Fa La Llama

Peta Penguin

Christmas is all about traditions; such as, baking cookies, parties, big breakfasts, Christmas music, hanging stockings, and putting up the Christmas tree. It is hard to imagine how we would make it through the dark winter months without this festive time of year. I might actually enjoy Christmas even more now as an adult than I did as a child. I can carry on traditions from my childhood as well as creating new ones.

Every year I like to have a new ornament for my Christmas tree. Decorating the tree is a walk down memory lane. I have an ornament made by both my kindergarten and first grade teachers. I also have ornaments made by relatives and ornaments from around the world given to me by friends.

Last year I started a knitted Christmas ornament series with the Peta Penguin ornament. Peta was worked in fingering weight yarn using intarsia in the round. Always the fashionable penguin, Peta is sporting a red winter hat.

This year I am continuing the tradition with the Fa La Llama. My family is quite taken with llamas and have showed more interest in this cutie than any of my previous knitting projects. They have offered me plenty of advice on what would make the llama the cutest llama that it could be. Currently I am finding my “test llamas” all over the house and riding on my spinning wheel. It must be elves.

Fa La Llama

The Fa La Llama is worked in worsted weight yarn and is shaped using short rows. The legs and ears are made using i-cord. The tail is braided. Since all fashionable ornaments must be appropriately dressed, this llama is wearing a festive red scarf.

The pattern incudes four pages with plenty of photos to show you exactly how the llama is assembled. I plan to hang a llama on my tree and to use a couple more to trim packages. Since they are a pretty quick knit maybe everyone will get one this year!

As my Christmas gift to the knitters of the world, I am offering the pattern for free on Raverly through the end of December. If you love Peta Penguin and the Fa La Llama be sure to follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or WordPress to make sure that you don’t miss next years pattern!

Download the Fa La Llama in my Ravelry store here!