Christmas Ornaments

I love to do these ornaments. You can work them as simple or as complicated as you want. They are also quick projects.

42 kb	Here are some of the balls to show their relative sizes. Top: Diam. 5 cm; middle: Diam. 6 cm; bottom: diam. 8 cm. All designs © Christiane Eichler.
42 kb	These ornaments are 5 cm diam. The lace is worked with Coats crochet cotton no. 40. I did all of them in December 2001. Both ornaments on top show lace patterns by Christel Weidmann, the bottom one is my own design (© Christiane Eichler).
60 kb	These four ornaments are the same diameter, 6 cm. The lace is worked with Manuela no. 10 (exception: top left worked with thread no. 20). All patterns are my own, and I developed them in January 1998. All have names: Top left "Clover", top right "Anna", bottom left "Annuschka", bottom right "Valeria." Designs © by Christiane Eichler.
60 kb	Ornament "Christa" 6 cm diam. Lace made from turkish thread "Ören Bayan" no. 50. Made 1999. A very simple beginner pattern. Design© Christiane Eichler.
60 kb	Ornament "Martha", diam. 8 cm. Lace worked with Manuela 10. Traditional Pattern. Made in 2000.
60 kb	Ornament "Gold Rush," diam 6 cm. Lace worked with metallic embroidery thread "Ophir" by Coats. Pattern traditional, adapted to my needs. Made in January 1998.
31 kb	Christmas ball ornament "Sun", a simple traditional pattern with my own touches I did in 1996. The most tricky part of this design is fastening the lace to the ball. Worked with Anchor crochet cotton No. 100; diameter of ball about 6 cm. You can easily adapt the pattern to any size of ball. Design: © Christiane Eichler. Pattern