Sue's Crochet and Knitting: It's Getting Close to Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and I know most of you are busy making beautiful handmade gifts (these are the best gifts in my opinion!).

My daughter sells at craft shows and her biggest sellers this year are infinity scarves as well as the hooded infinity scarves. I think these are beautiful as well as very practical for cold winters.

There are some free patterns online for them, but not as many as I thought there would be, so I am working on my own pattern. I want one of these for myself. I'll share the pattern when it's ready. Writing up a new pattern can be challenging, you want to make it as easy to understand as you possibly can.

It can also be quite time consuming, especially for me now with my daughter, son-in-law and 2 yr old granddaughter living with me for the winter.

It's coming up on the 4th Christmas without my better half. Since his death in 2010 I stopped celebrating Christmas. I didn't put up any tree or decorations. No turkey or any special meal on Christmas Day, but my son and daughter and their families would come to visit a couple weeks before Christmas and we would cook a turkey dinner.

So this year is going to quite different for me as I will certainly allow my daughter to put up a Christmas tree and decorations for my granddaughter. I can't expect them to stop their Christmas activities just because I'm not in the mood for it much anymore.

Thinking of years past I recall how much I loved to crochet Christmas decorations for the tree. I still have all those ornaments that I made packed away in a box. We are going to get them out this year as my daughter has her decorations packed away in a storage unit.

Here are some cute free patterns for crochet decorations I found online. I have made most of these or similar versions. They all look so wonderful on a Christmas tree.

Paperclip Ice Skate Ornament
I remember back when I was a child that a lot of the kids would have these pinned to their
jackets in the wintertime.

Button Ornaments
I haven't made these but they are so pretty so I wanted to add them too.

Crochet Pine Cone Pattern
I love these! I can't seem to get the picture to show up, so click the link
above to have a look and get the pattern.

Christmas Ball Ornament
These patterns were one of my favourites. I liked to make new covers for
old ornaments to give them a fresh new look.