Crochet Christmas Ornaments

 Crafting has always been a part of the Christmas season in our house. Ornaments and decorations are some of our favorite projects. Mandy and I are hosting ornament classes at our local knit shop this year. And I thought I would share the patterns with all of you.

The pattern for the lovely star above is HERE. 

 This granny square style tree is HERE.

 And this darling wreath is HERE. I love the construction, it is double layer.

 Another classic ornament based on a granny square. Pattern is HERE.

 This ornament is a classic around our house, one of the first projects I made. The pattern is HERE.

And one of my favorites! This super Simple Snowflake (HERE) is only two rows and can be whipped up in no time. 

Happy Crocheting!

Make A Christmas Wreath

 

I saw a fabulous idea at the craft store and have been slowly collecting pieces here and there to make these wreaths. I didn't want to spend six dollars for each grapevine circle so I went to the dollar store and found wicker wreaths, they only cost a dollar each of course. I waited for a buy-one get-one free sale at the craft store to get the greenery and dug through the clearance basket to get ribbon for fifty cents. I put off making these wreaths until almost the last minute, I was sure they were going to be time consuming and difficult... To make six of them it took me less than 2 hours. They really are easy!

I love this idea of decorating chairs in the dining room, because the only other place to really decorate is a centerpiece on the table which tends to interfere with the food. Just think, you could make a wreath for any holiday, just be creative!

 

First, I cut the greenery into desireable pieces and wove in the berries, then hot glued them in place.

 

Next, I wrapped sheer gold ribbon around the wreath, it was a wide ribbon and covered too much greenery so I simply folded it in half as I wrapped, and listened to Christmas carols of course.

 

Then, I cut red satin ribbon and sheer sparkly ribbon into even lengths to be the ties for the chairs.

Now we are all ready fo a Christmas feast!