WIP Wednesday: Oh Christmas Tree

Recently on a tour of the internets, I found the pattern for some ay-DORE-able felted Christmas trees.  They are, however, knitted and I do not knit.  I no longer say I can’t knit, because if I put my mind to it, I probably could. I just prefer not to, being way more comfortable with crochet. Hence the dilemma. I seriously wanted to make these trees, so figuring they’re a basic cone shape, I dove right in.

The first version was a fail. The cone instructions I’d hunted up online gave me a square shape, more like a pyramid than a cone. I moved the increases to different places and here we go, a cone shape. A HUGE cone shape. Once this one is done, I’ll alter the pattern again and make it smaller for other gifts, partly because it’s close to christmas and partly because this is going on forever. FOR EVAH!

I have the pattern written out, once I figure out the best way to do the base I’ll post that pattern on here so other people can leap in. I’m going to felt it in my new handy camping washing machine. Felting in the electric machine is complicated because we use cold for washing, and felting requires hot hot water. Doing it by hand does work, but takes ages, so I’m hoping my little camper washer will speed the process up some.