December’s already here and this year we wanted to offer you a new tutorial of simple, soft decorations to give the house and the tree a cosy, festive look!
Céline has got out her crochet hook and taken notes to share with you these pretty hanging ornaments that you can make into plain or multicolored versions by playing with your yarn scraps, and with two or four sides, in a ribambelle for a bohemian garland or on its own for a cute twirly ball!
HOW-TO
Final measurements: approx 7 cm / 2.75”
Yarn and tools:
- A size 3,5 mm (US 4) crochet hook
- Some leftovers yarn:
- for the plain flat version, approximately 6 g of Gilliatt
- for the flat coloured version, approximately 2 g of Gilliatt for colour A, 3 g for colour B and 1 g for the colour of the thread used to join the two discs (photographed in the colours “argile”, “poivre blanc” and “doré” for the 3-colour version and “cyprès” and “poivre blanc” for the 2-colour version)
- for the 4-sided version, approximately 12 g of Gilliatt (photographed in the “poivre blanc” colour)
- 20 cm of thread for the tie (ours is in Antigone “lin”)
- Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Abbreviations :
- ch: chain stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- dc: double crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
INSTRUCTIONS
Plain base disc:
- Create a magic ring.
- Round 1: in the magic ring, 8 sc then close the round with 1 sl st in the first st.
- Round 2: 3 ch, 1 hdc in the next st, * 2 hdc in the next st, repeat from * 6 times and close the round with 1 sl st in the second ch of beginning of round.
- Round 3: 3 ch, (1 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc) in the next st, skip one st, *(2 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc) in the next st, skip one st *, repeat from * to * 6 times and close the round with 1 sl st in the second ch of beginning of round.
- Break the yarn and pull the remaining yarn tail through the last stitch completely, fasten off invisible. Pull carefully on the tail from the magic ring to tighten the cercle and weave it in.
Two-colour base disc:
- With color A, create a magic ring.
- Round 1 (color A): in the magic ring, 8 sc then close the round with 1 sl st in the first st.
- Round 2 (color A): 3 ch, 1 hdc in the next st, * 2 hdc in the next st, repeat from * 6 times and close the round with 1 sl st in the second ch of beginning of round, break the yarn and pull the remaining yarn tail through the last stitch completely, fasten off invisible.
- Round 3 (color B): insert your crochet under the invisible st you just worked and ch 3, (1 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc) in the next st, skip one st, * (2 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc) in the next st, skip one st *, repeat from * to * 6 times and close the round with 1 sl st in the second ch of beginning of round.
- Break the yarn and pull the remaining yarn tail through the last stitch completely, fasten off invisible. Pull carefully on the tail from the magic ring to tighten the cercle and weave it in.
Two-sided flat version:
Crochet two base discs.
With a contrasting color (or with color A or B) and starting from the invisible st, join two disks together with their wrong side facing each other with sc, inserting your crochet in the back strand of the disk placed on top and in the back strand of the disc placed below.
Once all st have been assembled, ch3 and make a sl st in the next st, break the yarn and fasten off invisible.
Weave in all ends and slip a thread into the loop.
4-sided embossed version:
Crochet 4 base discs, leaving about 1 meter of yarn for each disc once the invisible stitches of the last round have been completed for assembling. Do not weave in the ends.
Join each half-disc with WS facing each other in sc, starting from the last stitch worked and inserting your crochet into the back strand of the stitch of the disc positioned on top and into the back strand of the stitch of the disc positioned on the bottom.
Once the 4 discs are assembled, make a small loop with 3 ch, one sl st in the next m st and then fasten off invisible.
Weave in all ends and slip a thread into the loop.
Et voilà !
We hope you enjoy this little project!
Don’t hesitate to share your versions using the hashtag #tutoDRN and by tagging us (@dererumnatura) so that we can discover your creations 🙂