Christmas Tree Pattern
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If you are looking for your next holiday craft project, the little Christmas tree ornaments will look incredible on your tree and give your Christmas decor a handmade vibe.
Made simple in two pieces and then stuffed, the trees can have decorative buttons, beads, or appliqued hearts stitched onto them.
Make a bunch and decorate your home with them for a festive treat or use them as gift tags.
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Your Next Craft Project For The Christmas Season
Make the little Christmas trees in your favorite colors, using leftover yarns from your stash (you don’t need a full ball of yarn for this project).
This is an easy little tree to make for those of you who are a beginner or advanced beginner level, and the techniques you will need to know are knit, purl and k2tog.
Using mainly knit and purl stitches, you will shape the tree through a series of increases and decreases.
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Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern:
This pattern is great for any advanced beginner knitters.
- You should be comfortable casting on and casting off, as well as knitting in garter stitch.
- You should also be comfortable reading knitting patterns.
- And understanding knitting abbreviations and terms.
Christmas Tree Pattern
Notes
You can grab the ad-free printable PDF pattern in my shop here.
Skill Level – Easy
Size – height = 3.5 inches/width = 4 inches at the widest point.
Gauge – 8 sts in 2 inches.
Copyright Info
- Please do not copy, sell, redistribute or republish this pattern.
- If you wish to share this pattern, link to the pattern page only.
- You may sell items produced using this pattern.
- Do NOT use copyrighted photos for your product listing.
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The Supplies You Need
Yarn
- Scraps of DK yarn/lightweight yarn 03 yarn – in Green
- Yarn weight guide
Needles
Notions
Other Materials
- Toy stuffing/fiberfill
- Buttons – red/white
- Fabric – for heart decoration
- Embroidery thread – red
- String or ribbon to hang
Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations List
- Approx = Approximately
- Beg = Begin(ning)
- Cont = Continue(ing)
- K = Knit
- K2tog = Knit the next 2 stitches together
- P = Purl
- M1 = Make 1 stitch
- Rem = Remaining
- Rep = Repeat
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
Pattern Instructions
Make 2 pieces:
- Cast on 4 sts.
- Purl one row.
- Knit one row.
- Continue until the piece measures 1 inch.
- With right side facing cast on 6 sts.
- Knit.
- With the wrong side facing cast on 6 sts.
- Purl.
- Knit.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- Knit.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- K2Tog knit till last 2 sts K2tog.
- Purl.
- K2Tog, K2tog.
- Purl.
- Cast off 2.
Making Up
- When you have both tree pieces you can decorate how you want, by adding buttons or stitching a fabric heart.
- Place the right sides on the outside, pin in place if you wish, and stitch with a decorative blanket stitch around the edges.
- Leaving a gap to stuff, place the ribbon or string to hang at the top of the tree and secure it when you sew.
- Stuff the tree decoration and stitch to close the gap.
- Your decoration should now be ready to hang on the Christmas tree!
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Happy Knitting!
