Stoat in an Ermine Coat knits a tiny ermine, in either running or in a curled up sleepy position.

A quick and simple pattern to make a stylised tiny daffodil, about 1.4cm diameter and 3cm tall, including the stem.

This little brooch is a celebration of the loveliness of red squirrels, officially one of Scotland’s favourite animals and definitely one of mine.

This tiny tortoise / turtle is a quick and easy knit.

This tiny barn owl decoration combines two of my favourite things- wool and wildlife. It’s always a thrill to see a ghostly barn owl flying at dusk and I thought I’d make these little ones, wet felted to sweet miniatures. They’re fun on the Christmas tree but I keep one in a little glass dome all year round, with twinkly lights to brighten dark...

These mitts have delicate twisting mock cable columns that circle around little embroidered spots of colour. Almost all the texture comes from quick and easy mock cables, with only a little use a cable needle to make the rings around the spots.

A tiny teacup, filled with a little ball of wool and knitting needles, perfect for a hanging decoration.

TINY RABBIT DECORATION

Teacup rabbit

A stem of willowherb leaves travels the length of these long, cosy Fair Isle mitts. This pattern is written for Di Gilpin’s lovely marshmallow-soft Scottish lambswool yarn Lalland. Lalland is a light double knit weight.

Uncomplicated mitts, with mock cable for crunchy texture.

Easy first cabled hat project.

These stretchy, cabled napkin rings fit around a rolled napkin. They’re a fairly quick knit. If knitting the bobble edges is too slow for you, replace them with two or three rows of K1P1 ribbing, in which case, they’re very speedy.