Featured Project: Christmas Wreath

This lovely Knitted Christmas Wreath was made by Helen Dickman in Scotland for SfP Christmas sales, and I liked it so much because it is so different and beautiful, so I've asked Helen to share the instructions with us - see below.


Materials required:
- 25 gr ball dark green double knit yarn
- 5 metres of knitting lace (Helen has used white/gold here but says green looks even better!)
- 4.00 mm knitting needles
- toy stuffing
- beads to sew into the lace
- ribbon and any suitable decoration for the top

Measurement: approx. 18 cm (7")

Cast on 68 sts and knit 3 rows.
Next row: work in lace. **
Work these 4 rows until 5 rows of lace have been completed.
Knit 3 rows.
Cast off.

Sew up seam; filling the wreath with stuffing as you go, then join up into a circle.
Sew on trimmings.

**When knitting with slotted lace, work as follows:
on wrong-side row, place lace at back of work, insert needle through next stitch on left-hand needle and through next hole in centre of lace and complete the stitch. Continue working each stitch and eyelet of lace in this way to end of row, then cut off lace.

We hope that all you knitters in the group will have a go at this - for your own decorations, and maybe for SfP, too... Have fun!!!