Wednesday – June 8, 2011

Designer Carole Sisson wrote:  “I have made Granny Trees for my doors for Christmas and everyone wanted one. They are fun to decorate and you can use any theme. The dishcloth is a small sample made on the order of the trees. The trees can be made using any color but using White for the trim makes it look more like snow.”

Thank you Carole for joining the Dishcloth-A-Day Challenge
Follow me onto dishcloth #160 and the rest of the story…

Christmas Tree Dishcloth

Original Design By: Carole Sisson

Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon

Skill: Easy

Size: About 8” wide and 8” tall
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton: Green – 1½ oz, 75 yd (45 g, 68 m); White – ½ oz, 25 yd (15 g, 23 m) (Sugar ‘n Cream)
Yarn Needle.
Crochet Hook: Size G-6 (4.25 mm)

Special Stitches
Shell: 3 dc in same st or sp indicated.
Corner Shell (C-Shell): (Shell, ch 2, Shell) in st or sp indicated.

DISHCLOTH
Tree Bottom
Row 1: (Right Side) Starting at center bottom of Tree, with Green, ch 4; join with sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch 1, now and throughout), C-Shell in ring, ch 1, dc in ring. (C-Shell and 2 dc)
Row 2: Ch 4, turn, Shell in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, C-Shell in ch-2 sp, ch 1, Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in last dc. (C-Shell, 2 Shells and 2 dc)
Row 3: Ch 4, turn, Shell in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, C-Shell in ch-2 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] twice, dc in last dc. (C-Shell, 4 Shells and 2 dc)
Row 4: Ch 4, turn, Shell in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] twice, C-Shell in ch-2 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 3 times, dc in last dc. (C-Shell, 6 Shells and 2 dc)
Row 5: Ch 4, turn, Shell in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 3 times, C-Shell in ch-2 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 4 times, dc in last dc. (C-Shell, 8 Shells and 2 dc)
Row 6: Ch 4, turn, Shell in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 4 times, C-Shell in ch-2 sp, ch 1, [Shell in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 5 times, dc in last dc. (C-Shell, 10 Shells and 2 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.

Tree Top
Rows 1-4: Rep Rows 1-4 of Tree Bottom.
At the end of Row 4, finish off and weave in ends.

Assembly – use photo as guide
- With right sides facing, place the Tree Top on the Tree Bottom, overlapping the last C-shell of Tree Bottom.
- Using 18” length of Green and needle, sew neatly across overlapped base of Tree Top. Thread needle to wrong side of work and neatly tack point of Tree Bottom to Tree Top.

Border
Rnd 1: With right side facing, join White with sl st to foundation ring; ch 4, (3 tr, ch 4, sl st) in ring; working in sides of rows; evenly hdc around Tree, working 3 extra hdc around outer branch points, sl st on inner branch joins, and working 3 dc in C-Shell at top of tree; join with sl st to first sl st. Finish off and weave in ends.

All Rights Reserved ©2011 Maggie Weldon

Enjoy,
Maggie

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