
Poinsettia Christmas Wreath
Contains:
- The pattern has instructions for knitting the flowers and leaves and how to wire them for the arrangement.
- US Imperial Measurement / Metric Measurement
- 7 pages with coloured photos
Description
Knitting pattern for Poinsettia Christmas Wreath
No flower says Christmas like the beautiful poinsettia.
Poinsettias are part of the Euphorbiaceae or Spurge family. Botanically, the plant is known as Euphorbia pulcherrima. Poinsettias have also been called the lobster flower and the flame-leaf flower, due to the red colour.
I hope you enjoy knitting this striking wreath for your front door to display over the Christmas period.
Materials you need at home:
- Flowers - RedDouble Knitting yarn 2 - 100 gram balls *Flowers - Dark Green Double Knitting yarn β Small amount for the centre of the flowers *Flowers - Small Amount of bright yellow Double Knitting yarn for French knots for the centre of the flowers
*Leaves - Dark Green Double Knitting yarn 2 β 100 grams balls *Leaves - Lime Green Double Knitting yarn 2 β 50 gram balls
*1 pair of 4mm (UK8-US6) knitting needles
*40cm (16 ins) Circular Rattan Wreath *Floristry Wire or 45m of 1 mm wire from the hardware store, cut to different lengths for the display