Winter Wreath making in crochet

Polystyrene wreath ring from HobbyCraft, with blue, green and red shades of Stylecraft Special DK yarn

When ordering the refillable advent calendar, a couple of polystyrene wreath forms also fell into my basket.

Fresh foliage wreaths are such a welcoming sign during the winter months, but yarn wreaths can be equally up-lifting, with lots of inspiration out there on how to personalise your own make.

My plan is to make my 2 wreaths co-ordinating, but not identical.  

I really like Lucy of Attic24’s idea of the background representing the sky and the ground, so my covering is going to feature blues and greens.   

https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2015/03/winter-wreath-ta-dah-1.html

Embellishments will include snowflakes, holly, poinsettia, and hellebore.   Examples of the latter 2 can be found in Lesley Stansfield’s book 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet.  Whereas I normally like to keep designs symmetrical, florists prefer odd numbers, so I’ll start with 3 of each and see how it looks.

Keep tuned for progress updates