Advent Christmas Tree

I made this Christmas tree last year when I did my thread Advent Calendar using the skeins of thread I'd purchased over the years but hadn't used yet.  Each day I would open the drawer in the calendar, take out the skein of hand-dyed thread and tat with it.  There wasn't a specific pattern, I would just play around and see what I could come up with.  This is one of the patterns that came from the experience.  The thread used in the picture is from Marilee Rockley and is called Spooky (it's currently in her Etsy shop Yarnplayer).  I know, strange colors to inspire a Christmas tree.

Advent Christmas Tree 

Terms-

tp- twisted picot, make a long picot and before joining to this picot you will twist the picot.  This creates a point

R- ring

C- chain

lj- lock join, where to join is indicated in brackets.

Wind 1 yard onto a shuttle, or leave an appropriate tail on a needle:

R1       5 vsp 5 vsp 5 vsp 5

C1       12 lj (1^st p) 10 lj (2^nd p)

R2       4 vsp 4 vsp 4 vsp 4

C2       8 lj (1^st p R2) 6 lj (2^nd p R2)

C3       3 vsp 3 vsp 3 vsp 3 lj (2^nd p R2)

C 4      6 lj (3^rd p R2) 8 lj (base of R2) 10 lj (3^rd p R1)  lj to beginning

 

Round 2 

C         12

SCMR                        3

C         6 lj (1^st lj C1) 3

SCMR                        3

C         8 lj (between C1 and C2)  6

SCMR                        3

C         4 lj (1^st lj C2) 2

SCMR                        3

C         4 lj (1^st vsp C3) 1

SCMR                        3

C         3 lj (2^nd vsp C3) 2 tp 1 + (tp) 3 lj (2^nd vsp C3) 3

SCMR                        3

C         1 lj (3^rd p of C3) 4

SCMR                        3

C         2 lj (1^st lj C4) 4

SCMR                        3

C         6 lj (between R1 and R2) 8

SCMR                        3

C         4 lj (3^rd lj of C4) 6

SCMR                        3

C         12 join to beginning cut and tie