A handmade Christmas is a Happy Christmas. For more knitted creations to wow your guests this festive season, perhaps your plum pudding is just missing a friendly, knitted Santa Claus toy to pop by ...

Row by row, stitch by dropped stitch, knitting has been making a comeback in recent years. And now, thanks to the credit crunch, the revival has clicked into top gear. Sales of wool are up almost 30 ...