I was rather excited when I discovered Inside Crochet had uploaded images of their December issue onto their blog. I have two patterns in this issue which is rather exciting. Firstly there are some Christmas ornaments, Rudolf and Percy. The pattern is the same for the body of Percy and the face of Rudolf, just made in different colour yarn.
I have used brown pipe cleaners to make the antlers but you could easily use some small twigs which would be very effective.
For both ornaments I have used beads for eyes. Usually I like to use safety eyes for anything which little fingers might nab, but I am afraid the backs of the eyes really stuck out and were more of a danger than the beads. If you are worried about this please use a french knot instead and an alternative would be buttons.
If you are not interested in the yarnster activity you might be appalled by all the ‘Christmas’ talk. But my goodness now is the time for the hook to get flying if you are hoping to decorate your tree in crochet gorgeousness. Ho, Ho, Ho!
Tomorrow I will tell you the story of the Campervan keyring which turned into a door stop.
How clever to use the same process to create two very different decorations! They’re adorable, and thanks for the reminder that I really do need to start thinking about “Ho Ho Ho” … some week soon …
Really like the reindeer Emma.
Lovely blog post Emma and fantastic decorations, we can’t wait to hear more about your inspiration for the (very popular) campervan doorstop!
I LOVE these decorations Emma, my sister in law loves to crochet so I’d love to get hold of these patterns for her..where can I find them now? xx