If you’re new to crochet, a star pattern is actually quite easy. It begins with a magic circle and extends outward. All you need is yarn, a crochet hook, and a darning needle to craft your very own tree topper with handcrafted appeal.

December is upon us — time to put up the tree and pull the dusty box (or boxes) marked “Xmas” out of the crawl space.  But, one expert suggests, before you decorate the traditional conifer — or conifer-like plastic apparatus,

Sure, you could go with traditional ornaments, but choosing a theme means you can really get creative and customize your tree to your personality and design tastes. Whether you wa

When fluffing a Christmas tree, you'll need to work from the bottom to the top, and from the back to the front. Start at the back of a branch on the lowest section of the tree, and pull the branch tips out in a V-pattern. Pull two branch tips up and one branch tip down, or vice versa.