We really love Halloween in our house. We start decorating in September, and keep adding new decorations every year. Last year we decided to start putting up a Halloween tree. This year I decided that I needed a Halloween themed tree skirt for it. I decided to make a spiderweb tree skirt, and am happy to say that I got it done just in time for Halloween this year!
This is a fairly easy project to make. The tree skirt itself is made up of double crochets, and the spiderweb design is done in surface crochet.
To begin surface crochet stitches you will insert the hook into the first space where you want the design to begin.
Next you will pull up a slip knot through that same space.
Insert the hook into the next space.
Pull up a loop through that space.
Pull that loop through the first loop to create a slip stitch.
Continue this process to finish the design you want to surface crochet.
Once you know how to do this you are ready to make the tree skirt.
Spiderweb Tree Skirt
Materials: 6mm crochet hook
Black yarn
White yarn
To start: (in black) ch 27
Row 1: dc in 4th chain and in each chain across (24), ch3 and turn
Row 2: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next stitch), repeat across (36), ch 3 and turn
Row 3: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2 stitches), repeat across (48), ch 3 and turn
Row 4: dc in each stitch across, ch 3 and turn
Row 5: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3 stitches), repeat across (60), ch 3 and turn
Row 6: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 4 stitches), repeat across (72), ch 3 and turn
Row 7: dc in each stitch across, ch 3 and turn
Row 8: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 5 stitches), repeat across (84), ch 3 and turn
Row 9: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 6 stitches), repeat across (96), ch 3 and turn
Row 10: dc in each stitch across, ch 3 and turn
Row 11: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 7 stitches), repeat across (108), ch 3 and turn
Row 12: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 8 stitches), repeat across (120), ch 3 and turn
Row 13: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 9 stitches), repeat across (132), ch 3 and turn
Row 14: dc in each stitch across, ch 3 and turn
Row 15: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 10 stitches), repeat across (144), ch 3 and turn
Row 16: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 11 stitches), repeat across (156), ch 3 and turn
Row 17: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 12 stitches), repeat across (168), ch 3 and turn
Row 18: (2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 13 stitches), repeat across (180), ch 3 and turn
Row 19: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 14 stitches), repeat across (192), ch 3 and turn
Row 20: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 15 stitches), repeat across (204), ch 3 and turn
Row 21: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 16 stitches), repeat across (216), ch 3 and turn
Row 22: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 17 stitches), repeat across (228), ch 3 and turn
Row 23: (2 dc in first stitch, dc in next 18 stitches), repeat across (240), ch 1 and turn
Row 24: sc in each stitch around the entire tree skirt
To finish: surface crochet the spiderweb design in white yarn
We are very happy to have a tree skirt for the Halloween tree. It gives it a much more finished look.
I made this tree skirt on the smaller side, because we do not have a lot of space around our tree in our house. This tree skirt could easily be made larger. Each round would just need to follow the pattern of adding one more stitch between the increases. Every round should increase by 12 stitches.
