This one is made for my advent wreath. But you can use it for all kind of christmas decoration.
Skill level: easy
Pattern written in US terms
Material:
acrylic yarn, DK weight
hook Nr. 3
scissors
yarn needle
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
fpsc – front post single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
dc3tog – double crochet 3 together
tc – treble crochet
fpdc – front post double crochet
pic – picot (make ch 3, close to a small circle by slst in the first ch)
st – stitch
The pattern is worked in rounds. At the begiining of the round, you are suggested to replace a sc by ch 1; a hdc by ch 2, a dc by ch 3 and a tc by ch 4. Each round ends with a slst to the first st! This is not extra mentioned in the pattern.
Pattern:
2.: (dc3tog, ch 2)x6
3.: (ch 2,fpdc around dc3tog, pic, ch 2, slst into ch- 2- space)x6
4.: ch 1; (sc in pic, ch 5)x6
5.: (6 dc in ch 5- space, ch 2)x6
6.: [slst into next ch 2- space, between the 3rd and 4th dc: (dc, ch 1, dc, ch1, dc, ch1, dc, ch1, dc, ch 1, dc)]x6
7.: [sc into first dc, sc into ch 1- space, hdc into 2nd dc, hdc into ch 1- space, dc into 3rd dc, (tc, pic) into ch 1- space, dc into 4th dc, hdc into ch 1- space, hdc into 5th dc, sc into ch 1- space, sc into 6th dc, slst around slst of round 6] x6
8.: (tc into slst, ch 3, dc into first hdc, ch 3, sc into pic, ch 3, dc into 2nd hdc, ch 3) x6
9.: (dc into tc, ch 3, hdc into dc, ch 3, fpsc around sc, ch 3, hdc around dc, ch 3) x6
10.: (5 dc into ch 3- space, fpdc around next st) x24
11.: (fpdc around fpdc, pic, ch 2, slst into 3rd dc, ch 2) x24
fasten off, weave in ends
That's it! Have fun!