Anyone else making things for Christmas fairs?

Was searching for a pattern. Here is a link to one for a choclate orange and I suppose thinner yarn + smaller needles could get it downsized considerably.
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Not sure if anyone has actually supplied a tiny pattern link yet... will check it out later.

Found one on clever google Auntiflo !!

If you're still looking for a pattern for those 'hats', here's a link: www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk/Content/uploads/files/Christmas%20Knitting%20Patterns%20for%20website.pdf

Happy, do admire your handiwork,

Thank you shysal,ill try the chocolate orange cover as my daughter (now 26)traditionally receives a terrys choc orange from me every year

Never heard of circle weaving but i do same kind of thing when i make pompoms! But i tie around centre of cut wool before pulling off cardboard,pull tight&voila! a lovely fluffy pompom to decorate the tree or to trim gifts!

How about little knitted place holders for knife/spoon/fork(santa/snowmen?) for christmas dinner table?Ive recently got big knitting needles&ive begun a patchwork quilt with extra chunky wool- might take some time....also was a ploy to 'relax' me,in a bid to lower my blood pressure-but think its having the opposite effect...

B9Exchange Thank you! I didn't have a pattern I just worked them out as I went along. They were really easy to do, just wrapping pieces of fabric and stitching or gluing it in place and adding bits of trimming. But I think I have seen instructions for similar dolls on Pinterest. Children enjoy making them as well, especially the fairies, so DIY kits with pegs, fabric and trimmings and simple instructions could also be an idea for fairs.

Happysexagenarian, those peg dolls are stunning, is there a pattern or some instruction somewhere?

The Early early Christmas Fair takes place at Tedworth House, Tidworth (home of Help for Heroes) this week!! If you live in the area, go along and support them

One item I bought years ago at fair was a fridge magnet, a small photo holder one. It had DS's tiny school pic in and someone used gold pen to write Happy Father's Day on. I changed the pic later. Not sure how cost efficient it was. Prep school so parents happy to cough up. I was on PTA of other son's special school. Hard work!!

craftycat how about circle weaving on cardboard circles. Cereal box sides works well. you can have them cut ready for the craft session. Plus wool in small quantities in little balls.
Cut slits into the circle all around it and weave in and out of them. Can look quite effective. Pretty sure details and pictures are on yahoo.

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Last year I made Christmas tree decorations using wooden dolly pegs: angels, fairies, Santa, Nutcracker soldiers, snowmen, holy family etc. Also Nativity sets. They sold like hot cakes at our village Fair and are a great way to use up small pieces of surplus fabric. Cinnamon stick bundles tied with ribbons and decorated with fresh greenery are also popular and smell wonderful in the house. Gingerbread men are always popular with children. Or how about small advent stockings. I love making things for Christmas. Have fun!

As a Crafter I have already got things under way for the Christmas Fayres I am doing. I try not to work inside in the summer when it is lovely in the garden so it is busy now.
I have also been asked to go to local Brownies group to do a craft session with them. I am currently trying to think of easy things I can do with them in the time allowed. Not so easy.

Here's a recipe
for Scandanavian Dough which dries hard, like porcelain and can be cut out with cookie cutters and baked until hard (about an hour I think). don't forget to put a small hole in if you want to hang them. All you need is some nice ribbon. You can decorate them with 'Sharpies" felt tips if you're creative.
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornflour
3/4 cup of warm water

Ferrero Rocher hats?? Never heard of anything so daft. Make some marmalade or jam that always goes down well. You can buy "mamade" from any supermarket and it's so easy to make only a fool could go wrong. If you can read you can make it!!!

An orange pomander is popular too.
One orange tied around with ribbon to separate into quarters and also provide a hanging loop, then push cloves closely - i.e. touching - into the orange to cover the exposed quarters. Use a needle to pierce a hole first if the peel is hard.
Your hands smell wonderful when you have finished.

Oh you clever people, what fun you must have. I am lacking in creativity and craft skills and my only contributions are knitting and baking a chocolate log, biscuits or shortbread.

Just a heads up for anybody using Epsom salts - we used to get them from Boots but they are half the price in B&M and Aldi.

Gingerbread men. If you turn them upside down, you get a "Rudolf". Both prettily iced go down well, as do minature gingerbread houses. I also often make a full sized one for the raffle.

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I’ve been making patchwork throws all year to sell at Craft and Xmas Fairs

Look on Pinterest for simple tree decorations made from felt...

Jenni123 If you are making for a Christmas fair or for presents, you need to start them now

NanaandGrampy, would you believe it? I have mislaid lost my pattern. But if you Google something like 'knitting pattern for Ferrero Rocher hats' you should come up with lots of ideas. Apologies, and good hunting, as others have suggested, you should be lucky.

Last year a friend and made small bags filled with a mixture of spicy herbs,cloves,allspice,nutmeg etc,a bit like lavender bags. We used red ribbon to decorate them and make a hanger so they could be hung on the Christmas tree,they smell Christmassy and we sold them in the Charity shop we work in,they were very popular. We also made lots of knitted angels which also sold well.

I refuse to talk about Christmas until at least the beginning of November. In Sept an animal charity I support sent me a Christmas catalogue, it went straight into the bin and they received an email from me telling them I was not amused. I do buy gifts throughout the year as I have a lot to buy and my pension doesn't stretch far, but I refuse to acknowledge Christmas adverts/sales etc until later in the year