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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 7 – Santa-themed ornaments
Hello friends, and welcome to week seven of the Festive Friday Holiday Craft-Along! This week, I have two simple Santa-themed crafts to share with you. The first is a simple paper craft that would be perfect to make with the young kids in your life. These ho-ho-holiday decorations are just simple paper cones, with a [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 6 – Knitted partridge and pear
Hello friends, and welcome to week five of the Festive Friday Holiday Craft-Along! I loved seeing the bent-wire tree ornaments that people made as part of last week’s challenge. Did you check them out? This week, an ornament for the knitters in the crowd – a partridge and a pear to knit for your Christmas [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 5 – Beaded wire tree ornaments
Hi there, and welcome to week five of the Festive Friday Holiday Craft-Along! This week, I thought we’d revisit one of my favourite craft stories from recent years. This beaded wire tree ornament is lovely, but the story behind it is even better. The ornament was originally made by Laurie Schultz and Marran Woods, two friends [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 3 – Moravian stars
Hi again – welcome to week three of the Holiday Craft-Along. How did you do with last week’s crochet snowflakes? I was pleasantly surprised by how easy they were (after the first one, which had about eleventeen points – ooops) and whipped up half a dozen to use as ornaments and gift toppers. I think [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 2 – crochet snowflakes
Hello, and welcome to week two of the Holiday Craft-Along. I was delighted to see such a good response to our launch post last week. Thanks for joining us! Are you ready to get crafty? This week, the theme is snow. For many of us, it’s not really Christmas unless it’s a white Christmas, so [...]
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Festive Friday holiday craft-along: Week 1
Hello, and welcome to the Holiday Craft-Along! As the holiday frenzy ramps up, it’s easy to get swept along in a frenzy of shopping, baking, wrapping and Christmas Concert–attending. Yes, it’s fun, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to sit back, relax, and make something. Starting next Friday and continuing until December 21, we’ll [...]
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Coming up: The “Calm Cowl” crochet-along
I’m pleased to announce the theme of our next craft-along. This time around, we’re going to try a little something different, putting down the knitting needles and picking up a crochet hook. The Calm Cowl by Susana Davidovic is the perfect project for us to tackle as we get ready for fall. It’s a relatively [...]
