Christmas stocking - free crochet pattern

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Materials:

Medium worsted weight yarn in 5 colours. I used red, white, mustard, green and blue

H/5 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Stitch marker

Size

Approximately 18 inches long and 7 inches wide

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

** - Repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed

[ ] - work instructions within brackets as a set as many times as directed

st/sts - stitch/stitches

ch/chs - chain/chains

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet 

hdc - half double crochet

dc - double crochet

WATCH VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

Instructions:

Using red ch 4 and join the last ch with a sl st to the 1st ch to form a ring.
Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st st in all rounds), 11 dc into ring. Join with a sl st to the 1st st. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the 1st st. (24 sts) 
Round 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in next st, repeat [dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (36 sts)
Round 4: Ch 3, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, repeat [dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (48 sts)
Round 5: Ch 3, dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, repeat [dc in next 3 sts, 2 dc in next st] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (60 sts)
Round 6: Ch 3, dc in rest of the sts around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (60 sts)
Round 7: Pull white through the loop, ch 1, sc in each st around. Join. (60 sts)
Round 8: Join green, ch 3, dc in each st around. Join. (60 sts)
Round 9: Pull white through the loop, ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (60 sc)
Round 10: Join green, ch 3, dc in next ch-1 space, repeat [dc in next sc, dc in ch-1 space] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (60 sts)
Round 11 to 18: Repeat rounds 7 to 10 using mustard, then blue instead of green. Join. (60 sts)

Leaving space for heel
Round 19: Skip 11 sts, join white in the 12^th st, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in the next 37 sts, ch 22, join with a sl st to the 1^st sc.

Round 20: Join green, ch 3, dc in next 37 sts, dc in each of the 22 chs, Join with a sl st to the 1^st st. (60 sts).
Round 21 to 43: Repeat the pattern finishing with a round of sc.

Round 44: Join red, ch 3, dc in each st around. Join. (60 sts).

Round 45: Ch 3, fpdc in next st, repeat [dc in next st, fpdc in next st] around. Join.
Round 46: Ch 3, fpdc in fpdc, repeat [dc in dc, fpdc in fpdc] around. Join. Cut off yarn. 

Join yarn at one corner at the top and work a few chains, sl st in the same st where you joined to form a loop. Cut off yarn and weave in the loose ends.

Heel

Round 1: Join red in the 1^st st at the bottom of the heel opening, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 10 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in 3 sts, sc in the st at the corner, sc in next 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 10 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts, sc in the st at the other corner. (46 sts)

Do not join, work in continuous rounds placing a marker in the 1^st st of the next round.

Round 2: sc in 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 3 sts, 2 dc in the next 4 sts, dc in 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in 7 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 3 sts, 2 dc in the next 4 sts, dc in 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in the next 4 sts. (54 sts)

Round 3: sc in 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 14 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in 7 sts, hdc in 3 sts, dc in 14 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in 4 sts. Join.

Pull the wrong side out and close the opening by joining the edges together by working sc across. Cut off yarn and weave in the loose ends. 

Christmas tree wall hanging

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Materials:

Medium worsted weight yarn in beige about 125 to 130 meters and small amount in brown

Boucle yarn in green about 10 meters

6 mm crochet hook

12 inch long wooden dowel

beads for decoration

yarn needle

Note:

• The medium worsted weight yarns are worked in double strands while the boucle yarn in worked in single strand. 
• The chart is read from bottom up. It is symmetrical so it can be read from left or right.
• Each box represents as stitch horizontally. There are 25 sts in a row and there are 28 rows.
• Start with 26 chains. 
• The first two rows are worked using beige only and the colour change starts from the 3rd row.
• Watch the video for details on changing colors.

WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

After completing the 28 rows work the loops to hang the tapestry.

Ch 1, work sc in first 5 sts. Turn and work sc in each st. Repeat until the strip is long enough to wrap about the dowel. Cut yarn off. Skip next 5 sts and join yarn in the next st and repeat as previous. Skip the next 5 sts and make one more. Fold these strips behind and sew the edges forming loops to hang the tapestry. Insert the dowel through these loops. Weave in all the loose ends. 

Cut out strands of yarn measuring about 7 or 8 inches and make tassels on the lower edge using 3 strands for each tassel and attaching them in alternate stitches.

Decorate the tree with beads and buttons.

Flower circle ornament - free crochet pattern

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 I have a very pretty Christmas ornament pattern for you. It's quick to whip up and you can use your scrap yarns to make these easy ornaments. 

WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

Materials Needed:

Sport weight cotton yarn in 2 colours (or) any yarn of your choice

3 mm crochet hook or a suitable size

Beads for deccoration

Yarn needle

Size

About 9 cm in diameter

Stitches/abbreviations used:

[ ] - Repeat instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as directed

** - Repeat instruction within asterisks as many times as directed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

2dc cluster - 2 dc sts worked together in the same stitch

Note:

The pattern is written in standard American terms.

Use any yarn and a suitable hook. Depending on the size of yarn and hook used the size may vary.

Instruction:

Flower Motif

Round 1: Using colour A, make a magic ring, ch 1, 12 sc into ring. Join with a sl st to 1st sc.

Round 2: Ch 1, 2dc cluster in 1st st, repeat [ch 4, 2dc cluster in next st] around. Finish the round with ch 1  and dc in the top of 1st cluster.

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 4, repeat [sc in next ch-4 space, ch 4] around. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. Fasten off.

Back Circle 

Round 1: Using colour B, make a magic ring, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 11 dc into ring. Join with a sl st to 1st st. (12 sts)

Round 2: Ch 3 (counts as 1st st), dc in same st, 2 dc in every st around. Join with a sl st to the 1st st. (24 sts)

Round 3: Ch 3 (counts as 1st st), 2 dc in next st, repeat [dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] around. Join. (36 sts)

Place the wrong side of the flower circle over the wrong side of the back circle. Insert hook into any ch-4 space of the flower circle and pull the loop of the back circle through it

Round 4: Ch 1, working through the ch-4 space work sc in 1st st of the back circle, 2 sc in the 2nd st and sc in the 3rd st. Repeat around working 4 sc through each ch-4 space into 3 sts of the back circle. You will have 48 sts. Join with a sl st to 1st sc.

Picot - ch 3, sl st in 1st ch

Round 5: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, [sc, picot, sc] in next st, **sc in next 3 sts, [sc, picot, sc] in next st** Repeat from ** to ** around, sc in last 2 sts. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc. Fasten off and weave in the loose ends.

Finishing

Make a tassel by wrapping yarn around a rectangular piece of cardboard and cut it at one end. Tie yarn around the center of the yarn and tie it. Trim the uneven edge. Insert a bead at the top of the tassel and attach it to the ornament. Make a loop at the top to hang the ornament. 

Christmas roundup

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Hey everybody! I just thought of posting a roundup of my various Christmas crochet patterns before it's late. I know I'm already late and most of you must have started your Christmas crocheting but I thought about it only today. I was taking a look at my Blogger stats and saw that as usual the views for my Christmas tree pattern has peaked up this month. This is one of my most viewed patterns and I'm very happy about it but there are a few other patterns which are good but not as popular, so I thought I would make a post to bring them all together. 

The first one is of course the Christmas tree and you can get the pattern from here   

This gorgeous wreath is a favourite of mine. It would look beautiful on your craft room door. You can get the pattern here

This stash busting colourful hexagon patchwork Christmas stocking is an absolute fun to make. Get the pattern with photographs detailing the joining method by clicking here

You can make some cute ornaments for your Christmas tree using these patterns from here, here and here.   

This one is not crochet but I would love to share it here. These are salt dough ornaments that I made a few years ago and they are so easy and fun to create. I have a tutorial here for these cuties and you should give it a try.