Knit up lots of cheerfully bright gingerbread houses and bobbly sheep Christmas decorations with this pattern set.

I knitted these using yarn left over from making our Winter Fairy and Christmas Angel dolls, so this is a nice way to use up the leftover yarn if you’ve already made that project. Otherwise you can use any chunky weight yarn you like to make these.

The patterns are simply written and take you step-by-step through knitting the textured stitch of the mini-sheep.

The little houses knit up fast and can be decorated with sequins so they glitter in the light. Hang them from the Christmas tree, make them into colourful bunting or line them up on a shelf to bring a pop of colour to your room.

Houses measure 11cm tall, mini-sheep are 9cm tall and 13cm long and look lovely hanging on the Christmas tree.