Crochet Christmas Tree

I kind of made it up as I went along, so take everything with a pinch of salt ;)

The stand is a piece of wood with a hole in it and a 15cm piece of 6mm dowel.

There are 7 rounds of branches. They are just flat circles that start with 6 sc in a magic circle and another row is added for each one bigger. Each row has 6 more stitches than the previous one to keep the circle flattish (I’ve tried to explain differently below)

When you finish off the center of each circle you need to pull the magic circle pretty tight, but make sure there is anough of a hole for the dowel to go through, but you don’t want it so lose it doesn’t grip in place.

I used a 4.5 hook and Cascade Mirafloras wool which is a somewhat spiky alpaca wool that says a 5.5 hook as I wanted it to come out quite compact and stiff.

The star is Adriafil Mirage which takes a 4 to 4.5 hook and I used the same 4.5mm hook.

Smallest ‘branch’

Round 1: 6 single crochet in a magic circle and join last to first with a slip stitch. I start with a single chain, but you don’t have to as long as you end with 6 stitches (6 stitches)

Round 2: chain 1, then sc 2 stitches in each of the 6 stitches. Join last stitch to first with a slip stitch (12 stitches)

Next bigger ‘branch’

Round 1 and 2 same as the smallest.

Round 3: chain 1, then * 1 sc in next 2 stitches and 2 sc in 3rd stitch. Repeat from * all the way round. Join last stitch to first with a slip stitch.

Next bigger one

Round 1, 2, 3 same as 2nd branch

Round 4 chain 1, then * 1 sc in next 3 stitches and 2 sc in 4th stitch. Repeat from * all the way round. Join last stitch to first with a slip stitch.

... and so on until you have done all 7

For the star you need to do 2 and sew together with blanket stitch leaving a gap for the dowel to go in to.

When you make the picot (the chain 3 and slip stitch in to the first of the chain) you need to experiment a little with which oart of the stitch you do the slip stitch through, because otherwise the point of the star sticks sideways and when you try to join the two back to back they don’t match up.

Star

Round 1:In to a magic circle, * sc, dc, ch3, slip stitch in to the 1st stitch in thr chain, dc.

Repeat from * 4 more times, slip stitch in to the bottom of the first sc. Pull magic circle tight and finish off