This morning Erin said she would like to knit a Christmas ornament for our tree, we are going to add as many handmade ornamnets as we possibly can to our tree this year and we are in the process of making them now. She sat down with her pencil and paper and we set about designing a pattern. We worked out a design, the decreasing rows and stitches and then and discussed how we would finish it off! What a proud moment for mama that Erie wants to write patterns! Erin asked if I would share our pattern with you, so of course I have and here it is:)
Materials:
Red and white yarn
Wool needle for sewing up
Ribbon for making your hanging ornament
Fleece for the end of your hat
Pattern:
This pattern is knitted flat with handspun yarn and size 4mm needles.
Cast on 20 stitches in white yarn and knit 4 rows in garter stitch.
Row 5: Change to your red yarn and knit.
Row 6: Purl
Row 7: Knit 5, knit 2 tog, knit 5, knit 2 together, knit 6. (18 stitches)
Row 8 to 11: Knit in stocking stitch (starting with a purl row)
Row 12: Purl 4, purl 2 together, purl 4 purl 2 together, purl 4, purl 2 together. (15 stitches)
Row 13 to 16: Knit in stocking stitch.
Row 17: Knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 3 knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together. ( 12 stitches)
Row 18 to 21: Knit 4 rows in stocking stitch
Row 22: Purl 2, purl 2 together, purl 2, purl 2 togther, purl 2, purl 2 together. (9 stitches)
Row 23 to 26: Knit 4 rows in stocking stitches.
Row 27: Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1 knit 2 together. (6 stitches)
Row 28 to 31: Knit 4 rows in stocking stitch.
Row 32: Purl 2 together, purl 2 together, purl 2 together. (3 stitches)
Row 33: Knit 1, knit 2 together.
Row 34: Purl 2 together.
Bind off.
Finishing off:
Sew up on wrong side.
Turn onto the right side and attach your ribbon.
Sew on a little tuft of fleece on the end of you hat, bend the top of your hat over and attach to the side of your hat and you are done!
Enjoy:)
xo
Linda and Erin
Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you.
Very cute Christmas tree ornaments – look forward to a picture of what your tree looks like with these on 🙂
bravo erin! your ornament is so cute! thanks for sharing. 😉
Wow, 2 talented ladies in the house!!! 🙂
What a lovely pattern!
How very cute, i will try to make a few of these for the tree, thanks for sharing !
I really like this! Way to go Erin…I want to make more handmade ornaments as well. They just mean so much more when you pull them out of the box.
cute! I love it
Most terribly adorable. I am amassing quite the collection of Linda – which makes me very happy.
This is gorgeous Erin. Well done to you~
Love
Sue
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Every year I try to make home made ornaments for our tree. I just love the look of it. And the memories that go with each ornament. I look forward to the day when my daughter takes an interest in making stuff like this with me. She’s starting to!
Last spring we made little spring flower fairies out of felt. She did a good job!
This is so great! I have a few yards of white eye-lash yarn and a few yards of white suede yarn in my leftovers basket. I can now use them AND have presents for my craft group Christmas party!
Hi Ladies,
I’m putting together our Knitting Guild newsletter for December and I’m looking for a couple of ornament patterns I could include. Your’s tops my list!!!! would you please grant permission to reprint it if I include your requirement: “Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you” I would really love to include it.
thanks
pam
Thanks Erin and Linda,
I will make some of the hats for our Christmas tree find raiser at the History Museum. Many organizations decorate a tree and them People vote for them with a dollar a vote. The money goes to the museum. We are a group of charity and knitters and others that meet on Tuesday mornings and we thought it would be a benefit to our little museum in Gardnerville, NV USA
LOVE the hat, may try to get one each knitted for my grandkids 🙂
thank you so much,
Linda, maybe I am just tired tonight, but I am actually having problems with the directions on this hat. I got through row 7 just fine. Then it says to continue in stocking stitch for rows 8 to 11, which would be a purl row, knit row, purl row, knit row. But then row 12 says to decrease in knit, but the next row (in stocking stitch) would be a purl row. I find the same problem with the rest of the pattern. Is the pattern wrong, or am I confusing myself? Thanks!
Anna, I have corrected the pattern, thanks so much for letting me know!
Happy knitting
Kind regards
Linda
You are very welcome, and thank you! I knitted several last night, each one different as I tried to figure out exactly how it was supposed to be. Each one came out different (still not like the corrected version), yet each one was adorable! I will try this version now. Either my tree will have several on it, or all my friends will get one.