X-mas Present #1: Reindeer Shrugs

This year - as most years - a lot of my Christmas presents are handmade. I often don't like to share my x-mas presents on my blog, or even on the Crafty Christmas Blog, before Christmas. It just takes away the magic a little as if the presents were unwrapped before Christmas. (Oh, no!).

But in an effort to inspire more people to make their own handmade presents, I've decided to share some of my presents either here or on the Crafty Christmas Blog before Christmas so that other people might get an idea for a last minute Christmas present of their own.

So, first up, is this shrug I made two of for my boyfriend's sisters. Both sisters are practically grown up but I know that they love wearing special Christmassy things during the holidays and I thought these shrugs make an ideal extra warm cover for sitting around in your pyjamas at Christmas time. I used a free Hot Patterns shrug pattern I found online* but had to shorten the shrugs a lot because I had too little fabric. The shrugs are still pretty long, so I guess the original shrug would reach all the way down to the hips.

The fabric is a cream white fleece with red reindeers printed on and I found it in a shop in Norway last summer and was immediately inspired to make Christmassy shrugs with the fabric. For the edges I used ordinary cotton jersey rib in a matching color.

The shrugs are super simple to make, especially if you have a serger. So it's not too late to make one for Christmas!

*There are plenty more free patterns where this one came from!