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Ok, ok, I’ll post some Christmas pictures.

Let’s start with my favourite: a donut pin cushion for Mom.

I had a lot of fun making this. I had to measure the pins to make sure they wouldn’t poke all the way through the donut (ow!), then endure questions about what I was making (picture the long brown tube I was crocheting in public), then had lots of fun making the icing (random stitches? Yeah, I can do that).

Mom loved it! (And now my cousin wants one too. It begins! <insert ominous music here>)

This is a hat and scarf set I made for my niece:

These were made on the red Knifty Knitter round loom using Patons Melody yarn. She liked it, I think, and she also seemed to like the set of Knifty Knitters and Paton yarn I got her as well. I’ve made her a hat and scarf set for the last few years for Christmas, but I guess now I’m going to have to think of something else for future years!

I’ll post pictures once she comes down from the traditional Christmas sugar high and starts making things on her looms. ^_^

And to round out this post on Christmas crafting, here is an example of the Santa ornaments I made both as gifts and to sell at the annual Christmas Bazaar at Mom’s church:

I got this pattern from Mary Maxim. It came as a kit (and doesn’t seem to be available anymore… a shame), but all it took was buying more eyes and pompoms. They’re fun to make, especially in the summer so as to freak out the muggles.