Ah, Christmas. What to make and give to friends this year? In September I started searching for ideas among those free patterns generously shared by other knitters, and struck lucky. Five different Christmas tree decorations which suited each individual on the receiving end of a knitted gift, and I don’t mind telling you I enjoyed every knitting minute of making them (even when those twiddly bits of mistletoe went missing under the sofa).

For the all important patterns (I’m grateful to all who post their patterns for free):

* Tiny Tree Ornaments https://www.allfreeknitting.com/ChristmasKnits/

*Gingerbread man
© Frankie Brown, 2010 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gingerbread-man-8

*Christmas pud Thanks to Tess Young at www.fibrefables.wordpress.com

*Snowman Also see http://www.knitabit.net/, for other patterns by Barbara Breiter. I found this pattern here: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/holsnowman2.htm

*Mistletoe
© Alison Hogg 2013 http://crazydaisy60.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mistletoe-this-pattern-is-copyright.html