How to Crochet Alpine Christmas Trees | Free Pattern

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Happy December! As I start to bring out the Christmas decorations, I thought I would share my Crochet Alpine Christmas trees. The pattern is a free one from Diane Koele and is called the Alpine Christmas Tree.  It is a free Ravelry download that you can find here. I really like this design, but wanted to modify it and make it a group of 3 Christmas trees. I’ve always been taught that for design and display purposes, odd numbers work best. So that’s why I thought 3 would look good. I also experimented with 2 trees but didn’t really like how it looked.

Supplies Needed to Make the Crochet Alpine Christmas Trees

In addition to the crocheted alpine Christmas trees, you will need a few other supplies.

• Fibre Fill – to stuff the crochet Alpine Christmas Trees.
• Some sort of wooden base. Digging through all my craft supplies, I actually found a few wooden bases that I had from a project about 15 years ago (yes, I’ve kept them all this time). They are beveled wooden plaques that measure 9.5x3x.5. I thought these would make the perfect bases for 3 little crochet trees. Michaels carries wooden plaques as well.
• Dowels. I got mine from the dollar store. They are 1/4 in diameter.
• Embellishments:  I also got some jute twine from the dollar store to use as embellishments. In my craft stash, I also had some jingle bells
  
• Hot glue gun to secure the dowel in the crocheted tree and wood glue to secure the dowel into the base.
• Tools: a drill and a small saw.

I started out working on the pattern. It’s quite an easy pattern – it prints out to one page. It is easy to follow. The pattern does use an extended single crochet stitch which may be new to some of you. It’s a handy technique for adding length to your work. . Just be sure to insert your hook through 2 pieces of yarn (not the entire sc), otherwise you will make a hole in it. It’s similar to doing a foundation sc – you have to make sure you only go through 2 loops of yarn, not more.

The pattern was easy to follow but too big for what I wanted. So I used the same premise and made a smaller pattern. That one was still too big, so I made another smaller pattern. That one was also too big. Then I got smart and changed my hook size. Amigurumi uses a small hook so as to not create holes – especially since it has to be stuffed. The original pattern calls for a 5mm hook. I went down to a size 4mm hook. Not only did it create the size I needed, but it also made the stitches tighter so the stuffing does not show through. I finally had the right size. Actually, I had several sizes.

In the end, I had 3 sizes that I liked – the original from Diane Koele and 2 smaller ones. The Koele one measures 5 inches across and 5 inches tall. I consider this to be the large tree (far right). I came up with a pattern for a medium-sized tree – it measures 4 inches across and 4.5 inches tall (middle). I also have a small-sized tree pattern that measures 3.5 inches across and 4 inches high (far left).

Assembling the Crochet Alpine Christmas Trees

I experimented with the stick insertion and closing up the tree and came up with what I felt worked the best.  After finishing the first tree, fasten off and leave a short tail, as you will not be using it. For the second tree, once I finished, I put the two trees together and using the yarn (it was not cut), I began to sc the 2 trees together.  The end is at the top so I just worked my way down the side.  In each of the three points, I sc’d 3 times to allow for ease of the point. Once I got close to the centre bottom, I put a bit of fibre fill in and put the dowel in place. I put a dab of hot glue at the top of the dowel (so that it would stick to the bottom tree) and at the point of the dowel where it was still in the tree. I found that this secured the dowel in place.  Previously, when I found that the tree too easily slid off of the dowel. This way, it is secure.

Then I continued to sc along the bottom – around the dowel and back up to the top. Don’t forget to add more fibre fill before you close it up completely.  Be sure to get it into the corners of the tree. I find that a take-out chopstick is great for pushing it into place.

As I was making more than one display, I wanted the drilled holes to be consistent. In order to do that, I made a template on a piece of paper. You can either tape the template onto the wooden base or simply mark the places where you should drill.

A simple fine-toothed saw or hack saw makes it easy to cut the dowels to the desired length.

Pattern for Crochet Alpine Christmas Trees

Here are the patterns that I came up with, that are slightly smaller than the Koele pattern. A mixture of sizes looks quite nice clustered together.

For my project, I used Impeccable yarn in the colours forest and aran. I also used a 4mm hook.

Medium Tree Pattern
Row 1 – FSC 20, alternately, ch 21, sc the second ch from the hook and continue on so that you have 20 sc; ch 1, turn
Row 2 – dec, sc 16, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 3 – dec, sc 14, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 4 – dec, sc 12, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 5 – dec, sc 10, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 6 – dec, sc 8, dec, ch 4, turn
Row 7 – sc the second ch from the hook and continue across (13 sc), esc, fsc 2, ch 1, turn
Row 8 – dec, sc 12, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 9 – dec, sc 10, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 10 – dec, sc 8, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 11 – dec, sc 6, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 12 – dec, sc 4, dec, ch 3, turn,
Row 13 – sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across (8), esc, fsc 1, ch 1, turn
Row 14 – dec, sc 6, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 15 – dec, sc 4, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 16 – dec, sc 2, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 17 –  dec, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 18 – dec

Small Sized Tree
Row 1 – fsc 16, alternately, ch 17, sc in the second chain from the hook and across for 16 sc
Row 2 – dec, sc 12, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 3 – dec, sc 10, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 4 – dec, sc 8, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 5 – dec, sc 6, dec, ch 4, turn
Row 6 – sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across (11), esc, fsc 2, ch 1, turn
Row 7 – dec, sc 10, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 8 – dec, sc 8, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 9 – dec, sc 6, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 10, dec, sc 4, dec, ch 3, turn
Row 11, sc in the second chain from the hook, sc across (8), esc, fsc, ch 1, turn
Row 12 – dec, sc 6, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 13 – dec, sc 4, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 14 – dec, sc 2, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 15 – dec, dec, ch 1, turn
Row 16 – dec

For each display, I made one medium-sized tree and two small trees. At first, I thought that I should make the two smaller ones the same height but worried that it wouldn’t be exact and so I opted for 3 different heights.

I decorated mine with burlap twine and jingle bells but you can use whatever you have to add to them.

I think that this makes a lovely holiday decoration. Groups of them together make a nice centrepiece. What do you think of these crochet Alpine Christmas Trees?

This pattern is an original pattern by West Coast Mom, of Too Much Love.  Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it.

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