Christmas Tree Ornament Free Knitting Pattern

Don’t you just love these colors for a unique Christmas holiday decorating style?I started last year to create and collect purple, pink and white Christmas decorations. Just to get a bit away from all that traditionalism. Of course, with dashes of silver and glitter to make all the colors pop and to make it more festive.

This weekend, I designed this color scheme for a knit Christmas Tree ornament. Like it?

Material

Foam ball, size 13″ circumference (33 cm)
3 colors of same kind of yarn,
Knitting needles, regular /double pointed – size 6
Blunt needle with large eye

Christmas Tree Ornament – Free Knitting Pattern

With regular knitting needles and yarn color A (purple colored yarn), cast on 6 sts.

Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: Knit in front and back of each st across – 12 sts.
Rows 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11: With A, purl.
Row 4: With A, *Knit Front & Back (KFB) of each st across – 24 sts.
Row 6: With A, *KFB, k1, repeat (rep) from * across – 36 sts.
Row 8: With A, *KFB, k2, rep from * across – 48 sts.
Row 10: With A, *KFB, k5, rep from * across – 56 sts.
Row 12: With A, knit.
Row 13: With yarn color B (pink) , purl.
Row 14: With B, knit.
Rows 15, 16: With A, rep Rows 13 and 14.
Rows 17, 18: With yarn color C (white) , rep Rows 13 and 14.
Row 19: With B, purl.
Row 20: With B, k, inc 4 sts evenly spaced across – 60 sts.
Row 21: With A, purl.
Row 22: *With A, k1, with C, k1, rep from * across.
Row 23: With C, purl.

I also created a traditional red & white version of this Christmas tree ornament so that you can see what it would look like if you were to choose a traditional Christmas color scheme. Have to say: lovely in reds too.

Row 24: With C, knit.
Rows 25 and 26: With A, knit.
Row 27: With B, purl.
Row 28: With B, knit.
Row 29: With B, p, dec 4 sts evenly spaced across – 56 sts.
Row 30: With B, knit.
Row 31: With A, purl.
Row 32: With A, *k5, k2tog, rep from * across – 48 sts.
Rows 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41: With A, purl.
Row 34: With A, *k2, k2tog, rep from * across – 36 sts.
Row 36: With A, *k1, k2tog, rep from * across – 24 sts.
Row 38: With A, (k2tog) across – 12 sts.
Row 40: With A, (k2tog) across – 6 sts.
Row 42: Change to double pointed needles. With A, k2tog across – 3 sts.

Top Loop to Hang Ornament
Do not turn work. Slide sts to other end of needle and k3. Continue to slide sts to other end of needle and k3 until cord measures about 6 in (15 cm). Bind off. Sew bound-off end of cord to beginning to make loop.

FINISHINGS
Wrap your knitted piece around foam ball and sew seam, drawing in sts of bound-off and cast-on edges. Weave in ends and hang in your Christmas Tree.

Based on pattern at Lionbrand.com.