Christmas CAL roundup part 2
Happy Christmas!
Here’s the rest of the Christmas Crochet-Along roundup (if you missed my previous post, the other entries are here).
Meg used variegated yarn to great effect with her baubles.
Di made some wonderfully sparkly baubles using beaded crochet with seed beads – I really love these!
Poor Ginger has been in hospital (get well soon, Ginger) but still managed to complete a few baubles for the CAL – now that’s team spirit!
Reem made an exact twin of my white Christmas tree, but used beads instead of pins to make the baubles.
Erica made this Christmas pudding as her first CAL.
Katie made Rudolph and all Santa’s other reindeer too – how cool is that?! And she cleverly adapted the technique from my PocketAmi witch’s hair to make a bearded Santa.
This bold red Christmas tree was crocheted by Jo-Ann.
Linda did a little outdoor decorating amid the snow in Sweden with some Christmas puddings (and a couple of Christmas whales thrown in for good measure!)
Hattalahutta stuffed her tree and decorated it with pearl headed pins and silver star sequins.
Nicole has been busy, making a poinsettia and a tri-colour candy cane…
…and a cute little white Christmas tree!
Erica didn’t have any green yarn for her pudding’s leaves, but used green thread to great effect instead.
Jana made her poinsettia into a tree ornament with a little hanging loop.
Lena says this poinsettia and pudding were her first completed ravelry projects 🙂
And last but definitely not least, Kim adapted my Elf pattern to make a cutie Merry Mouse to go with her other PocketAmi!
All wonderful, I’m sure you’ll agree… And now to the winners! I used random.org to draw 2 from all the emailed entries:
First prize ($10 gift certificate) goes to Jukatca – congratulations Judy! 🙂
Second prize (free pattern) goes to Robin!
But nobody’s a loser around here: I’ll email runner-up prize discount codes to all the CAL participants within the next couple of days!
Thanks so much for taking part; seeing all these sweet projects has really put a smile on my face. I hope it’s done the same for you with these roundup posts 🙂
And one more thing before I settle down with Dave and Maui for some tea and Christmas cake: I hope you’re having a very happy Christmas. Cheers!
UPDATE: I missed a few pics from my updates – oops! Here they are:
Cora ran out of time to finish her tree, but did complete a cute snowman for the CAL!
Rebecca had the lovely idea of making baubles to decorate the tree for her family reunion – each family gets to take one home at the end of the reunion. She also modified the pattern to make some into the ‘candy’ shape you can see here – clever!
…And Rebecca also made this cute elf and snowman into tree ornaments by adding a hanging loop to them.
If I’ve missed your entry too, please let me know so I can add it to this post!
Di said
Hi June, thanks for such wonderful CAL with patterns that were so much fun to make. There were so many fantastic entries and I got some great ideas (I especially love the idea of turning the pocket amis into tree decorations). It has definately inspired me to get organised and make decorations as gifts for friends and family for this year. Good luck with your move! Cheers Di
Ginger said
All the entries are so great! Just LOVE the beaded baubles. What a brilliant adaptation! Thanks for the fun June and sorry I couldn’t have done more. I’ll definitely join in if you have another. Maybe for Valentines?
paula said
Santa and the reindeer are so adorable . . I have just started making small toys but I might have to make these for next Christmas gifts.
Rebecca said
These are so sweet! I love love love the pocket ami and will definitely be making more!
I don’t see any of the 3 pictures I sent in, in this or the previous post; was this supposed to cover everyone? I’m really looking forward to that coupon code so I won’t feel so guilty (after all the xmas shopping) for buying more if your delightful patterns! 🙂
June said
Oops! Yes, I have all your entries in the contest folder, Rebecca – doing this on Christmas Day was one of my stupidest ideas – it was really hard to keep track of all the entries while trying to cook Christmas dinner etc… I’ll add them to this post, and don’t worry – you’ll get your discount code 🙂
Anyone else whose entries are missing, please let me know so I can add them! If I acknowledged your email(s), you WERE entered in the contest – I may have just missed your pics from the roundup. I’m so sorry if I have… I wasn’t expecting so many entries! I’ll have to think of a better organisational method for the next CAL.
Amanda said
Oh my goodness!
Katie’s whole Santa + Elf + Reindeer is my FAVORITE! How cute! What a great set!
Cora Shaw said
June, did you not get my little snowman?
Cora
June said
No, but I have it now – I’ll be adding your snowman shortly!