Christmas Time

As has become a tradition of sorts, I made the gifts I gave to my siblings families for Christmas again this year. This is a project I have been wanting to do for ages but was unable to until this year.

When we were young our Mother crocheted a Nativity, or Creche for us to play with. When my parents were getting the their house ready (ie moving their stuff to a new location in the house so my Sister would have room for her things) to leave on their Mission to Paraguay I came across the pattern and snagged it. It was a photocopy from a magazine, and kind of difficult to follow so I decided to re-type it into an easier version for me to read. I still couldn't read "crochet" though.

After my Parents moved to California for their mission there I would take the pattern and supplies with me on visits in the hope my Mother could help me get started. Things never really worked out with that so after they returned home this Summer I "made" her sit down and help me. Here is the results -

This one is for my Sister and her Family


And this one is for my Brother and his family.
My mother often mentioned she needed a baby Jesus for each of us, so we wouldn't fight (she also said this of my sister, meaning she needed twins so my brother and I each had a baby sister to play with ;) ). Because of this I decided to make a baby Jesus for each of my nieces and nephews, so for my sister's family this meant two more and for my brother this meant 5 more. I also made a manger and filled it with yarn hay for each baby.

There was not any pattern for a "stable" so I grabbed some plastic canvas, florist wire, Tacky Glue, thread, yarn, and felt and "threw" these together. My Sister's was first and after finishing I found out it was 1.5" to tall for any box to be found, so with my brother's I adjusted the height and added the star to the wall. My sister has a star as well it's just detachable. I lucked out and a co-worker sent my team a HUGE can of popcorn, leaving a box perfect to ship her nativity to Washington!

I am happy with how they turned out, and so happy they are finished. I was literally finishing the last details as my brother and his family drove up the driveway :)