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In the Loop

Black Dog Publishing specialises in beautifully illustrated books that represent a fresh, eclectic take on contemporary culture. The titles featured in this offer include the recently released Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now –  a detailed look into this versatile material, and how cardboard is used in a creative, artistic and practical way in contemporary design and everyday life – as well as popular 2010 releases In the Loop: Knitting Now and Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective.

To take advantage of the 40% discount, simply email Jess at [email protected] with the title(s) of interest and your delivery address and she will place your order for you.

There are 8 books on which the offer applies:

OUTSIDE THE BOX: CARDBOARD DESIGN NOW

You can win a copy of Making Stuff and Making Stuff for kids books on our sister site Craftbits.com starting 1st December. So bookmark the Craftbits competition page.

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

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.