You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
(Big, fat Santa’s on his way)…
Christmas Carols, Christmas decorations, Christmas is on the way!
It’s Christmas! Every mall, every store, every home looks beautiful decorated with Poinsettia, candles, lights, stockings, gift-wrapped items, wreaths made with pinecones and lots of other ornaments. But any decoration is incomplete without a Christmas tree!
History (wiki) says that according to the Encyclopædia Britannica, “The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands to symbolise eternal life was a custom of the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Tree worship was common among the pagan Europeans and survived their conversion to Christianity in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime.”
Another folk version defined Christmas tree as “Tree of Paradise in remembrance of the birth of Adam and Eve; where the tree with apples is now replaced with the red shiny baubles.”
In modern world, we decorate them with bells, candy canes, snow globes, lights, garlands, ribbons, tinsels, golden, silver and other different colored baubles; the tree skirt covers the tree stand; snowman or reindeer shaped ornaments are hanged; and a star at the tree top is added to complete the decoration.
Process:
When my customer was decorating her Christmas tree, she approached me for Christmas tree skirt for her tree. After gathering the details about the decoration theme, I decided to make a peppermint candy style tree skirt with nude and red yarn. I followed the Redheart – Peppermint Candy Throw and Pillow pattern.
But it was difficult to get the initial startup. So, I used SmoothFoxLover – Christmas Tree Skirt to get the start.
My tree skirt dimension was supposed to be 50″ in diameter. I worked for 6 rows as mentioned in the pattern. Then instead of switching yarn at alternate rows, I followed the Redheart – Peppermint Candy Throw and Pillow procedure to continue further. I kept on increasing counts till the skirt diameter was 50″.
Pattern:-
The design is evolved from bits and pieces of 2 different patterns. It can be divided into sections for better understanding.
- Initial Shell stitch line.
- Expansion of the Open Base.
- Peppermint Style Body
Initial Shell Stitch line:-
R1: With Bone Color (Base Color- BC). Chain 5.
R2: Double Crochet (DC) in the 4th chain from the hook, DC in the 5th chain in the hook. (A shell is created) Do not cut the yarn; do not turn.
R3: Chain 5, DC in the 4th and 5th ch as in R2.
Repeat R3 or keep adding shells to the line 16 more times. Do not cut the yarn. Total 18 shells, 36 DC, 18 ch-3 space.
Expansion of the Open Base:-
R1: Join Autumn Red (Contrast Color-CC) on the right side (RS); (Ch 2, DC, Ch 2, 2DC) in the 1st ch-3 space. Make [V stitch]¹ on every ch-3 space. Turn. Total 18 V stitches, 72 DC, 18 ch-2 space.
R2: Continue with CC on the wrong side (WS); Slip Stitch on 1st DC. Ch 3, [V stitch]¹ in the 1st ch-2 space, DC in DC, Skip 2 stitches, DC in next stitch, [V stitch]¹ in ch-2 space, DC in DC; repeat – till the end. Skip the last stitch. Turn. Total 18 V stitches, 108 DC, 18 ch-2 space.
R3: RS: Slip Stitch on 1st DC. Ch 3, DC in next DC, [V stitch]¹ in the 1st ch-2 space, DC in 2 DC, Skip 2 stitches, DC in 2 DC, [V stitch]¹ in ch-2 space, DC in 2 DC; repeat – till the end. Skip the last stitch. Turn. Total 18 V stitches, 144 DC, 18 ch-2 space.
Peppermint Style Body:-
R1: using Base color (carrying CC in the back), Ch 2, DC in 4 DC, 2 DC in ch-2 space, DC in 4 DC; with CC in front and BC in back (DC in 4 DC, 2 DC in ch-2 sp, DC in 4 DC), with BC in front and CC in back (DC in 4 DC, 2 DC in ch-2 sp, DC in 4 DC); repeat – till the end, ending with CC 10 DC. Turn. Total 180 DC. 90 BC- DC, 90 CC-DC.
R2: Using CC in front and BC in back; Ch 2, DC in 9 DC, 2DC in next DC; with BC in front and CC in back (DC in 9 DC, 2DC in next DC), with CC in front and BC in back (DC in 9 DC, 2DC in next DC); repeat – till the end, ending with CC 11 DC. Turn. Total 198 DC. 99 BC- DC, 99 CC-DC.
R3: Using BC in front and CC in back; Ch 2, DC in 10 DC, 2DC in next DC; with BC in front and CC in back (DC in 10 DC, 2DC in next DC), with BC in front and CC in back (DC in 10 DC, 2DC in next DC); repeat – till the end, ending with CC 12 DC.Turn. Total 216 DC. 108 BC- DC,108 CC-DC.
Repeat R2- R3 till you get the desired diameter. I aimed for 50″.
¹[V Stitch] – (2 DC, Ch 2, 2DC) in same chain space.
Caution Section:-
- This tree skirt contains 2 colours divided into alternate Red and Bone colour 6 times.
- Make sure the next row should match the colour sequence of the previous row.
- Carry the other colour in the back to avoid knots and joining of the yarn.
Product Specifications:
Defining Dimensions:-
- The diameter of the tree skirt: 50″.
Optional Alterations:-
- The sizes can be changed based on your requirement.
- You can add a different colour edging to the tree skirt.
- The edging can be made of Single Crochet (SC), Crab Stitch, Slip Stitch, Herringbone Half Double Crochet (HHDC).
- Instead of regular yarn, fur yarn will bring out a pop to the border.
- Instead of going for a different colour for the border, use both the base colours around for alternate rows.
- The border shouldn’t be too broad to pop out. The purpose should be to provide a clean edge.
Remember: do not over accessorise it. This hides the beauty of the pattern itself. Believe in elegance simplicity!!
In case, you have stuck anywhere or have any queries, kindly contact me.
Christmas Tree Skirt
Style Aisle:
- Hide the awful colour and shape of the tree stand with the Tree-Skirt and place all the gifts on it on Christmas night.
- Add a crochet toy or plush toy at the centre and stitch all the ends to make a soft baby blanket as Snuggly Lovies.
- Mix and match all Christmas colours. Make sure they are not too popped out, else the tree decorations and colourful gifts packs will turn out to be a disaster.
Materials:
- Yarn: Caron Simply Soft – Autumn Red, Caron Simply Soft – Bone 3 balls each.
- Note: you can play around with different branded yarns as far as they give the synchronous flow of the pattern using a constant crochet hook.
- You can either go for the yarns with the same recommended crochet hook OR decide the yarn and change the crochet hooks along with the tightness on the crochet stitches as you proceed with the pattern.
- You can change the pattern to get the continuous flow.
- Crochet hook: 6mm
- Needles
- Scissors
- Measuring Tape
- Stitch Marker: My stitch markers are the mini safety pins we get from clothing tags.
Happy Crocheting!!!
APPENDIX
Care Instructions:
Quality Promise: If washed with care then, the elegant stitch guarantees perfection up to multiple washes. The wool quality might stretch upon multiple uses.
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Thank You, Tanya, for sharing the pattern. It is red and nude colour based on the baubles used (red, bronze n silver). 🙂
Peppermint style (Red and white) is always classy, no doubt.