More frosty foliage to add to your Christmas collection. These trees are perfect for making baubles, hanging ornaments, garlands, wreaths and other decorations. They can be left as they are or decorated.

The trees are knit flat and are approximately 10cm (4 inches) tall.

This pattern includes instructions on how to make your trees into a 25cm wreath, if you wish to do so. You will need to knit 11 trees for the wreath.

You will need:

To make the trees alone:

• Cascade 220 yarn, approximately 16m per tree, in Forest Green (8267), Highland Green (9430), Pesto (0980), White (8505), and Brown (8686).
• 4mm (US 6) knitting needles.
• A tapestry needle.
• Toy stuffing.
• Optional: decorations such as sequins, beads, mini pompoms or mini jingle bells.

To make the wreath in addition:

• A 25cm diameter wreath base.
• Approximately 106m of Cascade 220 in Mineral Red (8035).
• Glue or double-sided sticky tape suitable for fabric.

Techniques you should know:

• Knit and purl.
• Increases and decreases.
• Sewing seams using mattress stitch.
• Stranded knitting and reading a colour chart.