Cuddly Xmas Garlic...?

I've been knitting furiously this week (not angrily, but busily!).

The in-laws phoned last weekend and said today would be the last time we saw them before they emigrated to Spain. OH NO! No Christmas shopping had been done! So out came the needles and I whipped up this knitted snowman to remind them of Christmas in the UK.

Because of the urgent time frame, I was forced to take out my knitting at work during my lunch hour. I can always rely on my colleagues for some interesting comments, my favourte: "Is that a cuddly Christmas garlic?"!

I think he looks more like a festive shmoo!



I found the pattern on freepatterns.com. It called for aran weight, but I only had DK so used that instead. I added a bit of sparkle to his scarf by including some twilleys goldfingering, but in hindsight I should have made it a little narrower to compensate for the additional yarn...

December!

Well, it's the first of December today, so it's time to start getting into the Christmas spirit. Only I don't really feel like Christmas until after my birthday which is smack bang in the middle of December.

Anyway, to mark the beginning of the festive period, here's a Christmas pud I made: