CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Free pattern Christmas Tree decoration.

Christmas tree decoration is taken from the Original pattern from a Pumpkin shawl decoration....

PUMPKIN BEAD FLOWER

The doughnut in one colour and second colour for remaining decoration. Made in cotton yarns for the tree decorations.

US Terms

 DK Cotton, 4mm hook

PUMKIN FLOWER TREE DECORATION PATTERN

First col. Finger wrap of 15 wraps,

ROUND 1: 14sc into ring, sl st, to complete,

ROUND 2/3: cont. to sc over the top of the first round, spacing the sts carefully until you have done ANOTHER 40 sc, sl st to complete weave in end.

ROUND 4: Change to main colour, [equally sp, 8sc around the bead], sc, ch2, between each sc, sl st to complete. [8 x ch2 loops] 

cont. in same col.

ROUND 5: 3sc into each ch2 loop, sl st, to complete cont. [8 loops]

ROUND 6: ch5, miss 2sts, sc into next st, ch5, miss 2sts, sc into next st, repeat to end sl st into first st. [8 x ch5 loops] cont. in same col.

ROUND 7: 4sc, ch3 picot, 4sc, into same loop, repeat in all loops, sl st to complete, add ch20 sl st, into fist st, to make a hanging loop.

My Interlocking 'v' stitch from March 2014...

Back in 2013, i bought a book about interlocking stitches, they are quite complicated to do and if you know me i don't do complicated. After studying the book for some time i developed an interlocking stitch using 'v' stitch and granny shells...nice and easy.

I also tried out different combinations of the stitch over the following years, 'v' stitch and sc, mixing aran and chunky, dc and aran and its been copied several times and called all sorts but this is a stitch i created originally.

This is the original picture from March 2014 when i first published this stitch 
US Terms always used.

Several Versions followed over the years..

 above is done with 'v'stitch and sc..just a hint of colour

 This is a cotton version.... with a different colour for each granny shell row

and a space dyed yarn version

 mixing aran and marble chunky yarn..by using a thicker yarn for the granny shells they blackberry effect pops a bit more

 A bag in interlocking 'v' stitch...

 more sc versions, mixing cotton and wool yarns together...a more subtle colour addition

 I also did a number of patterns in the pattern club in 2016 cowls and cushion..brilliant stitch for a cushion..less stretch