Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A Glittery Christmas (a Christmas tree shaped ornament)

A Glittery Christmas is the name I am giving to the Christmas tree shaped ornament I designed and gave out to friends and family this year as gifts.


























The design is as follows:

A Glittery Christmas (a Christmas tree shaped ornament)

Materials:
Size 8 needles
Red/Green/White Christmas multi yarn (medium weight), even better with tinsel woven in

Finished Measurements: 3 3/4" tall x 2 1/2" wide (at widest)

kfb = knit in front and back to increase 1

Make slip knot w/ 6-7" hanging extra to tie later for loop to hang ornament on the tree.
CO 2 sts
Row 1 - k2
Row 2 - kfb, kfb (4)
Row 3 - k4
Row 4 - kfb, k2, kfb (6)
Row 5 - k6
Row 6 - kfb, k4, kfb (8)
Row 7 - k8
Row 8 - kfb, k6, kfb (10)
Row 9 - BO 3, k7 (7)
Row 10 - BO 3, k4 (4)
Repeat Rows 4 - 10
Repeat Rows 4-8
Row 23 - k10
Row 24 - kfb, k8, kfb (12)
Row 25 - BO 5, k7 (7)
Row 26 - BO 5, k2 (2)
Row 27 - k2
BO
Weave in bottom leftover yarn and tie top leftover yarn in a loop for hanging on the tree.
Sew a fun Christmasy button on to the tree for decoration :-)

Now you have a fun and sparkly ornament that takes absolutely no time to complete!!

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