Christmas wreath ornament

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This simple Christmas wreath is a perfect way to use up left-over bits of yarn and may be made from a variety of different colours. The pattern is by Creative Crochet Workshop. 

Christmas wreath crochet ornament

For this one, I used SMC Catania cotton in the colours green (412), white (106) and red (424). 

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