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.

DAY 15 ADVENT CALENDAR

BASIC MINI GRANNY SQUARES

Perfect for using up the smallest of yarn left overs

this mini granny uses approx. 5' of yarn for each square. 

For me that's from hand to hand stretched out, approx. my height 

US Terms, dk, 4mm hook

wrap 6 times around finger, hold firmly and slide off

 do all stitches into the ring of loops

 3dc, ch3 repeat for 4 sides sl st, to complete, 

join as you go using the 2nd ch st, in each corner

 Front

 Back

open join in pastel Cotton yarn from 2011, with  4dc , ch3 repeat for 4 sides

2018 AURORA SCRAF VERSION

left over Aurora dk yarn, 4mm hook

AURORA dk is a shaded yarn, i'm working in a 6' length and then staggering the colour so the pink is in the middle of the second row and at the ends of the first row of mini granny squares.

Each square take approx 5' of yarn and measures approx 3/4"

Same finger wrap as above.

ROUND 1: ch1 counts as first hdc, 2hdc, into circle, ch3 3hdc, ch3, 3hdc, ch3, 3hdc, ch3, sl st, to complete.

Join as you go using the 2nd ch st, in each corner.

For 2018 open version join corner to corner not side to side, as in the pastel mini, above.
Hope to have a picture of the new scarf soon 

ONE ROUND GRANNY FROM 2011
used to make a cushion cover, taken from a cross stitch flower pattern

i used coloured punched spots to do the design

a fun way for creating a new design

SHADED ROLLED ROSE PATTERN

ROLLED ROSE PATTERN

HERE

A very old pattern i made several in shades of pink

todays version is a Blue shaded Rose...

sewing them together takes a little practise...but making them is easy just base chain and 2 rows 

CELTIC CROSS SCARF PATTERN

CELTIC CROSS LACEY SCARF PATTERN

HERE

This simple, 2 round motif makes a fabulous delicate scarf...another pattern that would use up all those tiny ends of yarn mix with a ball or two of a background colour to make a pretty little Lacey Scarf....resembling a Celtic Cross in a circle

SPIKE STITCH OR LONG STITCH

LINK TO HOW TOO

Spike stitch can be used in so many projects, in rows, in the round, as decoration...

PATTERN: Anemone Flower, Wrap, throw, shopper or cowl

ANEMONE, cowl, shopper or throw or wrap

PATTERN HERE

This is a great flower pattern for all sorts of project, you could use just the flower and join them together to make a fabulous throw, 

or use it to edge or decorate a blanket, 

on it's own, joined together 

Used to decorate a blanket in matching colours

add the box and join together in a wrap to throw

Made in a range of pinks and purples they look like the ANEMONE, but could be made in other colours and work just as well

Make a cowl...

or a shopper 

Enjoy the Anemone pattern

AMELIA AND AMELIA BOX PATTERN

Amelia complete pattern HERE

Amelia flower and the boxed Amelia patterns on the link 

Mix your colours for Amelia and work just one colour for the back ground

join just the Amelia flower together too