Faith Food and Yarn
Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas Crochet-a-Long, may not look all that Christmas-y to the untrained eye. The Clara Hand Puppet is made in the likeness of Clara from The Nutcracker! Last year, my sister-in-law and I began what we thought would be an annual tradition of taking our girls to see The […] Read more…
Today, we are taking a short break from the puppets, for something a bit more practical this Christmas. This Holly Christmas Stocking Ties pattern has been two years in the making! Two years ago, I grew tired of using up pieces of my yarn or ribbon to tie our stockings to the stair bannister, only […] Read more…
The 6th puppet in our Christmas collection is the Elf Hand Puppet! Santa needs his little sidekick, and you could even make this pattern multiple times with various colors, creating a whole group of Santa’s elves for the workshop. The beauty of this design is that there is very minimal sewing! Elf, being a toy […] Read more…
Where would Santa Claus be without his Mrs?! The Mrs. Claus hand puppet is the perfect addition to our Christmas puppet collection! She is the brains behind the operation after all. You didn’t actually think Santa did all this work by himself, did you? Mrs. Claus is behind the scenes, making sure everything runs smoothly, […] Read more…
Here comes Santa Claus! Here comes Santa Claus! The Santa hand puppet pattern is here! He couldn’t leave his trusty old pal, Rudolph, hanging. Maybe you’ve been participating in my Christmas Crochet-a-Long, or maybe you’ve just found this pattern later on. Either way, he makes a wonderful stocking stuffer for Christmas, or a great resource […] Read more…
Aside from Santa, I don’t think any character quite screams Christmas, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Songs and stories have been written over the years, with many varying tales of this magical reindeer. He is the one reindeer of them all that stands out in every story, his own unique tale shining more brightly, if […] Read more…