How to Crochet a Tree Skirt
A tree skirt is a piece of fabric you place around the bottom of your Christmas tree to hide the stand. One way to crochet a tree skirt is to construct it from two-dimensional blocks using the granny square motif. Traditionally, the tree skirt is crocheted in red, green and white yarn and when you use granny squares, you can alternate the order of the colors so the squares aren't all identical. The larger you make the granny squares, the larger your tree skirt will be.
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Things You'll Need
- Worsted weight yarn in red, green and white
- Crochet hook size G
- Ruler or measuring tape
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
Instructions
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Make 60 granny squares that are at least three rounds wide, alternating the red, green and white yarn for each round of the motif. If you want a larger tree skirt, add additional rounds to your squares, but make sure they all have the same number of rounds and are uniform in size.
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Lay your completed granny squares out in side-by-side rows and columns to form a diamond shaped grid that starts with one square in the first row, increases by two squares each row until you have 11 squares across the middle row*, then decreases by two squares back down to one square on the opposite side.
*NOTE: The middle row will be laid out with spaces for 11 squares, but the center square position is left empty for the tree stand. -
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Use the yarn needle and a strand of yarn to sew neighboring squares together with the overhand/whipstitch, inserting the needle from one square's edge through the corresponding stitch on the other square's edge. Start with the first row on the bottom of the tree skirt and continue up to the middle row that has 10 squares to sew together.
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Do not stitch the line between the top left quarter of squares and the top right quarter of squares, which extends up from the blank middle spot, so there is an opening, like on a cape, for the skirt to wrap around the tree.
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Weave in and trim all loose ends of yarn when you have completed sewing.
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