As you may recall, Beverly and I made this year's Christmas puddings a couple of weeks back. With the planned strikes by Royal Mail over the next few weeks, I thought it best to send the puds for family and friends down south a little earlier than I would have done otherwise.
Here's the first two, ready to wing their way to my sister and parents 😊 Unsurprisingly, I didn't have cardboard boxes of the right size in my stash so I've cut down the ones I did have to make them a tad smaller LOL
I came across a lovely pattern on Lucy's blog for a sweet little crocheted snowflake, so I thought I'd make some for this year's puddings. Lucy said that she made hers using a pure wool double knit yarn and four different size hooks. I used a 4.5mm hook and yarn from my stash (of course!), James C Brett Baby Shimmer, which I've had for a very long time; I last used it when I made some Christmas pudding baubles a couple of years ago, for the "cream" topping.
When I came to crochet the second snowflake, I made a little mistake in round three by omitting the last chain 2 in each of the worked sections ooopsies! Thankfully it didn't affect the appearance of the finished snowflake 😉 I finished mine off with a hanging loop, simply made with a length of 12 chain stitches attached to the tip of one of the icicle points.
I confess that I was too lazy to block my snowflakes but I think they still look very pretty 😊
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