Green with Red & Silver Beads

Green Thread with Red & Silver Beads Ornament

MATERIALS: Small amount of Christmas Green Bedspread Weight Thread, Size 7 hook; Size 4 mm beads (seed beads) in Red and Silver.

Beaded dc (b dc): Push a bead close to the last stitch made, YO, with the bead behind hook, insert the hook in the next space, pull up thread, YO, pull the thread through 2 loops, push the bead to the front of work, YO, pull the thread through the remaining 2 loops.

Finished Size: Approximately 4 inches across

Chain 6, join to form a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 3, * push a bead close to the hook,

complete as a dc, pushing bead to the front,

complete as dc, repeat from * 5 times,

ending with a dc, join to the top of the 1st b dc.

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in the base of the ch 3 just made, * ch 1,

make 2 dc in next dc, ch 1, 2 dc in the top of the

next b dc, repeat from * around. Join with a slip

st in the top of the 1^st ch-3. (24 dc made)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in next dc, * ch 1, b dc in the next ch-1

sp, ch 1, dc in the next 2 dc, repeat from *

around. Ch 1, join to the top of the beginning

ch-3. (12 b dc)

Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in the next dc, * ch 1,

dc in the top of b dc, ch 1,

dc in the next 2 dc (3 dc & 2 ch-1 sp so

far, repeat from * around, ending with ch 1,

dc in the top of b dc, ch 1, join with slip st to

beginning ch-3.

Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in the next dc, * ch 1, b dc in next ch-1

sp, ch 1, b dc in th next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in the

next 2 dc, repeat from *around, ending with ch

1, join with slip st to the to top of beginning ch-3.

Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in the next dc, * (ch 1, dc in the top of b

dc) twice, ch 1, dc in the next 2 dc, repeat from *

around, ending with ch 1, join to the top of the

beginning ch-3.

Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in the next dc, * (ch 1, b dc in the next ch-

1 sp) 3 times, ch 1, dc in the next 2 dc, repeat

from * around, ending as before.

Rnd 8: Ch 3, dc in the next dc, * ch 3, make a 3 dc

Cluster, To make 3 dc Cluster:

(YO, insert hook in the

top of the next b dc, pull up

a loop, YO, pull thread through

2 loops on hook) 3 times, YO,

pull thread through all 4 loops

on the hook.

ch 3, dc in the next 2 dc, repeat from * around,

join with slip st in the beginning ch-3.

HANGING LOOP: Chain 3, (make a beaded chain stitch) 9 more times, ch 3, join with sl st to the next dc. End off.

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