While you were all busy planning your summer holidays, I was working away on these cute little tree decorations. I don’t often venture into the world of amigurumi, but I quite enjoyed making this little couple. They’re very easy and lots of fun to embellish with scraps of ribbon, buttons and beads.

The trend for mandalas continues, and these little tree decorations would also make great coasters.

You can find both of these patterns in issue 8 of Your Handmade Home, which is on sale now, as always there are some lovely ideas for your home and my projects have been styled and photographed beautifully – much better than my efforts!