Christmas Ornaments-Free Pattern

Easy thread ornaments for your Christmas Tree!

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Candy Cane Ornament               

 

Skill level: Beginner

 

Supplies: size 3 and 4 steel crochet hook; two pipe cleaners; small amount of red and white size 10 cotton crochet.

 

Stitches used: sl, ch, sc.

 

 

Directions for Small Candy Cane:  Size 4 steel crochet hook

 

With white; ch 55; turn.

 

Rnd. 1: sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across; ch 1, turn.    54 sc

 

Rnd. 2: with red: sc in first sc and in each sc across; ch 1, turn.    54 sc

 

 Rnd. 3: repeat rnd. 2

 

Rnds. 4 and 5: with white; repeat rnd. 2.    54 sc

 

Rnd. 6: with red: repeat rnd. 2.     54 sc

 

Rnd. 7: insert pipe cleaner and fold candy cane in half over the pipe cleaner (pipe cleaner will longer than candy cane); going through both thickness of candy cane, sl st in each sc; fasten off.  Trim excess off  the ends of the pipe cleaner.  Bend into a candy cane shape.

 

Large:  Follow the directions for the small candy cane, switch to a size 3 steel crochet hook.

 

Ice Skates Ornaments

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Skill level: Beginner

 

Supplies: size 3 steel crochet hook, about 20 yards of size 10 white cotton crochet; two-2 inch paper clips, needle and thread, small amount of Bernat Boa Nouveau, small amount of polyester fiberfill.

 

Stitches used: ch, sc.

 

Directions:-Make four:

 

Ch 25; turn

 

Rnd. 1: sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across; ch 1, turn.    24 sc

 

Rnd. 2: sc in each sc; ch 1, turn.      24 sc

 

Rnds. 3-9: repeat rnd. 2.    24 sc

 

Rnd. 10: sc in first sc and sc in next 8 sc; ch 1, turn.      9 sc

 

Rnds. 11-17: repeat rnd. 10.       9 sc

 

Rnd. 18: dec sc over first 2 sc, sc in next 5 sc; dec sc over last 2 sc; ch 1, turn.   7 sc

 

Rnd. 19: dec. sc over first 2 sc; sc in next 3 sc; dec sc over last 2 sc; fasten off.     5 sc

 

 

Put 2 skate bodies together, with needle and thread, whip stitch across bottom of skate.  Slide a paper clip on to the bottom of the skate.  Fold skate in half over the paper clip and whip stitch up both sides of skate.  Stuff the skate with fiberfill and whip stitch the top closed.

 

Attach Bernea Boa at the top of the skate and sc across the top of the skate going through both thickness, fasten off.

 

Repeat this process for the second skate.

 

For individual hanging, thread string or a ribbon through the back center of skate and tie ends.

 

For hanging as a pair: attach thread to the top, back center of skate, ch to the desirable length with last ch going into the top back center of the second skate.  Fasten off.