Christmas Ornaments

I was on Pinterest a few months ago and came across this really cool crochet edging for a blanket. Being close to Christmas I immediately thought - wow - would that work as a garland for my tree?

You can check out my inspiration here.

It didn't take much to turn the stitches from a beautiful edging to this cheerful garland. The whole garland is something like 6 metres long - I used a whole 100g ball of red el cheapo acrylic yarn. I really love it and glad I made it!

So a week before Christmas all the decorations go on sale in the shops here... I bought this tiny tree for 1 whole euro! I also picked up some cheap little baubles.. not perfect in size but good enough. I consider this new tree a work in progress! And so I couldn't resist crocheting a garland for this little cutie too!

This time I used some green cotton yarn - being a novice crocheter I've no idea what the proper name is - just that standard thin crochet cotton... My husband thinks I'm officially mad.. but it finishes off my tree beautifully.

I must just add, that I took these pics as I was putting the decs away, so they're not great and just a bit of an afterthought! Don't you love my little lights?? OK. I'll stop now!

Here are some decorations I made as a gift for a friend.. I love the way they turned out. I've had these on my "to do" list for about 2 years now! Pattern here. They are super simple to make but so effective!

Last but not least.. these are the Christmas decorations I made for my daughters this year. Every year I try and make one decoration each so that when they leave home and have their own Christmas trees they can have a Christmas decoration from every year of their childhood hanging on their tree...
I usually make the decorations out of felt but I thought I'd try some crochet decorations for a change...
I'm happy with them.. perhaps not the star on the top but the buttons are sweet. If you want to have a go and make some of these for yourself, here is the pattern.

So there is a round up of the decorations I made this Christmas!

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