I originally designed these little Christmas tree appliqué patterns with the idea that they would be great for knitters to use to make holiday greeting cards. Decorated with embroidered French knots, mini light bulbs or jingle bells from the crafts store, or sparkly yarn or tinsel, the cards are simply charming.
But as I was playing around making my own cards, I realized that decorated with stitch markers, they make lovely gifts for one knitter to give to another. An angel, star or xmas bulb marker from my Charming line are perfect to use as tree toppers, or Ringlets or little Mini Markers can serve as "ornaments" for the tree. Attached with a bit of sparkly thread or yarn, the recipient can easily snip off the markers to use in their knitting projects.
And from there my Tannenbaum kits were born. They include almost everything you need to make an applique greeting card, and come with a beautiful holiday-themed sterling silver stitch marker that you can use as a tree topper, or keep for yourself to add to your own marker collection.
The Tannenbaum 2 kit includes the following:
- Pattern printed on heavy oversized postcard stock
- Sterling silver & enamel Xmas bulb stitch marker
- 3 yards of silk lame yarn for decorating the tree
- 1 yard of sparkly yarn for attaching a tree topper
- 10 adhesive dots for attaching the appliqué to the card
- Blank notecard & envelope
The Tannenbaum 1 kit includes:- Pattern printed on heavy oversized postcard stock
- Sterling silver star stitch marker
- Silver-lined seed beads
- 1 yard of sparkly yarn for attaching a tree topper
- Blank notecard & envelope
You'll need to supply your own knitting needles and yarn. The appliques use small amounts of fingering weight yarn, so you could likely us up bits of leftover yarn in your stash. And they knit up quickly so you can make lots in time for the holidays!
Which are rapidly approaching, you know. Just saying.
