Early Christmas gift – to you!
Thursday 1st December 2011
Here is a little free pattern, a 1st December present from me to you. This is part of the ‘package’ of Christmas knits that we did here in November. I have decided to do another Festive Knits day next November cos the last one was so much fun but with a new batch of little trinkets!
I think if you have this pattern now, you will still have time to knit a few little gift bags before the big day. These little bags are knitted flat, starting at one frill and ending at the other frill, i.e., all in one piece and the yarn is held double. A bag takes about 5 – 7g of KSH. So stash-busting is indicated! I haven’t knitted them in other yarns but I think they’d also be cool in 1 strand each of KSH and Shimmer, (with the frill just in KSH maybe); or Fine Lace and KSH. I can knit and finish one in about 2 hours or less and I am not a fast knitter by any means.
Using this as a template, you can of course decorate the bags anyway you like – stars and snow-flakes spring to mind. I did one with hearts and this is also in your pattern:
There is also a bag with beads and sequins which you can just see twinkling away behind the star-stitch bag. So that’s 3 for you to have a go at – if you go ahead and create a new design for your bags, such as a star, will you please share your pattern with us?
I wish I had a gift for you for every day of December up to Christmas Eve, like an Advent calendar. Sadly, I don’t. I do however have one more present, a short-story that I have written for you about Christmas and it does (briefly) feature knitting. This will be left under your tree (if by tree you mean in this blog, on your computer) just before Christmas Day so be good boys and girls, won’t you?
Here is the document: Christmas Gift Bags for blog
I think if you have this pattern now, you will still have time to knit a few little gift bags before the big day. These little bags are knitted flat, starting at one frill and ending at the other frill, i.e., all in one piece and the yarn is held double. A bag takes about 5 – 7g of KSH. So stash-busting is indicated! I haven’t knitted them in other yarns but I think they’d also be cool in 1 strand each of KSH and Shimmer, (with the frill just in KSH maybe); or Fine Lace and KSH. I can knit and finish one in about 2 hours or less and I am not a fast knitter by any means.
Using this as a template, you can of course decorate the bags anyway you like – stars and snow-flakes spring to mind. I did one with hearts and this is also in your pattern:
There is also a bag with beads and sequins which you can just see twinkling away behind the star-stitch bag. So that’s 3 for you to have a go at – if you go ahead and create a new design for your bags, such as a star, will you please share your pattern with us?
I wish I had a gift for you for every day of December up to Christmas Eve, like an Advent calendar. Sadly, I don’t. I do however have one more present, a short-story that I have written for you about Christmas and it does (briefly) feature knitting. This will be left under your tree (if by tree you mean in this blog, on your computer) just before Christmas Day so be good boys and girls, won’t you?
Here is the document: Christmas Gift Bags for blog
Thank you Alison! I love these!
Can’t wait to get home and get started 🙂
So pretty!