Christmas is the best time of the year - at least, it is for me! In our family, we spend most of December completing "typical" Christmas activities: making cards for friends and family, holding gingerbread decorating competitions (my Grandmother particularly loves this one!) and, of course, decorating the house. And that leads me to this month's crochet pattern.
Now, I know that some of you might think this Christmas pattern is a little premature. However, there are so many different things to do in December that I wanted to make these with plenty of time to spare!
You can watch the video tutorial here!
Materials:
A yarn of your choice, in red and green (a DK or cotton yarn works best)
A 4mm crochet hook
Scissors
A darning needle
Stitch Abbreviations:
dc: double crochet
htr: half treble crochet
tr: treble crochet
sl st: slip stitch
Pattern Notes:
This pattern is worked in UK terms (you can check out my post on the difference between UK and US terms here).
Special Stitches:
Picot Stitch: Chain 3. Now, slip stitch back into the first chain you made.
Jump to:
Crochet Holly Leaves: Make 2 - 3
Round 1:
Chain 11
Starting in the 2nd chain from your hook, make: 1dc, 1dc, 1htr, 1htr, 1tr, 1tr, 1htr, 1htr, 1dc.
You should have 1 stitch left. Into this, make 3dc.
Working along the other side of the chain, make: 1dc, 1htr, 1htr, 1tr, 1tr, 1htr, 1htr, 1dc, 1dc.
To close the round, sl st into the first dc.
Round 2:
Chain 1
In the same stitch make *1dc, 1 picot, 1dc*.
Sl st into the next stitch.
Repeat the above 2 steps around the leaf (you will have 11 spikes in total).
Fasten off and cut your yarn. Make sure you leave a long enough tail as we will use it to sew with later.
Crochet Berries: Make 3 - 5
Round 1:
Make a magic ring (if you are unsure how to do this, check out my post where I explain how to here).
Make 6dc into the ring.
Round 2:
Continuing around, make 1dc into each stitch (6dc in total).
Fasten off, cut your yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
For the body of the Holder:
Row 1:
Chain 25. (Note: If you would like a larger or smaller napkin ring, chain more or less as desired.)
Starting in the second chain from your hook, make 1dc in each stitch down.
Chain 1 and turn your work.
Rows 2 - 4:
Make 1dc in the back loop only of each stitch.
At the end chain 1 and turn.
Once you have completed your rows, we will create the end loop. To do this, chain 10 and then slip stitch back into the end chain of the first row.
Attaching the Pieces:
To finish, take your holly leaves and, using the tail ends, sew onto the other end of your napkin holder.
Then, take you berries and arrange them on top of the leaves, using the tail ends to sew them on.
Sew in any other tail ends.
And there you are! You now have a beautiful napkin holder!
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