SKILL: Crochet or Knit
DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
BALL
Circumference (at widest point): 10”
Height (excluding hanging loop): 3¼“
CHIMNEY
Width: 3”
Height (excluding hanging loop): 4”
TREE
Width: 3”
Height (excluding hanging loop): 5”
MATERIALS (NOT INCLUDED)
Crochet: Hook: US Size F/5 (3.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
Knit: Needles: US Size 2.5 (3 mm) set of DPNs (or your preferred needle for knitting small circumferences) or size needed to obtain gauge
US Size 2 (2.75 mm) straight (or your preferred needle for knitting flat) or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: Tapestry needle, removable stitch markers, one special removable stitch marker to denote BOR, polyfill or other fiber stuffing.
GAUGE
Crochet: 28 sts x 34 rows = 4” in sc, before stuffing ornaments.
Save time, check your gauge.
PATTERN NOTES
The Snowflake is a classic ornament sphere made with single crochet using simple increases and decreases for shaping. This ornament works in un-joined, un-turned rounds. It is recommended that you place a unique stitch marker to denote the BOR, then use stitch markers to mark the first stitch of each repeat. Once completed, a snowflake will be embroidered on the front and back of the ornament using a diagram for a guide.
The Chimney is a rectangular ornament made with mosaic crochet. You will work in joined, un-turned rounds and will use markers to denote the first stitch of each round and will use one color per round.
The Tree is a rectangular ornament made with stranded colorwork. You will work each half flat according to a chart, then seam the two halves together. Working in stranded colorwork will require that you alternate colors during the row and leave strands of yarn on the backside. You may wish to alternatively wind off small amounts of each color and use the intarsia method rather than managing strands, or “floats.”
An illustrative schematic and stitch instructions are provided for the embroidery on the Ball and Tree ornaments.
