Menokreatikul; Working Wool

In my little cocoon, aka The Hutch, during the lead up to Christmas, I took on a little crochet project. Well, a crochet project of little things, more accurately. I rarely impulse-buy, but the pack of wool and patterns stood up and yelled at me on the shelves at the supermarket. It was the only one there and goodness knows what drew me past it - not an aisle I normally traverse. Anyhoo...

It kept my hands busy as I binge-watched some stuff (more on that later). I didn't photograph them all. Indeed, I didn't actually make all twelve - wasn't particularly wanting a wee hoose or candy cane on my tree.

I did enjoy making these fun decorations up, though, and felt they reflected nicely upon the knitted nativity set I recently purchased from Mara. The stuffing material seemed a lot - but in retrospect, I think I was a bit stingy with it. The bauble could certainly have taken a bit more! It looks slight deflated or battered. Not enough to make me want to unpick and complete the task though. It'll do.

The star was my first one. The pattern said five points. it is made with a front and a back. I was prepared to unpick the first side if the second side counted out correctly... but it, too, resulted in six points. If the error was mine, at least I was consistent! (I could have made the finish of the glitter trim a tad tidier, but hey ho...) There was another pattern (the tree) where the counting seemed not quite to match the actual experience. I stuck to my instincts and all came out well.

Christmas day dawned bright and beautiful, then gradually faded into grey... yes, this is full colour! Now, my friends, onward to 2020.