Let’s celebrate the holidays with making fun Christmas tree ornaments! My first project is a little funny because it’s trying to add summer vibes to Christmas tree and crochet cute Christmas Tree Beach Balls.
My plan was to make a red Christmas tree ball with white thin stripes and I found the cute Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle yarn for it. It’s meant for dishcloths and scrubbies mostly but I think the sparkly textured yarn makes fun and festive Christmas tree ornaments as well.
And since the 1-stitch thin white stripe didn’t show well between the red wide stripes I decided to make equal wide stripes with both colors. And that’s how this ornament became a Christmas Tree Beach Ball. Follow my video tutorial and written pattern to make your own ornaments.
VIDEO TUTORIAL OF CHRISTMAS TREE BEACH BALLS
WRITTEN PATTERN OF CHRISTMAS TEE BEACH BALLS
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To crochet my Christmas Tree Beach Balls, I use Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle colors Strawberry and Marshmallow. And crochet hook is size 3.75 mm.
Abbreviations: R = round sc = single crochet sc2tog = single crochet 2 together ch = chain
- R1 – with red yarn make a magic ring and sc 6 into the ring.
- R2 – *with red yarn sc 2 in 1st stitch but finish the 2nd sc with white yarn, sc 2 with white yarn in 2nd stitch but finish 2nd sc with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 12 sc. End the round with red yarn and please see the video to show how I switch yarns.
- R3 – *with red yarn sc 2 in 1st red stitch and sc 1 in 2nd red stitch but finish this one with white yarn; with white yarn sc 2 in 1st white stitch and sc 1 in 2nd white stitch but finish this one with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 18 sc. End the round with red yarn.
- R4 – *with red yarn sc 2 in 1st red stitch and sc 1 in each next 2 red stitches, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc 2 in 1st white stitch and sc 1 in each next 2 white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 24 sc. End the round with red yarn.
- R5 – *with red yarn sc 2 in 1st red stitch and sc 1 in each next 3 red stitches, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc 2 in 1st white stitch and sc 1 in each next 3 white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 30 sc. End the round with red yarn and place a marker around last white stitch.
- R6-9 – *with red yarn sc 1 in each next 5 red stitches, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc 1 in each next 5 white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 30 sc. End the round with red yarn.
- R10 – *with red yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd red stitch and sc 1 in each next 3 red stitches, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd white stitch and sc 1 in each next 3 white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 24 sc. End the round with red yarn.
- R11 – *with red yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd red stitch and sc 1 in each next 2 red stitches, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd white stitch and sc 1 in each next 2 white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 18 sc. End the round with red yarn. Stuff some cotton into the ball.
- R12 – *with red yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd red stitch and sc 1 in next red stitch, finish the last red stitch with white yarn; with white yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd white stitch and sc 1 in next white stitch, finish the last white stitch with red yarn, repeat from* 4 more times, total 12 sc. End the round with red yarn.
- R13 – *with red yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd red stitch, once you have 3 red loops on hoop, switch to white yarn and pull it through all loops on hook; with white yarn sc2tog in 1st and 2nd white stitch, once you have 3 white loops on hook, switch to red yarn and pull it through all loops on hook, repeat from* 4 more times, total 6 sc. Cut off white yarn. Optional – if you feel like it you can do some slip stitches with red yarn to closed the hole.
- String – ch 20 and slip stitch into the base of string and fasten off.
Check out all my CHRISTMAS CROCHET PATTERNS.
Merry Christmas!
Happy crocheting!
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