Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Christmas ornaments and other knits...

... I've been trying to get into the Christmas spirit by making a few tree ornaments. I'm more and more moving away from commerical baubles and towards the more traditional straw stars that I grew up with and homemade knitted and crocheted ornaments. They are more meaningful to me and the boys love them.

A few weeks ago a friend gave me an old magazine pattern for knitted ornaments. There are even instructions to do a whole crib scene so I may attempt that for next year. For this year, with only the few days left until Christmas, I have kept to smaller projects like this little snowman. Isn't he sweet?


The star you can see above is a Bethlehem Star, another quick and fun project. I've crocheted about 6 of them by now but haven't had a chance to take pictures of them all. 

In other news, the scarf that I cast on for to teach boy #3 how to knit is coming on nicely. It's just some left-over Stylecraft acrylic yarn, accented with a bit of leftover Manos, but I think it's going to be nice and warm. 


Boy #3 has long given up on his ambition to learn to knit, but he's being very bossy about me knitting - every time I work on something that isn't his scarf he starts telling he off! He'll have to show a bit of patience, though, because I've run out of yarn now and had to order another ball to get to a decent length. 

I'm not sure if I'm going to get a chance to update before the big day so if I don't I wish you all a lovely and peaceful Christmas, hopefully with your loved ones right around you. xx

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5 comments:

  1. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for the New year. The crochet star is a delight, what a wonderful sight it would be to have a whole tree filled with stars.

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  2. Iris, I love your little snowman - he's so perfectly knit and so cute in his hat and scarf. And your Bethlehem Star! I love it in red and white. They're pretty addicting to make, aren't they? I know I'll be making more at some point - maybe after the holidays. I hope you have a lovely Christmas!

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  3. Really nice little snowman! When we downsized we got rid of most of the store bought ornaments and just kept the ones that had more meaning. My favourite is a corn husk figure of a woman gathering firewood... it was my Mom's favourite and was always on the mantel over the holidays!

    Have a very merry Christmas and we'll catch up in the New Year!

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  4. Love the snowman and the Bethlehem star. Homemade ornaments mean so much mord than store bought. Tell #3 that scarves take FOREVER to knit. I think they are the longest projects I do.

    Have a lovely Christmas.

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  5. I love your homemade ornaments. The snowman is so cute. I am sure they will be treasured every year.

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