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Christmas Tree © 2004 Jane Eborall |
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Abbreviations |
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SR |
split ring |
B |
bead moved into place instead of picot |
^ |
very small picot |
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rnd |
round |
T & C |
tie and cut |
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Materials required. Green for tree, brown for trunk and red for base. Add 48 beads to Wsh2 before starting the main tree. A star bead can be added to the top when the bell is assembled. Skills Required. Knowledge of split rings. NB. All picots on the rings and split rings in round 3 and onwards join behind the chains of previous rows. |
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Using Wsh1 Centre Ring 2 2 2 2 see Fig. 1 |
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Round 1 SR1: leave a false picot before starting 1 / 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 ^1 SR2: 1 +(next p centre ring) 1 / 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 SR3: as SR2 SR4: 1 +(next p centre ring) 1 +(1st p SR1) 2 ^ 2 / 2 see Figs. 2 - 4 |
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Round 2 Ch: 4 B 4 +(^ on SR4) ^ *4 B 4 (^ on next SR of Rnd1) repeat from * joining final part of Ch to base of 1st part of Ch |
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Round 3 SR5: 1 2 / 1 2 Ch: ^ 5 B 5 R6: 2 +(p on SR5) 1 +(base of next Ch on rnd 2) 1 2 *Ch: ^ 5 B 5 R6: 2 +(p last R) 1 +(base of next Ch on rnd 2) 1 2 Repeat from * joining R12 to p on SR5 followed by another Ch Join this to the base of SR5 The following three rounds continue in the same way moving from row to row with split rings. Work rounds 4, 5 & 6 taking the ring joins under the chains of the previous row. |
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Round 4 SR21: 4 4 / 4 4 Ch: ^ 8 B 8 R22: 4 +(SR21) 4 +(base next R rnd 3) 4 4 *Ch: ^ 8 B 8 R23: 4 +(last R) 4 +(base next R rnd 3) 4 4 Repeat from * joining R28 to p on SR21 followed by another Ch Join this to the base of SR21
Round 5 SR29: 5 5 / 5 5 Ch: ^ 10 B 10 R30: 5 +(SR29) 5 +(base next R rnd 4) 5 5 *Ch: ^ 10 B 10 R31: 5 +(last R) 5 +(base next R rnd 4) 5 5 Repeat from * joining R36 to p on SR29 followed by another Ch Join this to the base of SR29
Round 6 SR37: 5 5 / 5 5 Ch: 10 B 10 R38: 5 +(SR32) 5 +(base next R rnd 5) 5 5 *Ch: 10 B 10 R39: 5 +(last R) 5 +(base next R rnd 5) 5 5 Repeat from * joining R44 to p on SR37 followed by another Ch Join this to the base of SR37 T & C |
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Trunk 2 shuttles brown thread Starting at the bottom the trunk is made in one part and is tubular Wsh1 1st row from bottom to top R1: 3 ^ 3 3 ^ 3 SR2 SR7: 3 ^ 3 / 3 ^ 3 SR8: 3 / 3 ^ 3 ^ 3 2nd row top to bottom SR9: 3 / 3 ^ 3 ^ 3 SR10: 3 +(SR7) 3 / 3 ^ 3 SR11 SR15: 3 +(next SR on last row) 3 / 3 ^ 3 SR16: 3 / 3 +(1st p R1) 3 3 3rd row back to top joining to the first and second rows to form a tubular shape. SR17: 3 / 3 3 +(3rd p SR1) 3 SR18 SR23: 3 +(^ on next SR on row 2) 3 / 3 +(^ on next SR on row 1) 3 R24: 3 +(^ on next SR on row 2) 3 ^ 3 +(^ on next SR on row 1) 3 T & C |
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Base R1: 2 +(p on bottom of trunk) 2 Ch: 6 *R2: 2 +(same p on bottom of trunk) 2 Ch: 6 R: 2 +(next p on bottom of trunk) 2 Ch: 6 * repeat from * to * once then T & C
Assembling Stiffen the trunk by placing over a knitting needle, using your preferred stiffening agent. Remove when dry. Stiffen the tree itself arranging the branches as required. Take a thread through the top 3 picots of the trunk, up through the centre of the tree and through a star bead at the top. Tie a loop and hang!!! If you find any mistakes or have any problems then please email me. |
