]
18: *3SC, dec* repeat 6 times. [24]
19: *2SC, dec* repeat 6 times. [18]
20: *1SC, dec* repeat 6 times. [12]
21: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.
Branches
At the rows you worked in BL only, you wil work in the FL now. Just like the base of the tree, at the start of every row you’ll crochet 2Ch, this will count as the first DC. You’ll close all these rows with a SlSt.
To make one branch, work the following;
2DC in the next st, make 3 Picot’s of 4Ch, SlSt in at the base of the first picot, 2DC in the next st, Ch1, skip one st.
Repeat this until the end of the row. Each row number will be the amount of branches on that row. So row 3 has 3 branches, row 5 has 5 branches, etc.
I hope you had fun making the tree. If something is unclear, let me know, I’ll always try to help out.
Next week we are going to make the Gingerbread Man! So cute!
See you next week.
Love
Danielle
