Day four’s ornament is an intarsia angel with embroidered hair. My angel’s hair is blond, because I have a blonde daughter, but you can make the hair or skin any color you want. Boy angels wear robes too, so the color-change chart should work fine for a boy angel.
Yesterday (in 2005) I was a volunteer greeter at a beautiful home in the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council Christmas Tour of Homes. The attire had to be Christmas-y, so a few days early, I pondered my wardrobe. The truth was shocking. My shoes looked old and ratty. They were old and ratty!
The inevitable could not be put off any longer. I bought two pairs of shoes. Here’s the remarkable pair, which I wore with black jeans, my pink sweater, a pink shirt, and a necklace I made. Who says plump, middle-aged ladies, with long, straight hair, who wear no makeup, have to be frumpy?
The Advent wall hanging and its knitted ornaments were originally published on my blog, December 1-24, 2005. I’m posting them on Twitter @textilefusion and Instagram @suzannthompson, too. Hope you’ll follow me to see all 24 ornaments. You can also find them by searching #KnitAdvent.
INKnitters magazine gave patterns for all 24 ornaments and the calendar wall hanging in issues 7, 8, 9, and 10, Winter 2002 through Fall 2003. The project isn’t particularly difficult, but it is time-consuming.