I may have been absent from my blog for most of 2016 but I wasn't absent from designing! Back in August, Let's Get Crafting magazine got in touch looking for a few Christmas patterns for their new website Craft Store. LGC magazine offer their very own brand of yarn with every issue and they wanted me to make some Christmas decorations with their new Christmas colours. 

After seeing the colours on offer I decided on a wreath and matching bauble set. I wanted the wreath and baubles to somewhat match and have the same look. I had an idea for a sort of amigurumi character sitting in the hoop of the wreath and eventually decided on a cheeky elf! I had never made a wreath before so it was nice to have a new challenge. This photo is a quick snap I took while I was in the middle of making it - hence the rubbish, placeholder bow and the loose yarn tails. I don't like the way the photographer photographed him on the website...someone pulled the brim of his hat down and covered his hair and it just doesn't look right!