Sew and make these simple decorations to bring a homemade touch to your Christmas decor

Sprinkled with a sugary colour palette of pastel pinks, butter yellow and baby blues, this folk art hoop will brighten up your winter days. Let spring in with this illustrative and detailed hoop of sy

Create a unique decoration to hang on your tree

YOU WILL NEED ■ Caron Simply Soft Party (99% acrylic, 1% metallic, 85g/150m) 1 ball of each: Yarn A Black Sparkle (0007) Yarn B Snow Sparkle (0001) Yarn C Fuchsia Sparkle (0002) Yarn D Red Sparkle (00

YOU WILL NEED ■ King Cole Giza Cotton 4ply (100% cotton, 50g/158m) 1 ball of each: White (2190) Glacier (2194) ■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook ■ PVA glue ■ Tealights For yarn stockists contact King Col

The bag strap is knitted in Fabric Stitch first, then the stitches for each side of the bag are picked up from the WS edge of the strap, to form an outside ‘seam’. These stitches are then worked in Tw