Christmas Tree Decorative Duo

You can find a million places to decorate with this Christmas Tree Decorative Duo crochet pattern. Your office desk, kitchen table, and living room mantle are all asking to be decorated for the holiday season. Give in a little bit by working up these fun crochet Christmas tree decorations that will definitely look good in any of those places. They have a very homemade feel to them, but that just makes your decorations seem more homey and welcoming when you have guests over.

Intermediate

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge16 sts = 4, 16 rows sc = 4.

Finished SizeTree measures 8 tall. Base measures 5 in diameter.

Materials List

RED HEART Super Saver: 1 skein each 629 Green Tones A, 979 Mistletoe B and 0319 Cherry Red C
Crochet Hook: 5.0mm [US H-8]
Yarn Needle
For Tree 1: 21 to 24 7/16 red buttons and 2 red buttons
For Tree 2: 18 9/16 red buttons and 2 red buttons
Two spools of Coats Cotton Machine Quilting Thread for Tree Trunk in color #8975
Two X 7 long wood dowels or 1 set of wood chopsticks
Sewing needle and red sewing thread
Tacky Glue

Tree (Make 2)

Tree Sides (make 3)
Starting at bottom, with A, ch 2.
Row 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook; turn 3 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next sc, 2 sc in last st; turn 5 sc.
Rows 4-6: Ch 1, sc in each st across; turn.
Row 7: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 2 sc in last st; turn 7 sc.
Rows 8-27: Repeat rows 4-7 (5 times).
Row 28-32: Repeat Row 4. Fasten off.

Tree Bottom
With A, ch 2.
Row 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook; turn 3 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 2 sc in last st; turn 5 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each st across; turn.
Rows: 5-16: Repeat rows 3 and 4 (6 times) 17 sc at end of last row. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length.

FINISHING
With wrong sides facing, sew bottom edge of 3 tree sides to the edges of tree bottom.
With right side facing, sc 2 tree sides together.
Add stuffing and sc the last 2 trees side together, adding additional stuffing as needed.
Weave in ends.

Tree 1 Embellishments

Star (make 2) With C, Ch 4, slip st in first ch to form ring. Round 1: Ch 1, work 10 sc in ring; join with a slip st in first sc 10 sc. Round 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 2 ch, skip next sc in round 1**, sc in next sc, repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join with a slip st in first sc 5 points. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. With right sides facing, sew two stars together, matching sts. Sew star to top of tree. With sewing needle and thread, sew one button to center of each side of star. Weave in ends. Garland With B, make 4 chains in different lengths for garland to wrap around tree. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. Start at the bottom or top, placing garland chains 1 apart. Sew garlands in place. With sewing needle and thread, sew 7/16 buttons between garland, on each side of tree.

Tree 2 Embellishments

Circle (make 2) With B, ch 2 Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd, ch from hook; join with a slip st in first sc 6 sc. Round 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in first sc, 2 dc in each sc around; join with a slip st in top of beginning ch-3 12 dc. Fasten off leaving a sewing length. With right sides facing, sew circles together, matching sts. Sew assembled circle to top of tree. With sewing needle and thread, sew one button to center of each side of circle. Weave in ends. Center Tree Stem (make 3) With C, ch 33. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. Tree Branches (make 3 in each length) Branch 1: With C, ch 15. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. Branch 2: With C, ch 19. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. Branch 3: With C, ch 23. Fasten off, leaving a sewing length. Sew one stem to the center of each side of tree. Sew the tree branches to the stem in a triangular shape as pictured. Sew one 9/16 button at ends of each branch.

Tree Trunk (for both trees)

Insert wood dowel into thread spool. Add glue to the top of the spool. Insert the remaining wood dowel into the center bottom of the tree and glue the spool to the tree.

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mulberrygalprinces s

Nov 15, 2016

Very cute and easy pattern to follow. I like that I don't have to go looking to download a pattern. It's right here. This will make a great addition to my touchable holiday decorations for the grand kids. Maybe add some jingle bells inside for the little guys to rattle.

renrdg 5540127

Aug 20, 2015

Very nice! I want to try them with some of the sparkly green and blue yarns.