The interest in Santa's pants ( stop it!) got me thinking about the rest of the Christmas table so here are a few ideas - not to be taken too seriously I think.
A kind friend who knows that I like to recycle and re-purpose things had given me a set of curtain rings. I was thinking of covering them to make into tree decorations but then I thought of napkin rings ( as you do ).
Take off the hook - in some it just pulls off in others you will need a pair of pliers to unscrew an eyelet.
I used a scrap of white sparkly acryllic double knitting to cover the ring by doing double crochet through the ring. Always push the stitches up so that you really fill the space or you will get gaps when you do the next bit.The green bit is a tiny bit of tinsel yarn - all I did was a dc. in every oyher stitch. I am going to play with this idea maybe using buttons or beads or tiny holly leaves.
I am pleased with the result but as you will see we are not a napkin sort of family (more a sort of pass the kitchen roll please family) so I have struggled to find a napkin to show the ring working.
I then remembered Vicky's bottle cover - it is actually for wrapping your bottle present but I thought it looked nice here and wine is a very important part of our Christmas meal. I find it very strange that the person who made the bottle cosy is the only non-drinker in the family, that is apart from those who are underage but even they would like to try it!
PS. I forgot this - my granny would be proud of me making a traditional doily but in the shape of a star for Christmas.
These cutlery holders are on sale at the moment and several people have expressed interest in a crochet version. So we have made a pattern for the bottom half of Santa and we will work on making a pattern for the top half as soon as we can.
a little gold thread for a buckle.
rows 4. to 10 repeat row three.
Make another leg in exactly the same way but do not break yarn at the end of row 13.
The next two rows will make holes for the tie.
next row: 1ch, 1dc, (2dc in 2chain space 1dc in next 2 stitches) repeat 5 times more 2dc in last 2ch space 1dc in last stitch. Fasten off leaving a long end for sewing up.
leaving a long end ch 50 and fasten off leaving another long end to make the tassels.
use the long end of red yarn to stitch the two sides together to the point shown by the pin which is 4 rows below the black belt.
Then sew down each leg to the point where the white starts fasten off the red . Sew up the ends of the legs using white. Turn the pants right side out.
To make the tassels: thread one of the long white ends into a blunt needle. Then wind the yarn around your finger like this.
Cut through the loops and and tidy the tassel. Repeat for the other end of the chain.
Embroider a buckle onto the front and your silver holder is complete.
Now you can make one for each peson who is coming to Christmas dinner. If your Christmas dinner is anything like ours this could take you until roughly August next year.
As usual let us know if there are errors and share anything you make using the pattern.