I am such a huge fan of ‘less is more’, especially when it comes to amigurumi. While i do enjoy super detailed creations, i like my patterns to be super duper easy~ that way anyone can add to it to make it their own! So here are a couple xmas trees i made, i actually made them a couple weeks ago but the kitties LOVE playing with these!
Very basic, very simple! Please understand that the ‘lumpiness’ and ‘worn outness’ is from the frequent kitty attacks that these trees have undergone!!
Here is tree #1 all fancied up:
And here is tree #2:
Pattern for tree #1:
Materials:
Size G hook
Vanna’s Choice yarn from Lionbrand, in ‘dusty green’ color
fiberfill
yarn needle
6 sc in a ring
rd1: 2sc in first sc, sc in next around (9 sc)
rd2 & 3: sc in each sc around (9 sc)
rd4: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 2 sc around (12 sc)
rd5 & 6: sc in each sc around (12 sc)
rd7: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 3 sc around (15 sc)
rd8 & 9: sc in each sc around (15 sc)
rd10: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 4 sc around (18 sc)
rd11 & 12: sc in each sc around (18 sc)
rd13: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 5 sc around (21 sc)
rd14 & 15: sc in each sc around (21 sc)
rd16: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 6 sc around (24 sc)
rd17 & 18: sc in each sc around (24 sc)
rd19: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 7 sc around (27 sc)
rd20 & 21: sc in each sc around (27 sc)
rd22: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 8 sc around (30 sc)
rd23 & 24: sc in each sc around (30 sc)
rd25: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 9 sc around (33 sc)
rd26 & 27: sc in each sc around (33 sc)
rd28: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 10 sc around (36 sc)
rd29 & 30: sc in each sc around (36 sc)
rd31: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 11 sc around (39 sc)
rd32 & 33: sc in each sc around
rd34: In Back Loop Only, sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc around, sc2tog over last 2 sc (30 sc)
rd35: sc2tog, sc in next 4 sc around (25 sc)
rd36: sc2tog, sc in next 3 around (20 sc)
rd37: sc2tog, sc in next 4 around (16 sc)
rd38: sc2tog, sc in next sc around (8 sc)
rd39: sc2tog around (4 sc)
Fasten off.
Tree #2:
Materials:
Size G hook
Vanna’s Choice yarn by Lionbrand, in color ‘Linen’
fiberfill
Pattern:
6 sc in a ring
rd1: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 2 sc around (8 sc)
rd2: sc in each sc around (8 sc)
rd3: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 3 sc around (10 sc)
rd4: sc in each sc around (10 sc)
rd5: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 4 sc around (12 sc)
rd6: sc in each sc around (12 sc)
rd7: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 5 sc around (14 sc)
rd8: sc in each sc around (14 sc)
rd9: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 6 sc around (16 sc)
rd10 & 11: sc in each sc around (16 sc)
rd12: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 7 sc around (18 sc)
rd13-15: sc in each sc around (18 sc)
rd16: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 8 sc around (20 sc)
rd17-19: sc in each sc around (20 sc)
rd20: 2sc in first sc, sc in next 4 sc around (24 sc)
rd21-25: sc in each sc around (24 sc)
rd26: In Back Loops Only, sc2tog, sc in next 4 sc around (20 sc)
rd27: sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc around (16 sc)
rd28: sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc around (12 sc)
rd29: sc2tog, sc in next sc around (6 sc)
rd30: sc2tog around, fasten off.
NOTES FOR BOTH TREES! PLEASE READ!!
1. Obviously, stuff the tree before you sew it closed. I took tiny pieces of fiberfill and kinda squished it around in the tree to get a ‘tree-like’ shape.
2. For the decrease rounds in both tree patterns: For these none of the rounds have to be ‘exact’, and both of the ‘bottoms’ will look like they have too many rounds to fit. It’s supposed to! Add more rounds if you want, or decrease however you want~ after you stuff the tree, you ‘push’ the bottom rounds up into the piece, that is so it’ll stand on it’s own. I’ll put up a pic in a minute!
Nathalie
This is great. I may try it to decorate our non-seasonal old people house. My kids would like that. And we could decorate differently depending on the holiday! Yay!
Aloha and thank you.
Hi there! I love your patterns and have been wanting to try out them but I am not sure how to read it. I know the basic crochet knot but that is about it. Would you mind giving me a few tips of even pointing me to other sites that might have some tutorial? Thanks so much!
PS Do you buy the way have an Etsy shop?
Brilliant! I riffed on this and made one tiny one and dig it!
May make more to give away: your bottom is a key,key insight that lets this stand. Too bad i can’t upload a pic. Thank you so very much. Merci Beaucoup. Asante Sana. Muchos Gracias! Dom Arigato.