These little things are pretty clever. You take a bit of knitting, fold it in half,
and you’ve got a knitted Christmas ornament — or decoration, gift tag, whatever!
I’m not much of a person for fiddle-faddle, to be honest (yes, I’m passing on the angel), but even as these little things were coming together — in well under an hour apiece, less if I hadn’t stopped to take photos — I found myself thinking of variations, the endless possibilities. Colors! textures! variegated wools, or stripes! bigger, even … a dishcloth!
The star obviously requires some firm blocking, but it is definitely a star — and can be made with pretty much as many points as you like. I did this one on 65 stitches, instead of the 55 in the basic version. (I think that the Old Norwegian cast-on was the best choice for these, being almost-reversible and blending in well with the garter stitch.)
She’s not kidding about the "knitted firmly" part — even though it can get a bit tough towards the end, especially on the star, you need the body for the piece to hold its shape after blocking. Finer wools could of course be doubled.
I see no reason why beads couldn’t be added, either. This would be a great project for those Christmas fund-raisers, as a dozen or so could be turned out in a weekend, for next to nothing (now, so it doesn’t take up valuable December time) — and use up scraps in the process. How about all of those golf-ball-sized bits left over from socks?
A Bluestocking Knits 
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