I can't take credit for this gift idea. I saw an ornament like this on Pinterest and thought it looked cute, easy and quick. And I was right on all accounts!
If you can knit a long row of stitches and bind off or you can crochet a single chain of stitches with any type of yarn you like, you can make these.
I just took a chunky yarn I had, crocheted a straight line and as I went I kept folding the chain I'd done over itself in a wavy type of line to make the Christmas tree. When I had it the length I wanted (and the tree was big enough for my tastes), I finished the chain, tied off, and then went to work with the line I made. I took another type of yarn I had in my stores in brown and then I made the Christmas tree on a flat surface so it was all lined up right. I then took my crochet hook and went down through the tree in the middle so the hook came out of the middle of the bottom "branch" of the tree. I then cut a length of my brown yarn so it was a decently long amount (better safe than sorry, I say) and knotted one end well so it wouldn't slip through the crocheted stitches that made up the tree. I then just started slowly pulling the crochet hook back through the tree with the brown yarn in tow. I'd stop between every layer and carefully put my crochet hook down (with the rest of the tree still on it) while I knotted the brown yarn in between the layers to create a "trunk" for the tree. From what I saw on Pinterest you could also use beads for this, but I couldn't find my beads, so I just went with good old knots instead. Once all the layers were done, the tree was essentially knotted together and done, but the ends of the tree looked weird just kind of hanging out in space, so I took a bit more green yarn and tied the hanging ends onto the branch above or below to make it look better. I then crocheted a little trunk for the tree (not necessary if you aren't experienced enough to do that) and then tied a hanging piece of yarn to it and voila! Tree ornament!
The time this took was nothing, honestly, as I'm decently fast at crochet now a days. The biggest thing I had problems with was the green yarn LOVED to fray and separate on me, so I was having to be slow and careful to pull the yarn through the center of the tree. Overall, though, I think it turned out cute and didn't take up a lot of time. This went into a gift box with some of the cinnamon applesauce ornaments and another gift done! Yay!
I am sure there are more in depth patterns for these online if you do a quick search. I just eyeballed mine.
Enjoy!
very cute. That would make a great craft bazaar item to sell.
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