Sneak Peak- Christmas Tree Skirt

I have been a little absent from the blog as of late because I have been working on a massive custom order. My sister asked if I could make a Christmas tree skirt and I ambitiously and naively said I could. I already had my eye on some projects, so she picked out a pattern she liked, and armed with coupons I made a trip for yarn.

This project is a very colorful one. It involved not one, two, or even three colors but 10 different colors of yarn! My face when I was able to find the center-pull string in every. single. skein.

If you have no idea what I am talking about, you will never understand the struggle. It's better that way. Here is my set up.

This perfectly sized basket made the yarn very easy to work with. It was especially handy since I was changing colors so often.

I have worked with granny squares before (read about it on my personal blog here). But nothing of this magnitude. Each square was ten rounds, and I made 12 squares. Although if we are splitting hairs they are trapezoids. ;) I put together this fun Flipgrams so you can see the process as I added each round. I certainly wish they went this fast!

After finishing the granny trapezoids I still had the inner ring. Then joining, more joining, weaving in ends, and last of all, the border.



As the project continued I was amazed at how large it was becoming. My sister has a 6 foot tree. Not the tree from Rockefeller Plaza. Opps. At least she has options now. I figured it is a versatile project because you can drape it however you like to accommodate style and width.



Wheww! I can't believe it is finished and ON TIME. Now it can be admired before it is covered in presents. I am really proud of this huge accomplishment, and I can't wait for my sister to receive it. I will post more complete photos once I get it to her- this week!