Christmas Preparations

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4 June 2024 at 19.10

The Christmas knitting has commenced. 

I've set myself the task of making a Knitivity, or at least completing the one Carey started and had to give up on due to failing eyesight.

She's done most of Mary and Joseph, six arms and legs and some other bits of Shepherds.

The pattern is a bit beige and I decided there should be a bit more diversity in the three kings (as LD:NorthEast's staff and clients are diverse).  

Here are Caspar, Balthazaar and Melchior to represent Northern European, African and Asian people (admittedly I shall have to do something about Balthazaar's bizarre beard).

The next bit of the project will be the three shepherds.

Mrs Lasagne  So cute

Mrs Bun  They look great. Leave the beard it's fabulous. X

Mrs Bursar  Is that you thinking about Christmas?!

Bentonbag  Mary, Joseph, 3 shepherds, 3 kings, an angel, a sheep (or two), donkey, camel, manger and baby Jesus take some knitting ... Once we'd stopped doing Easter bunnies at knit'n'natter we started on snowmen for Xmas, but we've been sidetracked into baby hats for hospitals.

I once commented to Mrs Bursar that she was planning Christmas things a bit early: such remarks are seldom forgotten.

Everything Carey made she put into little zip-freezer bags with the contents written on the label.  “Kings: 6 arms 6 legs” was a little offputting

The knitivity was finally given to LDNE for Christmas 2025.  This was because every swaddled baby Jesus I made looked like a maggot.  Friends told me this was normal.  Mrs Quilt finally came to my rescue by knitting a tiny nappied baby Jesus that I made a little nightie for.