Everlasting (well, knitted!) christmas paper chains

rosieben

yes I shall be looking out for glitzy yarn and makng some of these for next year, red and gold would be nice. Thanks for the link CJ

haylibo

These are gorgeous. Great idea or being able to coordinate decos with your room and much more environmentally friendly. Just finding the time:-)

ViksB

What a fab idea. I love it. I was going to knit some Christmas decorations, but this looks easier!!
Thanks

mirandamayhem

blimey, someone does sell it!
http://www.allthefunofthefair.biz/ourstandard.asp?pageid=76
think it would be cheaper for me to learn to knit!

C_J

£25??? Flippin' 'eck! It's much, much cheaper to make your own! And so rewarding, too (but, like haylibo says, it's just the small matter of finding the time!) I've brought my paper-chain-knitting in to work with me again today, and am currently trying to work out how I can get a few rows done surreptitiously UNDER MY DESK while pretending to work.

Another good (cheap) tip is to buy woollen jumpers etc at charity shops or car boot sales and then unravel them and re-knit the wool (or sometimes you can even buy wool inexpensively from charity shops).

mirandamayhem : It's not *that* hard to learn to knit the basic stitch you'd need to make these - it's like a tiny, miniature scarf really. You'd need to learn how to cast on, do a knit stitch, and cast off - and it's so much easier to have someone *show* you this rather than try and work it out from a book. https://www.knittinghelp.com is a great website which has short instructional video clips which show very clearly how to do it - have a go, and I think you might be surprised that it's not as difficult as you fear. I'm not a great knitter by any stretch of the imagination, but even *I* can manage this!!

Sallys_Savings

£25!!!!!! crikey...I think I'm going to learn to knit

Now wheres those knitting needles.

mirandamayhem

thanks CJ, you're right. I should get back into it. I did years ago, it can't be that hard to remember!