BACK
With A, ch 50 .
Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across – 48 sts.
Rows 2-5: Ch 2, turn. Hdc in each st across, change to B in last st.
Rows 6-31: Ch 2, turn. Hdc in each st across.
Row 32: Ch 2, turn. Hdc2 tog twice, hdc in each of next 40 sts, hdc2tog twice – 44 sts.
Row 33: Ch 2, turn. Hdc2 tog twice, hdc in each st to last 4 sts, hdc2tog twice.
Rep Row 33 until 8 sts rem.
Fasten off.
FRONT LOWER SECTION
With A, ch 50.
Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across – 48 sts.
Rows 2-5: Ch 2, turn, Hdc in each st across, changing to B in last st.
Rows 6-26: Ch 2, turn. Hdc in each st across.
Fasten off.
FRONT UPPER SECTION
With B, ch 50.
Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across – 48 sts.
Rows 2-6: Ch 2, turn, Hdc in each st across.
Row 7: Ch 2, turn. Hdc2 tog twice, hdc in each of next 40 sts, hdc2tog twice – 44 sts.
Row 8: Ch 2, turn. Hdc2 tog twice, hdc in each st to last 4 sts, hdc2tog twice.
Rep Row 8 until 8 sts rem.
Fasten off.
LARGE TREE
Top
With A, ch 2.
Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first ch. Place marker in first st for beg of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed.
Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each st around – 12 sts.
Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around – 18 sts.
Rnd 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 24 sts.
Rnd 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around – 30 sts.
Fasten off.
Trunk
With C, ch 5.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across – 4 sts.
Rows 2-15: Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across
Row 3: Ch 1, turn. 2 sc in first st, sc in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in last st.
Fasten off.
SMALL TREE
Top
With C, ch 10.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each of next 2 ch, hdc in each of next 3 ch, dc in each of next 2 ch, work 5 dc all in last ch; working along opposite side of foundation ch, dc in each of next 2 ch, hdc in each of next 3 ch, sc in each of rem ch.
Fasten off.
Trunk
With C, ch 6.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch to last, dc in last ch.
Fasten off.
BIRD
With C, ch 8.
Rnd 1: Work 2 hdc in 3rd ch from hook, sc in each ch to last, work 5 hdc all in last ch; working along opposite side of foundation ch, hdc in next ch, sc in each of rem ch.
Rnd 2: 2 hdc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 4 sts, hdc in next st, 2 hdc in each of next 3 sts, hdc in each of next 2 sts, 2dc in each of next 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in each of rem sts.
Fasten off.
Wing
With A, ch 4.
Row 1: Work 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, 2 sc in the last ch.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st to last, 2 sc in the last st.
Fasten off.
FINISHING
Sew Trees to Lower Front section. Sew Wing to Bird. With A, embroider a French knot eye on Bird. Sew Bird to Lower Front section. With A, embroider a straight st beak.
Lay Back onto a flat surface with wrong side facing. Lay Front sections, with Upper Front slightly lapped over Lower Front, on top of Back section, with right side of Fronts facing.
Join A with slip st at beg of A section. Working through all layers, sc evenly spaced around A section to join Back and Front. Fasten off.
Join B with slip st and join remaining edges of Back and Front, leaving last row (8 sts) at top of Holder open for hanger hook.
Weave in ends.
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