In this tutorial I am going to teach you step by step how to knit this sweet little Christmas tree ornament. The holidays are such a special time of the year and I love taking the time to craft my own decorations. This is a simple and quick tutorial and I have a knit along video to help you along the way. These cute little trees make fun and quick gifts. I also like to attach to larger presents for an added special touch! Grab your needles and lets get started!
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Materials:
- Medium Worsted weight yarn I used Malabrigo Rios in VAA but you can use any brand/color
- 4.0mm DPN’s or straight knitting needles
- Polyfill/stuffing
- Cinnamon stick or twig
- Hot Glue Gun
Abbrviations:
K- Knit
KFB- Knit through the front and back loop of the same stitch
K2TOG– Knit two stitches together
CO– Cast On
DPN’S– Double pointed needles
RS– Right Side of your work
WS– Wrong Side of your work
Using 4.5mm DPN’s or straight knitting needles CO 12 sts using the picot cast on method (see video for additional help). The picot cast on will give you the frilly look at the bottom of your tree. If you don’t want to use the picot cast on no worries! Simply cast on 12 stitches with your preferred method and continue following the instructions.
This is important! Before we begin the base of our tree we will be knitting a set up row in order to increase the number of stitches to 23. You will knit the first stitch and then knit front and back (KFB) into the remaining 11 stitches. Set up row: K1, *KFB*
BASE OF TREE
- K22, K1TBL (RS)
- K21, K2TOG (WS)
- K20, K2TOG (RS)
- K19, K2TOG (WS)
- K18, K2TOG (RS)
- K17, K2TOG (WS)
- K16, K2TOG (RS)
- K15, K2TOG (WS)
- K14, K2TOG (RS)
- K13, K2TOG (WS)
- K12, K2TOG (RS)
- K11, K2TOG (WS)
MIDDLE OF TREE
13. K10, K2TOG, CO 5 sts
14. K14, K2TOG, CO5 sts
15. K18, K2TOG
16. K17, K2TOG
17. K16, K2TOG
18. K15, K2TOG
19. K14, K2TOG
20. K13, K2TOG
21. K12, K2TOG
22. K11, K2TOG
23. K10, K2TOG
24. K9, K2TOG
TOP OF TREE
25. K8, K2TOG, CO 3 sts
26. K10, K2ToG, CO3 sts
27. K12, K2TOG
28. K11, K2TOG
29. K10, K2TOG
30. K9, K2TOG
31. K8, K2TOG
32. K7, K2TOG
33. K6, K2TOG
34. K5, K2TOG
35. K4, K2TOG
36. K3, K2TOG
37. K2, K2TOG
38. K1, 2TOG
39. K2TOG
You can make a single tree if you want a flat ornament. If you want to make a stuffed ornament make two trees and assemble. Check out the full length knit along to see how I assemble my trees! These are quick, easy and there is plenty of room for creative liberties. I like to stuff my trees with poly fill and use a cinnamon stick for the base of my tree but you can use whatever you like! Yarn scraps also make a great suffing!
