Christmas Decoration Patterns

I'm gonna put these on the front of Christmas Cards.

These are all made with 3.25 mm needles and bonus dk

Tree

c/o 1 st

1:P1

2: K1, inc1

3: P1, inc1, P1

4: K1, inc1, K2

5:P1, inc1, P3

6:K1, inc1, K4

7:P1, inc1, P5

8:K1, inc1, K6

9:P1, inc1, P7

10:K1, inc1, K8

11:P1, inc1, P9

12:bind off 4, k3, bind off 4, cut off yarn

13: P1, inc1, P2

14:K1, inc1, K5

15: P1, inc1, P6
16: K1, inc1, K7
17:P1, inc1, P8
18:K1, inc1, K9
19:P1, inc1, P10
20:K1, inc1, K11

21:bind off 5, P3, bind off 5, cut off yarn

22: K1, inc1, K2
23:P1, inc1, P3
24:K1, inc1, K4
25:P1, inc1, P5
26:K1, inc1, K6
27:P1, inc1, P7
28:K1, inc1, K8
29:P1, inc1, P9

30:K1, inc1, K10
31:P1, inc1, P11

32:K1, inc1, K12

33:P1, inc1, P13

Bind off all. Sew in loose ends.

Candy Cane

c/o 4 in white

Make an I-cord alternating colour every 3 rows until desire length. cut off yarn, thread thru live stitches and pull tight.

Holly

Leaf

c/o 1 st

1: K

2: inc1, P1

3: inc1, K2

4: inc1, P3

5: inc1, K4

6: inc1, P5

7: P2tog, P4

8:K2tog, K3

9:P2tog, P2

10: inc1, P3

11: inc1, K4

12: inc1, P5

13:P2tog, P4

14:K2tog, K4

15:P2tog, P3

16:K2tog, K2

17:P2tog. P1

18:K2tog.

Berry

I-cord with 4 st, for 5 lines, cut yarn pull thrugh live stitches tightly.

Patterns for Bell, Star and Poinsettia to follow.

Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree....

Started making my Christmas cards already...

Rainbow Lattice Baby Blanket Pattern.

Yay! It's finished, only took 2 1/2 months (primarily knitted on bus journeys and a road trip to Paris and back). It's about 36in X 28in

Yarn: I used Bonus DK in purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

Using circular needle - size 3.25mm.

Cast on 208 in Purple.
1 (WS) and all other odd rows: p
2: k1, *LT, k4, RT; rep from *, end k1
4: k2, *LT, k2, RT, k2; rep from *
6: k3, *LT, RT, k4; rep from *, end last rep k3
8: k4, *RT, k6; rep from *, end last rep k4
10: k3, *RT, LT, k4; rep from *, end last rep k3
12: k2, *RT, k2, LT, k2; rep from *
14: k1, *RT, k4, LT; rep from *, end k1
16: k8, *LT, k6; rep from *, end k2
17-32 : Repeat rows 1-16
33 and odds to 63: P
34 and evens to 64: K

Repeat rows 1-64 in each colour. Cast off, sew in yarn ends.

LT = Left Twist, RT = Right Twist
(I got the stitch pattern from Knitting on the Net, and this is how I turned it into a blanket).

Blanket Progress

Oh dear, can't believe i've been so un motivated with this - just over half way there now...and baby is due next week. Oh well, he wont need the blanket straight away, and atleast I have the shoesies XD