Everlasting (well, knitted!) christmas paper chains

I was browsing in a Cath Kidston shop over the weekend, and they had decorated the store with the most gorgeous knitted paper chains. I've no idea if they were for sale or not (they'd probably be quite expensive anyway) but I thought it was such a brilliant idea that it inspired me to rush home and dig out my knitting needles and some scraps of wool to start making some of my own. I reckon if I knit 3 or 4 links a day, I might have enough for this year!

I tried to google up a picture to show you the sort of thing I mean, and came up with only one hit - a blog where someone has already made some (plus there are directions for making them):

http://www.simplyknitting.co.uk/resources/simplyknitting/blogpattern2.pdf

I'm using size 4.5mm needles and cheap yarn (from the 99p shop) plus various leftovers in shades of green, red, yellow and brown. I cast on 8 stitches and do one row K, one row P until it's about 8 inches or so - it takes me about half an hour to do one, but I'm not a very accomplished knitter! I've made a dozen so far )

I thought it seemed a good way to recycle old wool, or just to have something a bit different (and a bit eco-friendly) for Christmas decorations so I thought I'd share it