Tent and Trees

MATERIALS

Yarn A: 128 Tyrian Purple x 1 ball

Yarn B: 412 Forest Green x 1 ball

Yarn C: 162 Black Coffee x 1 ball

Yarn D: 512 Lime x 1 ball

Yarn E: 513 Apple Granny x 1 ball

Yarn F: 205 Kiwi x 1 ball

TENSION

For the tent, work 12dc and 13 rows to measure 2,5 x 2,5cm or 1 x 1in using 1.25mm hook, or size required to obtain tension. For the trees tension is not important, but keep stitches tight to prevent stuffing from showing.

MEASUREMENT

The tent measures approx. 5x4x5cm / 2×1,6x2in. (LxWxH)

PREPARATION

Cut out cardboard figure I once on the lines and cut half through on the dotted lines for the tent. Please note that the figure shown here is to scale.

SPECIAL STITCHES

NA

PATTERN NOTES

Use stitch marker to mark beginning of rnds.

Unless stated otherwise, work into both loops of stitch.

Pieces in the round are worked in a continuous spiral.

Pieces in rows are worked from second ch from hook.

Change colour on last pull through of last stitch in previous colour.

INSTRUCTIONS

Tent

Outer

With yarn A and 1.25mm hook, 23ch.

Row 1: (RS)1dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn – 22dc.

Rows 2-73: ch1, 22dc, turn.

Fold piece in half lengthways and dc as flls:

Row 74: 1ch, 1dc in each st across, working through both sts of Rows 73 & 1 to join piece tog – 22dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Join yarn A at any row end st with slst.

Rnd 75: 1dc in same st and in each row end around – 73dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Rnd 76: Rep for other side.

Outer Back

With yarn A and 1.25mm hook, 19ch.

Row 1: (RS)1dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn – 18dc.

Row 2: ch1, 18dc, turn.

Row 3: 1ch, dc2tog, 14dc, dc2tog, turn – 16dc.

Row 4: 1ch, 16dc, turn.

Row 5: 1ch, dc2tog, 12dc, dc2tog, turn – 14dc.

Rows 6 & 7: 1ch, 14dc, turn.

Row 8: 1ch, dc2tog, 10dc, dc2tog, turn – 12dc.

Rows 9 & 10: 1ch, 12dc, turn.

Row 11: 1ch, dc2tog, 8dc, dc2tog, turn – 10dc.

Rows 12 & 13: 1ch, 10dc, turn.

Row 14: 1ch, dc2tog, 6dc, dc2tog, turn – 8dc.

Row 15 & 16: 1ch, 8dc, turn.

Row 17: 1ch, dc2tog, 4dc, dc2tog, turn – 6dc.

Row 18: 1ch, 6dc, turn.

Row 19: 1ch, dc2tog, 2dc, dc2tog, turn – 4dc.

Row 20: 1ch, 4dc, turn.

Row 21: 1ch, dc2tog twice, turn – 2dc.

Row 22: 1ch, 2dc, turn.

Row 23: 1ch, dc2tog – 1dc.

After Row 23 do not turn, instead dc around your work as flls:

Rnd 24: ch1 (does not count as dc), 23dc on side, 1dc on cnr, 18dc on fchs, 1dc on cnr, 23dc on next side, 1dc in first ch – 67dc.

Fasten off, leaving long tail to stitch to Outer.

Inner

With yarn A and 1.25mm hook, 22ch.

Row 1: (RS)1dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn – 21dc.

Rows 2-60: ch1, 21dc, turn.

Fold piece in half lengthways and dc as flls:

Row 61: 1ch, 1dc in each st across, working through both sts of Rows 60 & 1 to join piece tog – 21dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Join yarn A at any row end st with slst.

Rnd 62: 1dc in same st and in each row end around – 60dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Rnd 63: Rep for other side.

Inner Back

With yarn A and 1.25mm hook, 17ch.

Row 1: (RS)1dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn – 16dc.

Rows 2 & 3: 1ch, 16dc, turn.

Row 4: 1ch, dc2tog, 12dc, dc2tog, turn – 14dc.

Rows 5 & 6: 1ch, 14dc, turn.

Row 7: 1ch, dc2tog, 10dc, dc2tog, turn – 12dc.

Rows 8 & 9: 1ch, 12dc, turn.

Row 10: 1ch, dc2tog, 8dc, dc2tog, turn – 10dc.

Rows 11 & 12: 1ch, 10dc, turn.

Row 13: 1ch, dc2tog, 6dc, dc2tog, turn – 8dc.

Row 14: 1ch, 8dc, turn.

Row 15: 1ch, dc2tog, 4dc, dc2tog, turn – 6dc.

Row 16: 1ch, 6dc, turn.

Row 17: 1ch, dc2tog, 2dc, dc2tog, turn – 4dc.

Row 28: 1ch, 4dc, turn.

Row 19: 1ch, dc2tog twice, turn – 2dc.

Row 20: 1ch, 2dc, turn.

Row 21: 1ch, dc2tog – 1dc.

After Row 21 do not turn, instead dc around your work as flls:

Rnd 22: ch1 (does not count as dc), 21dc on side, 1dc on cnr, 16dc on fchs, 1dc on cnr, 21dc on next side, 1dc in first ch – 61dc.

Fasten off, leaving long tail to stitch to Inner.

Insert cardboard in Outer, followed by Inner. Stitch together to join pieces.

Door

Make two

With yarn A and 1.25mm hook, 11ch.

Row 1: (RS)1dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn – 10dc.

Row 2: 1ch, 10dc, turn.

Row 3: 1ch, dc2tog, 8dc, turn – 9dc.

Row 4: 1ch, 9dc, turn.

Row 5: 1ch, dc2tog, 7dc, turn – 8dc.

Row 6: 1ch, 8dc, turn.

Row 7: 1ch, dc2tog, 6dc, turn – 7dc.

Row 8: 1ch, 7dc, turn.

Row 9: 1ch, dc2tog, 5dc, turn – 6dc.

Row 10: 1ch, 6dc, turn.

Row 11: 1ch, dc2tog, 4dc, turn – 5dc.

Row 12: 1ch, 5dc, turn.

Row 13: 1ch, dc2tog, 3dc, turn – 4dc.

Row 14: 1ch, 4dc, turn.

Row 15: 1ch, dc2tog, 2dc, turn – 3dc.

Row 16: 1ch, 3dc, turn.

Row 17: 1ch, dc2tog, 1dc, turn – 2dc.

Row 18: 1ch, 2dc, turn.

Row 19: 1ch, dc2tog – 1dc.

Row 20: 1ch, 1dc – 1dc.

After Row 20 do not turn, instead dc around your work as flls:

Rnd 21: ch1 (does not count as dc), 20dc on side, 1dc on cnr, 10dc on fchs, 1dc on cnr, 20dc on next side, 1dc in first ch – 53dc.

Fasten off, leaving long tail to stitch to Tent.

Tree I

Part A

With yarn B and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnd 1: 6dc in ring – 6dc.

Rnd 2: Dc around.

Rnd 3: 2dc in each st around – 12dc.

Rnds 4 & 5: Dc around.

Rnd 6: [2dc in next st, 1dc] around – 18dc.

Rnds 7 & 8: Dc around.

Rnd 9: Dc blo around.

Rnd 10: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to Part B.

Part B

With yarn B and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnds 1-8: Work as for Part A Rnds 1-8.

Rnd 9: [2dc in next st, 2dc] around – 24dc.

Rnds 10 & 11: Dc around.

Rnd 12: Dc blo around.

Rnd 13: [dc2tog, 2dc] around – 18dc.

Rnd 14: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to Part C.

Part C

With yarn B and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnds 1-11: Work as for Part B Rnds 1-11.

Rnd 12: [2dc in next st, 3dc] around – 30dc.

Rnds 13 & 14: Dc around.

Rnd 15: Dc blo around.

Rnd 16: [dc2tog, 3dc] around – 24dc.

Rnd 17: [dc2tog, 2dc] around – 18dc.

Rnd 18: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to Part D.

Part D

With yarn B and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnds 1-14: Work as for Part C Rnds 1-14.

Rnd 15: [2dc in next st, 4dc] around – 36dc.

Rnds 16 & 16: Dc around.

Rnd 18: Dc blo around.

Rnd 19: [dc2tog, 4dc] around – 30dc.

Rnd 20: [dc2tog, 3dc] around – 24dc.

Rnd 21: [dc2tog, 2dc] around – 18dc.

Rnd 22: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Tree Trunk

With yarn C and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnd 1: 9dc in ring – 9dc.

Rnd 2: 2dc in each st around – 18dc.

Rnd 3: Dc blo around.

Rnd 4: Dc around.

Rnd 5: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Rnds 6-11: Dc around.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to Part D. Fil with fiber filling as you work.

Variations

With yarn D make two pieces of Part D and one Tree Trunk.

With yarn E make three pieces of Part A and one Tree Trunk.

Tree II

With yarn F and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnd 1: 6dc in ring – 6dc.

Rnds 2 & 3: Dc around.

Rnd 4: 2dc in each st around – 12dc.

Rnds 5-7: Dc around.

Rnd 8: [2dc in next st, 1dc] around – 18dc.

Rnds 9-12: Dc around.

Rnd 13: [2dc in next st, 2dc] around – 24dc.

Rnds 14-18: Dc around.

Rnd 19: [dc2tog, 2dc] around – 18dc.

Rnd 20: Dc around.

Rnd 21: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fasten off and weave in end.

Fill with fiber filling.

Tree Trunk

Work as for Tree Trunk Tree I Rnds 1-11.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to main part.

Tree III

Large

With yarn D and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnd 1: 6dc in ring – 6dc.

Rnd 2: 2dc in each st around – 12dc.

Rnd 3: [2dc in next st, 1dc] around – 18dc.

Rnds 4-17: Dc around.

Rnd 18: [dc2tog, 1dc] around – 12dc.

Fill with fiber filling.

Fasten off, leaving tail to close piece by lining up the stitches on both sides.

Medium

With yarn D and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnds 1-15: Work as for Large Rnds 1-18, omitting Rnds 15-17.

Fill with fiber filling.

Fasten off, leaving tail to close piece by lining up the stitches on both sides.

Small

With yarn D and 3.0mm hook, make an adjustable ring.

Rnds 1-12: Work as for Large Rnds 1-18, omitting Rnds 12-17.

Fill with fiber filling.

Fasten off, leaving tail to close piece by lining up the stitches on both sides.

Tree Trunk

Work as for Tree Trunk Tree I Rnds 1-11.

Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to the three pieces.