My Makes for the Christmas Ornament Swap

This feels like the most overdue blog post of all time, but I thought I'd still share what I made for the Ornament Swap anyway!
First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who participated in the swap. I'm glad it was such a positive experience and that everyone enjoyed it so much.
For now, here are the ornaments I created for my swap partner - a bauble, a gingerbread house and a little Scandi-inspired Santa. I loved making each of them, but the Santa was by far my favourite. He reminds me of those little chocolate-shaped Santas that appear every year.
Knitting the ornaments was so much fun as I got to complete projects in just a couple of hours, and then get started on the next one. It's nice to make something that quickly occasionally, and it was hard to stop at just three!

For the bauble, I used this pattern and WOOLganic DK in Grapefruit Moon & Chilli Pepper

For the Gingerbread house I used this pattern (it was so fun!) and Adagio Mills Alpaca DK in Chai for the house and WOOLganic DK in Grapefruit Moon for the roof

And for the Scandi Santa I used this pattern and WOOLganic 4ply in Chilli Pepper, Adagio Mills Alpaca 4ply in Clouds for the embellishments and a scrap of Grapefruit Moon in 4ply for the face.



In the swap parcel that I received in exchange from Jodi of Jellywares were the most gorgeous little ornaments. A sweet wee pair of knitted mittens in red and white stripes, some mini crocheted wreaths and even a gift for Christmas day! (Which I was really naughty with and opened straight away!).  It was the prettiest coaster/doily and has found a place under my jar of knitting needles. It adds such a beautiful, cheerful touch that I'm seriously tempted to try learning crochet again.

If you'd like to see what others received & made for the swap, check out the Instagram tag. I planned to share some of the photos that were emailed through too, but I somehow seem to have misplaced them, so lucky the IG tag is there to see!
I'm thrilled that the first swap I've hosted has been such a success and so fun for everyone. I can hardly wait for the next one!


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