OK, here's one for those of us who are - ahem - not yet quite fully sorted on the Christmas festivity front, despite the fact that guests are starting to arrive tomorrow and the house is a squalid tip. Also for those at the other end of the spectrum who are so blisteringly well-organised that you're already getting busy with coordinating the table ornaments for Christmas 2017. If you're a member of the latter group, please understand that I'm ever so slightly scared of you, so if I don't quite Continue Reading
More Unfeasibly Easy-To-Knit Christmas Decorations
Hmm, I never expected this knitting blog to embrace Christmas quite so enthusiastically (we're talking kisses-on-both-cheeks-and-a-hug levels of enthusiasm, right now). But here is the third and last of my posts on ridiculously easy-to-knit Christmas decorations. And just to reassure all those tinsel-deniers out there, I'll be back to normal by next post. Continuing in the vein of festive decorative knits for beginners and children, and those who just want their decorative makes to be Continue Reading
Knitted Christmas Trees
Right, people. Just this once, I'm going to break the habit of a lifetime, and mention Christmas before mid-December. This really doesn't fit with my miserable, curmudgeonly ol' personality, but I have things to show you, pretty Christmassy things, and they won't wait. Also, we normally have nine of us gathering here at our old brewery for Christmas, and my lack of prior festive organisation is impressing no-one. So. Decorations. What are yours like? Obviously, you need some knitted or Continue Reading