Lily Sugar’n Cream Solids & Denim Colours:
White
Soft Ecru
Country Green
Sage Green
Soft Violet
Grape
Light Blue

November 20, 2012 The Amigurumi Army physical Meet-Up group is having it’s annual Holiday pot luck in a couple of weeks. We’re doing a hand-made ornament swap. So I did a search on Ravelry for some patterns. Instead of finding just one pattern, I got a whole bunch of ideas! So I dove into my stash and got to making balls. I’m now planning on making a whole bunch and putting them on gifts this year.

So far I’ve only done Christmas colours: red, green, white/soft ecru, a red/green/white variegated thread (held together with a solid white worsted, it looks really cool!) and a little bit of gold thread. I even juggled three different yarns at once to make my first multi-colour spiral! It’s Poppy Red, Country Green and Soft Ecru. I really like the way it came out, so I’ll probably do several more. I do plan to branch out to blues and silver thread, maybe throw in some purples and yellow… We’ll see!

I showed them to my Mom and she seems to like them, too. I have an inkling that she’s going to want to purchase some to hand out around the office.

November 23, 2012 I have sixteen of these things, now. KristyRecycles’s Ornament project notes include a crocheted version of Lion Brand’s Holiday Ornament, and it’s great! The crocheted ornaments are relatively quick, fun to do, and I absolutely love the way they come out! I’ve done seven with KristyRecycles’s pattern so far.

December 26, 2012 Attached these guys to gifts this year to great effect. Even sold a few to both my parents.

Wonderful as KristyRecycles’s Ornament is, I shrunk it down a little bit so that I could get smaller balls that used up less yarn. It took some trial and error to get a colour scheme I liked. The pattern/colour scheme I used for the last two balls pictured (made for my sister and my auntie, respectively) can be found on my Small Christmas Balls project page.

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P.S. Also shrunk down the Scrolls Tapestry Crochet pattern from Donna Kooler’s Encyclopedia of Crochet for the Soft Ecru and Sage Green ornament with the scroll motif on it.