Crocheted Christmas Holly and Berry Bottle

In November I went metal detecting with my dad and one of the items I unearthed was a 1900's square gin bottle, I loved the shape and decided I wanted to do something Christmassy with it.

I selected a couple of Christmas colour yarns, Patons Merino Extrafine DK in shade 00173 green for the main part of the bottle and Millamia Natural Soft Merino in Moss for the holly leaves, Patons Merino Extrafine DK in shade 00131 red for the berries.

I didn't have a particular pattern for this I crocheted a foundation chain and joined it to make a circle. I then ensured it fit around the base of the bottle, I double crocheted around the foundation chain over and over until I got towards the top, when I then needed to reduce my stitches to ensure it would fit nice and snug around the neck of the bottle.

The pattern I used for the holly and berry leaves is from Attic 24.

My Uncle cut some of his willow for me and sprayed it white, I love the effect.

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Christmas Hares

I picked up two hares from a lovely shop called Brambles in Ulverston, I couldn't resist them. I gave them a home next to my fire and tried to explain to my dog that they were not new toys for her to play and chew. After I put my Christmas decorations up I decided they needed to be a little bit dressed up and decided to knit them some scarves.

I used Patons Merino Extra Fine DK yarn using a double crochet stitch throughout and attached them using a couple of extremely small buttons.

 

 

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Christmas Decorations

I really wanted to crochet some more Christmas decorations this year. Last year I crocheted lots of little stars for my minature Christmas tree. This year, I decided on a couple of projects, the first project is a Happy Christmas Garland to go across the top of my wooden fireplace, the second project I wanted to incorporate a 1900's glass bottle which I dug up a month ago while out with my dad metal detecting, more on that project in the next couple of days.

To start with I decided on traditional red and green colours. I used Patons Extra Fine DK yarn, I needed eight red circles and seven green circles.

I stitched the letters using MillaMia Merino yarn in the colour Moss. I then stitched a foundation chain the same length as my mantel piece and used a double crochet stitch all the way down the foundation chain. I stitched each circle onto the long chain using two small stitches and I then threaded a small pieces of MillaMia yarn through the top of each circle and tied a small bow.

 

 

 

 

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