The advent calendar stays a lot of fun; open up a window every day in December to count down the days till it is Christmas. Behind each window you will find a chocolate or little present to enjoy. But how fun is it when that little present is a free crochet pattern? Yarnplaza is starting a real Christmas-CAL that makes every crocheter's heart beat faster. Read our blog to get all ins and outs. Are you joining Yarnplaza's Advent CALendar?
From the first of December, it is only twentyfour days until Christmas eve. That means we have twenty four little crochet patterns to fill the December days! We start with the basis: a Christmas tree made of Phildar Partner 6, to hang all little ornaments in. From December first onwards, every day we will present a cute little Christmas pattern on our blog to decorate the tree with. We are looking forward to it!
Take a look at the first pattern here!
Do you want to be ready to start on the first of December? For all decorations of the Advent CALendar we used the following materials:
- 1 ball Phildar Phil coton 3 colour: 1, 6, 10, 34, 40, 41, 45, 50, 61, 65, 67, 73, 74, 76, 85
- 1 spool Drops Glitter colour gold and silver
- Crochet hook no. 2,5
- Christmas Tree hooks
Do you want to have the right number of skeins to start right away? Order the Decoration Crochet Kit here!
Measurement Christmas Tree: height 109 cm and width 78 cm.
Materials Advent Christmas Tree:
- 9 balls Phildar Partner 6 colour 41 Billard
- 1 ball Phildar Partner 6 colour 04 Ecorce
- Crochet hook no. 4 and 6
- 8 LED-tealights 4 cm
- Firm cartboard
- Duplex tape with a width of 1 cm
Start right away and order our Christmas Tree Crochet Kit. This way you will have the right amount of skeins and the pattern in one click!
Stitches used:
Ch. = Chain
Sl. St. = Slip Stitch
Sc. = Single Crochet
Hdc. = Half Double Crochet
Dc. = Double Crochet
Trc. = Triple Crochet
Crochet Pattern Advent CALendar Christmas Tree:
Use crochet hook no. 6.
The Christmas tree consists of 5 separate parts that are crocheted together. With each part we start counting from row 1. Make a turning ch. after each row.
Part 1 (top)
With colour green, ch. 2.
Row 1: Sc. 2 in the second ch. from your hook.
Row 2: Sc. 1, sc. 2 in the last st.
Rows 3 - 40: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in the last st. At the end of row 40 you have 41 st in total.
Row 41: Sc. 1 in each back loop. (41 st.)
Row 42: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 the last st. (42 st.)
Row 43: *Cluster Dc. 2 together, hdc. 3, dc. 3, trc. 5, dc. 3, hdc. 3, cluster dc. 2 together* Repeat *-* another 1x.
Row 44: Sc. 18, sl.st. 2, sc. 18. Cast off.
Part 2
Row 1: Cast on a yarn in the loops of row 41. Skip 6 st., sc. 29, leave the last 6 st. Turn your work.
Rows 2 - 33: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. At the end of row 33 you have 61 st.
Row 34: Sc. 1 in each back loop. Sc. 2 in last st. (62 st.)
Row 35: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. (63 st.)
Row 36: Repeat *-* of row 43 (part 1, top) 3x.
Row 37: Sc. 18, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 18. Cast off.
Part 3
Row 1: Cast on a yarn in the loops of row 34 (part 2). Skip 6 st., sc. 50, leave the last 6 st. Turn your work.
Rows 2 - 33: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. At the end of row 33 you have 82 st.
Row 34: Sc. 1 in each st. (82 st.)
Row 35: Sc. 1 in each back loop. Sc. 2 in last st. (83 st.)
Row 36: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. (84 v.)
Row 37: Repeat *-* of row 43 (part 1, top) 4x.
Row 38: Sc. 18, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 18. Cast off.
Part 4
Row 1: Cast on a yarn in the loops of row 35 (part 3). Skip 6 st., sc. 71, leave the last 6 st. Turn your work.
Rows 2 - 33: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. (103 st.)
Row 34: Sc. 1 in each st. (103 st.)
Row 35: Sc. 1 in each back loop. Sc. 2 in last st. (104 st.)
Row 36: Sc. 1 in each st., sc. 2 in last st. (105 st.)
Row 37: Repeat *-* of row 43 (part 1, top) 5x.
Row 38: Sc.18, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 17, sl.st. 2, sc. 18. Cast off.
Part 5 (tree trunk)
Continue with colour dark brown.
Row 1: Cast on a yarn in the loops of row 35 (part 4). Sc. 1 in the middle 22 st. of row 35.
Rows 2 - 20: Sc. 22. Cast off.
Attaching the tree on cardboard
Attach the Christmas tree on cardboard with duplex tape. First apply the tape on the tree. Do not be too thrifty but royally apply long pieces of tape on the tree.
Attach the tree to the cardboard, start with the top and carefully go downwards. Press the tree firmly. Cut the cardboard around the tree such that you no longer see the cardboard. This is best done when you hold a ruler next to the edges of the tree. Push your crochet work a little bit to the inside and cut the cardboard. In this way, the cardboard stays under your crochet work and.
Cups for tea lights
The cups are crocheted with hook no. 4. Sc. 8 in a magic ring.
Row 1: Sc. 2 in each st. (16 st.)
Row 2: *Sc. 1, sc. 2 in next st.* Repeat until end (24 st.)
Row 3: Sc. 24 in the back loops.
Row 4: Sc. 24
Row 5: Sc. 24
Row 6: Sl. St. 24
Cast off. Make 8 cups the same way.
Attaching the cups
Attach a cup on each top of the Christmas tree by pinning 2 holes in the cardboard (appr. 2 cm apart). With a needle and thread, pull a yarn through the cup from the outside to the inside and 1 cm next to it from the inside to the outside. Pull the ends of the yarn through the holes on the cardboard and tie a knot.
Who is going to join us? Let us know!
