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Christmas Tree – 2005 © Jane Eborall

 

 

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The tree measures just under 3” in height by 1 Ύ” at it’s widest when worked in a no. 20 thread.  Beads are needed and two shuttles. 

 

Skills required.  Split rings, using beads in place of picots and adding beads to picots, ring on split ring

 

Abbreviations

 

R

ring

Ch

chain

– or p

picot

SR

split ring

+

join

/

after the / make 2nd half of SR

+B

add bead to picot before joining

B

move bead in place of p

vsp

very small picot (smallest you can make)

 BBB 3 beads in place of picot

Sh2

working shuttle 2 (shuttle in right hand)

Sh1

working shuttle 1 (shuttle in right hand)

Lj

join made with shuttle thread

Fp

false picot
RoSR ring on split ring btwn between

T & C

Tie and cut

    

 

Making the 'Over The Top' (OTT) join - Sh2 thread is shown in a different colour in order to make the join clearer

Using a hook, take Sh1 thread under the picot joining the next two SR’s. Bring it up into the next space thus forming a loop.  Fig. 1 Take both shuttles through this loop and carefully tighten the loop using Sh1.  Fig. 2

 

Tree – add 16 red beads, 9 gold and 16 red beads to Sh2.  Using Sh1

R1:     6 – 12 – 6

SR2:   5 – 5 / 5 – 5

SR3:   4 – 4 / 4 – 4

SR4:   3 – 3 / 3 – 3

SR5:   2 – 2 / 2 – 2

SR6:   2 – 1 vsp 1 / 2

SR7:   1 + (vsp SR6) 2 – 2 vsp 1 / 2

SR8:   1 + (vsp SR7) 1 – 2 / 2

SR9:   2 – 2 / 2 + (SR5) 2

SR10:  3 – 3 / 3 + (SR4) 3

SR11:  4 – 4 / 4 + (SR3) 4

SR12:  5 – 5 / 5 + (SR2) 5

SR13:  6 / 6 + (R1) 12

SR14:  Fp 6 / Fp 10 BBB 6

Ch:     4 B 4

R15:   4 +B (SR12) 4

Ch:     4 BBB 4

R16:   3 +B (SR11) 3

Ch:     3 B 3

R17:   2 +B (SR10) 2

Ch:     3 BBB 3 Lj +B (SR9) 2 B 2 Lj +B (SR8) 3 BBB 3

SR18:  3 +B (SR7) 3 / 2 B 2 RoSR (4 BBB 4 BBB 4 BBB 4) 2 B 2

Ch:     3 BBB 3 Lj +B (SR6) 2 B 2 Lj +B (SR5) 3 BBB 3

R19:   2 +B (SR4) 2

Ch:     3 B 3

R20:   3 +B (SR3) 3

Ch:     4 BBB 4

R21:   4 +B (SR2) 4

Ch:     4 B 4

SR22:  6 +(R1) / 6 BBB 10  T & C

 

Making the first join of the trunk

Bend the tree back to make the picot accessible and in order to make the 1st join of R1 of the trunk easier.

 

Trunk including the OTT join - see figs. 1 & 2

R1:     3 +(join btwn SR5 & SR9 of tree – see fig 4 and suggestion below) 3 Cl

Make OTT join btwn SR4 & SR10 – see fig. 5

SR2:   4 / 4 Cl

Make OTT join btwn SR3 & SR11 as before

SR3:   5 / 5 Cl

Make OTT join btwn SR2 & SR12 as before

SR4:   8 / 8 Cl

Make OTT join btwn SR1 & SR13 as before

R5:     8 / 8

SR6:   6 / 6 RoCh (2 – 2) 12

R7:     2 – 2  T & C

Any questions?  Please email me.