These intricate seamless, 3-dimensional knitted stars make wonderful gifts or ornaments for your Christmas tree and are an intermediate knitter’s joy. They use just 30 grams of 4-ply Luxury each and are a fun way to bust those pesky leftovers in your stash!

This pattern includes an option to either hide the side seam (above right) or leave it visible (above left); you can choose which you prefer before you start.

Utilise your skills using either double-pointed needles or magic loop (or a combination of both), cabled twists and Japanese-inspired twisted stitches in this project. Read from the pattern or work from the charts.

The project is worked by casting all the edge stitches onto cable needles then immediately doubling them, before transferring half to waste yarn to be resumed once the first side is completed. Join in the round and work from outside to inside, decreasing each round until only 10 stitches remain; then use a tapestry needle to pull them together to form the star centre.

Begin the second side by picking up the stitches waiting on the waste yarn and repeat the process to create the reverse side. Before closing the hole, fill with stuffing and insert a hanger, then sew up the hole to complete the ornament.