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Thread Colors:

Green, yellow, brown, and small amounts of red, blue and white.

Crochet Instructions:

This pattern is worked in continuous rounds. Do not chain and turn. Always use the top loop of every st throughout pattern.

Using green, chain 4, sl st to join. (4)

Round 1: 1 sc in each st around. (4)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. (8)

Round 3: * 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in third st, repeat from * around. (10)

Round 4: 1 sc in each st around. (10)

Round 5: 1 sc in every other st around. (5)

Round 6: 2 sc in each st around. (10)

Round 7: * 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in third st, repeat from * around. (13)

Rounds 8-9: 1 sc in each st around. (13)

Round 10: 1 sc in every other st around. (7)

Round 11: 2 sc in each st around. (14)

Round 12: * 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in third st, repeat from * around. (18)

Rounds 13-15: 1 sc in each st around. (18)

Round 16: 1 sc in every other st around. (9)

Round 17: 2 sc in each st around. (18)

Round 18: * 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in third st, repeat from * around. (24)

Round 19-22: 1 sc in each st around. (24)

Rounds 23-24: 1 sc in every other st around. (12)

Trunk. Using brown, 1 sc in each st around. (12)

Rounds 2-3: 1 sc in each st around. (12)

Round 4: Sl st every other st around until opening is closed; break off and fasten, tucking ends. (6) (3) (2) (0)

Hanger. Sl st sc into top of tree, ch 10, sl st sc back into same st; break off and fasten.

Tree Triming. (Garland) Using yellow, sl st sc into tree, 1 sc in each st, working down tree in a zig-zag line. (Balls) These are French knots made with various colors of thread (blue, red, white, yellow) - they can be added before or after shaping.

Shaping Instructions:

See General Instructions for pinning and spraying. Stretch tree from side to side, making it shorter and wider. Pull ends of each rounded section into points on each side. In center, directly above trunk, pull tree outward toward front, to give it a slight 3-D appearance (as though wider at bottom all around). Pull trunk from side to side to widen, making bottom squared off. Shape hanger into a diamond or other open shape.

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