Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Part 2- Branches

Branches

While still joined where you slip stitched last row of the cone part, you are going to slip stitch into the post(dc) from the last round (turning your cone sideways) and then slip stitch again into the post(dc) from the previous round. You actually totally skip the whole last row. You will be making the branches between the rows where my needles is in the pic below.
PICTURE 1

OK now, this is probably the hardest part, trying to explain where to put these branches! But once you get the hang of the pattern, you can go with easily, and should be able to make the next tree with no pattern! :)

Holding your cone upside down (wide part up)

1st branch! You will be doing treble(tr) stitches for a few rows, so wrap yarn around hook 2 times, then push your needle where mine is in the picture above, between the last 2 rows on the cone. Continue your tr st, ch1, tr, ch1, tr, ch1, tr, ch3, tr, ch1, tr, ch1, tr, ch1, tr, ch1. Now, looking back into where you just made this branch, count over 4 posts(dc) and sc into the same area between the rows (as in picture 1). Ch1. Counting over 4 more posts, your going to make another branch. Each branch will be this;
tr, ch1
tr, ch1
tr, ch1
tr, ch3
tr, ch1
tr, ch1
tr, ch1
tr, ch1
And your branch will look like the one in Picture 2 below.

Counting over 4 posts, sc, ch1. count over 4 more posts, make another branch. Keep going around like this until you are back to the first branch, then you simply step up a level, since you are working in a spiral to the top (from the bottom up!)


PICTURE 2

9 comments:

  1. I printed out this pattern without the pictures, but had to come back to your post to look at your pictures once I got to the branches. I've gotten two branches done now, and I can tell it is going to be beautiful! Thanks so much for great your inspiration!

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  2. Thanks for the quick tutorial. Indeed helpful.

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  3. Having a very hard time with the branches. Too bad there is no video to see how i can do it

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  4. I have a nice cone bu am stuck at the first 2 paragraphs of Branches. I've tried every variation of "slip stitch into the post(dc) from the last round (turning your cone sideways) and then slip stitch again into the post(dc) from the previous round" I can think of but can't get it right. Has anyone by chance made additional photos or even a video? Thank you!

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  5. I also cannot understand at all where to start the branches :(. Can anyone help us please??

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  6. It’s really frustrating that I have the same question as others have had for seemingly years, but nothing has been clarified. I have now spent an ungodly amount of time trying to figure this out only to end up crying out of frustration. Has ANYONE figured out this mythical placement, or did I just waste an afternoon on an impossible pattern?

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  7. This is so confusing and frustrating as I spent a lot of time on a cone only to not be able to get the branches on correctly. Has anyone figured out where this placement is? It’s also really disheartening not to see replies to comments.

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  8. Not sure if I’m doing it right or not but they(branches) are looking ok. So I wrapped to do a treble crochet and dropped one row down and put the needle between 2 posts picking yarn up through the row and doing the (branch) 4tr, 3sc, 4tr in the same space then count over 4 stitches and do 1sc,1ch in the same row level as the previous branch and complete these around on that same level until the 1st branch is met. Do your 1sc,1ch in a row below and centered below your 1st branch. Continue in this pattern. So your 1sc,1ch falls 1row below and centered on a branch while the branches are done in the row below a 1sc/ch. b st wishes for a happy holiday!

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