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Book Review And Giveaway – Kids Knits

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Kids Knit is penned by talented knitting teacher Kerry Kimber.

This superb guide is written in an accessible style that will appeal to kids – straightforward and packed with lots of tricks, tips and clear photographic examples of each stage. Kerry has been teaching her own children and many others how to knit for years so she knows what works and how to get kids hooked on knitting. 

With 20 projects to interest little hands and little attention spans, this book is sure to be a success on keeping your kids engaged whilst they pick up and learn the necessary skills to become confident knitters.  So many kids start knitting but just get a bored of straight stitch scarfs and the repetition. These projects are fast and cute!

We are giving 4 Lucky CraftGossip.com readers the chance to win a copy of this book.  This giveaway is open to US and UK addresses. For your chance to win a copy, simply comment below and tell us who this book is for and why you think they will love it!  Winners will be randomly drawn on October 31st 2020.

 

 

 

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The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.