Christmas Crochet

Had a lovely chilled out Christmas where James and I watched loads, ate loads and did little else. We came across this funny family story on Reddit where this families tradition was to open a present on Christmas Eve much like many other families. What made this family different was the fact that their parents went to such lengths to trick the kids to open the pants and socks on Christmas eve by putting these in games boxes and tearing a corner of the wrapping paper. They even once made a bike shape with toilet roll. If I ever have kids I would be tempted to do this. link

This Christmas I made this little Crobot for one of my friends back in Glasgow. She has a thing for Robots, even used to own an alternative clothing store called Dead Robot. Shame it had to close, it was a cool wee shop. This is Mechanobot a pattern from Nelly Pailloux's Crobots.

Before adding his arms and legs

Using springs and things just adds another element to this pattern. I think this is my fave thing I have made so far!

He looked so good on my mantle place. I was tempted to keep him.

He was easy and fun to make this little guy. Was so satisfying how quickly he came together. I have started working on a scoodie - now until I came across the tutorial for this I had had no idea what a scoodie was - a mix between a scarf and a hoodie for all of you out there like me. Got myself some lovely chunky wool and a chunky hook to set to work on this project. Coming along quite nicely so far.

For Christmas James got me these gorgeous hooks from Knit Pro, I can't wait to find new patterns to put them to work.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas too and have a Happy New Year!