Crochet Christmas trees for the New Year: patterns of simple and beautiful Christmas trees

Warm, bright autumn has arrived! Despite the fact that the sun is still a little less warm than in summer, experienced craftswomen are already preparing for winter with all their might, purchasing skeins of yarn and looking for knitting and crocheting patterns. Today we invite you to deviate a little from classic socks, hats and sweaters, focusing on the main holiday of the year - the New Year! The crocheted Christmas tree that we propose to knit today will be an excellent gift for family and friends, and will also decorate your New Year's tree, creating an incredibly warm and cozy atmosphere in the house.

Crochet Christmas trees for the New Year - a simple knitting pattern

The simplest crocheted Christmas trees are based on a cone. Any yarn can be used: acrylic, knitwear, wool mixture; from grass, fluffy and “spiky” Christmas trees are obtained, and from yarn with Lurex, the Christmas tree will sparkle and sparkle.

Take a thread that is not very thick and a hook that, as always, matches it.

Knitting patterns can also be used in a wide variety of ways: simple dense knitting with single crochets, relief, cones, openwork and others.

The finished product is decorated with beads, seed beads, rhinestones, lace, chains, earrings, buttons, ribbons, and bows.

First of all, let's understand the cone knitting pattern.

How to knit a cone for a Christmas tree

We start knitting from the crown and every approximately 3 rows (this number will depend on the thickness of the yarn and the desired width of the Christmas tree) we make increases in five evenly distributed places.

We cast on 2 VPs and knit 5 sc into the second (you can make a sliding loop and knit stitches into it), close it in a circle, connecting the last stitch with the 1st chain loop, and make this connection at the end of each row.

2nd row: 1sc in each column (5).

Row 3: we make increases - we knit 2 stitches in each stitch (10).

4 – 5 rows: no increases (10).

Row 6: increase in every second loop – 1 sc, increase, etc. (15).

7 – 8 rows: 15 columns in each, i.e. there is no need to make an increase.

9th row: 2СБН, increase - we perform it in every third loop (20).

10 – 11 row: 20 columns each.

12th row: 3СБН, increase (25).

And then, according to this pattern, we continue to knit until the desired height of the Christmas tree.

Knit the last 2-3 rows evenly without any increases to create a beautiful base.

In the above photo by Annoo, the ribbed voluminous edge is obtained by alternating knitting on the back and front walls of the loops.

How to make a bottom

After the cone is ready, it needs to be decorated and filled with some kind of filler - holofiber, cotton wool.

We close the lower part of the cone with a knitted bottom.

For it you need to knit a small circle - the number of loops in the last row should be equal to the number of loops at the base of the cone.

Sew the knitted piece onto a cardboard circle to make the Christmas tree more stable, and then connect it to the cone.

If the tree is going to be hung, then you can make a leg - knit a tube in a circle using several loops without any increments in the rows.

Selection of yarn and hook

Before moving on to the knitting process, you need to choose the right yarn and hook. Examples of good options are listed in the table for beginners in knitting.

Beautiful Christmas trees made of knitted yarn - master class

Author Natalia @natalya_knitting
The photo shows Natalia’s handmade Christmas tree, which I saw on Instagram. It’s just a simple cone, but the knitted yarn does its job, all things from it turn out to be of amazing beauty - bright, stylish, neat.

You can watch how to work with knitted yarn and a master class on knitting a similar Christmas tree in the video of another master, Maria.

Soft knitting needles

Everything is the same as when crocheting a Christmas tree: either two fabrics, which are then stitched and stuffed with padding polyester. Or knitting in the round with decreases in the shape of a Christmas tree (cone).

You can knit 4 triangles and sew them. The result will be a pyramid-shaped tree.

Or knit a pattern for a hat or cap as a basis. Start with 1x1 or 2x2 rib, up, then decrease one stitch on each row.

Sectional yarn is well suited for knitting a Christmas tree. In October-December, the corresponding holiday colors appear in stores.

Christmas trees with crocheted pompoms - detailed description

Posted by Vendula Maderska

The cutest Christmas trees are knitted according to a slightly different principle - from spherical parts like snowmen with a long crown - a cap, decorated with a pompom.

How to make pompoms from yarn in different ways. Crafts made from pompoms for home and comfort

Decor - as you wish, you can do it with buttons, ribbons, snowflakes, hearts.

It is also knitted from the crown, starting with 5 loops in an amigurumi ring. The author also provided a detailed description in the public domain.

From pompoms

A relatively simple way to make a Christmas tree. You will need to make many pompoms of different sizes: large for the bottom, medium and small for the top.

The Christmas tree can be green or multi-colored. Everything will depend on your imagination. Often, needlewomen use leftover yarn.

Instead of Christmas tree decorations, very tiny pom-poms are made and added to the product. It turns out a decorated Christmas tree.

Christmas trees - toys

To decorate a real big Christmas tree, you can make small knitted toys. And not necessarily green; all possible and impossible colors are acceptable in a fairy tale.

Conveniently, they are made of two parts, connected according to the pattern in reverse rows.

In a sliding loop, cast on 3 VP lifts and 8 double crochets.

Pull the thread, turn the work and knit according to the pattern, making increases in the right places.

The beginning of the 7th row must be done offset to the 12th column: stretch the connecting thread to it through all the loops of the 6th row.

Similarly, at the beginning of the 9th row, pull the thread to the 10th column.

Tie the two parts together with a hook using connecting posts, while filling them with filler.

Don't forget to tie a loop to the top of your head.

For beginners, there is the opportunity to watch a video master class.

Like a Christmas tree toy

This is not a tautology, it’s just that a New Year’s tree can be decorated with small knitted Christmas tree toys. They can be voluminous or flat. Crocheted or knitted. Ideas are shown in the photo:

The advantage of this decoration is that knitted Christmas trees do not break or break. This is important when there are small children and animals in the house. In addition, this decoration is quite original.

Suitable for using leftover yarn. After all, New Year's tree toys are quite small.

Small green Christmas tree under the snow

Next, I have a selection of ideas for small Christmas trees from various magazines. The ideas are most likely not new, but very simple. And if you haven't knitted these yet, why not do it now?

For example, this green yarn Christmas tree with white trim looks like it has snow on it.

To begin with, knit a cone, and then a ruffle around it.

For a cone, cast on 5 VPs, close them in a ring and knit 12 C1H into it.

Next we knit in the round according to the pattern to the desired height.

Around the entire Christmas tree in a spiral, embroider an auxiliary row with a chain stitch and tie a ruffle along it, knitting 2 double crochets in each loop.

Tie the ruffle in single crochets with white thread.

Simple knitted Christmas tree with cardboard

The base is cardboard cut into a triangle. The size of the tree will depend on how large the knitted patch is. And, accordingly, a cardboard triangle.

Knit the fabric in any pattern. Alternate stripes, jacquard or a more complex pattern.

I gave preference to New Year's colors: white and green, making different combinations. You can use leftover yarn.

Yarn colors:

• White
• Red
• Blue, light blue
• Green

Skeins with lurex and shiny inclusions are for sale. They are perfect for New Year's knitting.

In this way, both a floor-mounted, large Christmas tree and a wall-mounted one (like a panel) are made. If the toys are small, they can easily be hung on the Christmas tree.

Simply sew, covering the cardboard, with the fabric on the wrong side. The tail is crocheted with air loops. Or sew on a decorative ribbon.

Try not to exactly match the bottom of the knitted fabric and cardboard. It is better if the pattern of the loops is diagonal, it looks more interesting.

As an option: knit plain patches and decorate them with beads or buttons. Here the scope for creativity is limitless.

They also make more convex trees. To do this, place a little padding polyester between the cardboard and the flap, distributing it evenly.

The idea is not new. Previously, such crafts were made from fabric and cardboard. Similar New Year's decorations can still be found in stores.

Where to adapt

A small Christmas tree can be made in half an hour. If you have time and desire, then you can impose quite a lot of these in an evening.

Application options:

1. Make a garland from Christmas trees. Hang on the window, fireplace, door, Christmas tree. It can be either horizontal or vertical
2. Like Christmas decorations
3. As a present instead of a New Year's card. Instead of a bow, attach this Christmas tree to the gift box
4. You can put it on every guest at the New Year's table. It's a small thing, but it's nice
5. Make brooches and badges from Christmas trees

Cardboard

It's better to take a thicker one. If you don’t have it at hand, then ask for a box at the store, ozone, or valdberry dispensers. Clean pizza and candy packaging will do.

Alternatively, fold several thin layers of cardboard and glue them together with tape.

How to knit an openwork Christmas tree

The openwork wavy pattern creates the effect of fluffy spruce branches.

It is proposed to crochet such a Christmas tree from green iris with a 0.9 crochet hook. For decoration you will need 20 pearls.

Size: 15 x 27 cm.

We close the chain of 5 VPs in a circle.

1st row: 3VP, 9СБН.

2nd row: 3VP, 9SC in each column of the previous row.

3rd row: increase in every 3rd loop, there will be 12 loops in total.

Row 4: make 4 increments evenly (16).

5th row: 4 more increases (20).

Row 6: add 5 stitches (25).

Rows 7 – 9: we also evenly increase the number of loops by 5 (40).

We knit rows 10–11 without increments.

From the 12th row, openwork knitting according to the pattern is already underway.

Crochet fillet white herringbone

Loin knitting is a combination of stitches and loose loops in which a pattern resembling lace appears on the product. A Christmas tree in the style described can be used as a decorative table napkin; its size is 30 by 28 cm.

A crocheted fillet Christmas tree, the diagram and description of which will help beginning needlewomen, can be made with your own hands from the following set of materials:

• Fine white cotton yarn.
• No. 0.9 – 1 hook.
• Scissors.
• White thread and needle.
• Bell with ribbon for decoration.

Knitting pattern and features

The white Christmas tree consists of identical fragments; they need to be connected several times. The parts must be made according to 1 pattern and be the same size, otherwise the shape of the tree will be distorted. There are 37 of them in the master class, but it is permissible to reduce the number to simplify knitting. The expressive herringbone pattern is emphasized by the openwork trim along the outer edge.

Schematic representation of the main elements, assembly and tying of the Christmas tree:

Knitting instructions step by step

1. At first 6 air. n. in a vicious circle.
2. 1st row: 3 p.s. and 3 air. p. – repeat 6 times, combine tier st.
3. 2nd row: for free air. p. knit 3 tbsp. with n., 2 air. p. and 3 tbsp. s n. Make 36 more of these polygons.
4. The parts are connected to each other on the side using Art. without n., which are knitted in each st. s n. another row. First, the horizontal tiers are prepared, then they are stitched vertically. In the final version there are 8 rows: on the lower level there are 8 parts, on the upper level - 1. Along the bottom in the center of the st. without n. the trunk is attached.
5. The strapping is carried out on the sides. Starts at the bottom right corner, goes through the top and ends at the bottom left area of ​​the tree, the bottom and trunk are not tied. It consists of: air. p., 4 tbsp. s n. to the 6th air. n. For all strapping st. s n. picot is made: 3 air. n. + connecting st.
6. Form knots at the ends of the threads and trim the tails.
7. The craft is treated with starch, at this point you can adjust the shape of the tree. It needs to be left to dry.
8. The bell is sewn on top.

Interior volumetric Christmas trees

Elegant, very beautiful Christmas trees with almost real branches, which are obtained by attaching a border knitted with a pattern of leaves to a cone.

They themselves will become a wonderful interior decoration. And on holiday you can put gifts under them.

The approximate size of the Christmas trees is 28-30 cm in height.

For knitting you will need:

• 100 grams of yarn
• hook number 3
• holofiber
• two circles of cardboard with a diameter of 12 cm or CDs.

The Christmas tree consists of different parts.

1. For the base of the tree and stand, knit 4 circles: two green and two brown.
2. The trunk can be made from a rectangular fabric by tying it with single crochets and stitching along the edge.
3. For the main “body” of the Christmas tree, tie a cone according to the above diagram.
4. When the parts are ready, we will start assembling. Sew two pairs of circles for the base and stand, inserting cardboard circles into them.
5. Sew the trunk on one side to the stand, and on the other to the base of the tree.
6. Fill the cone with holofiber and sew to the base.
7. Now you need to tie the “branches” and sew them to the Christmas tree in a spiral. It is proposed to knit them on a chain of 1250 loops! But I advise you not to type their exact number, but to do the following. Knit a chain of any length and start knitting a border from another skein from the beginning of the chain, while sewing it to the cone. If the loops in the chain run out, they can be tied. Of course, this is not very convenient, but the length of the border will be what is needed and there will be no extra loops left and it will not happen that there are not enough loops.

How to knit twigs - border

In one loop of the chain - *3С1Н, 2С2Н, 3С1Н; skip 2 loops, 1sc, skip 2 loops* and repeat along the entire length of the chain.

Tips for beginning needlewomen

• Any crocheted product begins with a set of chain stitches. A simple thing can be made from just columns.

• When performing your first job, it is important to adequately assess your capabilities. It’s worth practicing creating a small craft and choosing an easy design, for example, a flat Christmas tree.
• The size of the hook should correspond to the thickness of the yarn: a small hook for a thin thread, a thick one for wool. Knitting with thin yarn is more difficult and takes longer.
• For beginners, it is not recommended to use smooth yarns as they are difficult to hook. Yarns with elastane are also not suitable - without the necessary skills, the item can stretch and lose shape during the knitting process. It is worth considering a budget version of yarn - “Iris”. It is sold in small skeins and comes in more than 20 colors.
• Multi-colored threads, beads and sequins, and ribbons add originality and attractiveness to a knitted product.

• To keep the tree stable and shaped, a cardboard frame or wire is inserted inside.
• The volume of the tree is given by filler - cotton wool, pieces of rags and threads, padding polyester or foam rubber. Bulk products are used as weighting. To create a scented item, herbs are added to it.

Knitting a Christmas tree begins with determining a suitable pattern and step-by-step implementation of the main elements indicated in the description. The decisive preparatory point is the correct selection of hook and yarn, as well as a complete understanding of the pattern and step-by-step knitting process.

White Christmas tree made of spirals

Very unusual, such a playful Christmas tree with curls made of knitted spirals. The base for it is made of a cardboard cone onto which the spirals are glued (you need to start gluing from the bottom).

Knit the spirals according to the pattern, these small strips will twist themselves, you can help them a little.

How to make a bottom

To make the craft even and stable, make the bottom of thick cardboard. Then, knit a flat circle so that the number of stitches on the last row matches the number of stitches on the bottom row of the base. After the cone is stuffed and decorated, connect it to the bottom. This pattern is suitable for beginner needlewomen.

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After the cone is stuffed and decorated, connect it to the bottom. This pattern is suitable for beginner needlewomen.

Christmas tree felt star

To make a felt spruce with your own hands, you will need soft cardboard. Choose a sheet of the size you want to make your New Year's decoration. You will also need other office supplies, including glue, scissors and a pin.

To make a star, you will need some felt. Knitting is done using green threads and a hook. You can find step-by-step instructions on the Internet.

Naughty crocheted Christmas trees

The process of knitting mischievous Christmas trees:

• Proceed to set a chain, the length of which is at least 75 cm.

• First, make 1 column without casting. Second row - 5 chain stitches and 5 sc. Repeat steps 10 times. Next you need to add 1 air loop every 10 branches.

• Create a New Year's applique. To build a trunk, you need to bend and wrap the wire. Secure the top of the knitted workpiece and wrap the wire in a spiral. Secure each skein with glue. The trunk of the Christmas tree should be wrapped with brown satin ribbon. You can hide the joint with the tail of the knitted chain left earlier. There should be a wire loop at the base.

• Make clothes for a New Year's toy. These can be knitted, fleece or felt socks. Fill them with padding polyester, and place the trunk of a tied Christmas tree inside.

• To knit a hat, stick to the sc technique. Afterwards you need to pull them together and form a pompom.

Now you know that beautiful crocheted Christmas trees are sold not only in the store.

Knitting tools and materials

To crochet a Christmas tree craft, you will need materials and tools that can be found in almost any home:

• threads;
• cardboard - for crafts on a frame;
• filler – for soft toys;
• hook;
• scissors;
• sewing needle;
• beads, sequins, beads, decorative buttons, satin ribbons, bows - for decoration.

Let's take a closer look at each of the items on the list. For knitting toys, you can use both natural and synthetic threads. Preferred colors: green, blue, white, silver or even gold. For openwork fillet knitted Christmas trees or using the Irish lace technique, it is better to choose thinner yarn, and for voluminous crafts - “grass” or simply thicker threads.

New Year's tree crafts can be flat in the form of an openwork napkin or a wall panel, as well as voluminous - soft toys or interior crafts. In the last two cases, for their manufacture you will need thick cardboard for the frame or filler.

As a filler, you can use padding polyester, padding polyester and foam rubber, which are sold in handicraft stores. But you can go the other way, using available materials - cotton wool, wool, cereals, husks, seeds, fragrant herbs.

Cotton wool is the cheapest filler, but you should remember that after washing, a toy stuffed with it loses its original appearance.

An old wool sweater, cut into pieces, also works well for filling knitted toys. The only disadvantage of this filler is that moths love it very much.

Bulk fillers are used together with soft ones or independently to fill anti-stress toys. In order for a knitted Christmas tree to turn into a relaxation toy, the loose filler must be sewn into a thick fabric bag that follows the shape of the product.

A Christmas tree filled with fragrant herbs will become a wonderful aromatic sachet, which after the holiday you can hang in your closet so that things will smell fragrant all year round. You can collect herbs yourself in the summer or buy them at a pharmacy.

The hook and sewing needle must be suitable for the selected yarn, so it is better to carefully study the recommendations indicated on its label. There is only one requirement for scissors - they must be sharp.

A New Year tree cannot be without decorations. They can be sewn to the finished craft using threads or glued using hot glue.

What yarn to knit Christmas trees from?

If you want your toy to be as close as possible to the original, then you should take green yarn, such as fantasy “grass” or YarnArt Christmas. Its composition does not matter much. For a Christmas tree with stylized branches or needles, take regular smooth yarn; leftovers of any green shades will do.

By the way, in our selection you will find Christmas trees not only green, but also any other color. For example, one of the needlewomen knitted a pink and blue “sparkling Christmas tree” - it turned out to be a glamorous option for girls.

What color yarn should I choose?

A stylized Christmas tree can be of absolutely any color: gold, blue, pink and of course you can use all shades of green. The main thing here is to understand how and where you will use the finished product. For example, hanging a green toy on the Christmas tree doesn’t make much sense, because... she will get lost among the needles. And for a New Year's garland of fir trees, green, red, gold and silver colors are suitable. You can also knit a green Christmas tree from grass-type yarn as a keychain; it perfectly imitates real needles.