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🎄 Milestone Keepsake Ornaments Vol 1 — 12 original knitting patterns (PDF, 38 pages).
A baby's first Christmas only happens once — so mark it with something made by hand and treasured for years. Every ornament in this keepsake collection from our Aussie family shop carries a charted year panel spelling 2027 in colourwork across the front — and because babies arrive in every year, the pack also includes a full charted number set (0–9) plus chart-your-own-year instructions, so you can personalise any ornament for any baby, any year, in Australia or anywhere else. These are true future heirlooms: hand-knitted this Christmas, then unboxed with the story every Christmas after.
This collection includes 12 original patterns: Koala Baby's First Bauble, Kangaroo and Joey First Christmas Mini Stocking, Wombat Baby's First Bauble, Quokka First Christmas Heart Ornament, Bilby Long-Ear Baby Bauble, Cockatoo First Christmas Star Ornament, Kookaburra Baby Bootie Bauble, Platypus First Christmas Bauble, Echidna Baby's First Bauble, Wallaby Joey Pouch Mini Stocking, Tassie Devil Baby's First Bauble, and Emu Baby's First Christmas Bauble.
Each of the 12 patterns includes:
• A dedicated photo page
• Pattern-at-a-glance box (skill level, finished size, yarn, needles)
• Full round-by-round instructions with stitch counts on every round
• A charted 2027 year panel (15 sts x 5 rows) on every design, worked in stranded colourwork or duplicate stitch
• The full charted number set 0–9 plus a chart-your-own-year guide in Pattern 1 — personalise any year for any baby
• Eight bauble covers, each shaped its own way — gathered crowns, a swirl crown, a pinwheel close — all fitting standard 6 cm baubles, with stitch counts on every round
• Two mini stockings with two different heels — a flap-and-gusset heel and a 16-stitch wedge heel — plus a point-grown heart and a garter-backed star, counts on every row
• Ears, bills, crests, pouches and blazes knitted separately and sewn on last, so every Aussie character sits perfectly
Knit one for the tree, one for the nursery door, and one for the grandparents — a handmade first-Christmas keepsake is the gift new parents still have when the tiny clothes are long outgrown, and grandparents treasure them just as much. They make a lovely DIY holiday activity and craft-night project too: whimsical Aussie animals — koala, kangaroo, wombat, quokka, bilby, cockatoo, kookaburra, platypus, echidna, wallaby, Tasmanian devil and emu — bringing a true Aussie Christmas to the tree, whether you are celebrating in Australia or carrying a little Aussie Christmas with you anywhere in the world. Australia may do Christmas in summer, but an Aussie baby's first Christmas deserves an ornament as original as they are.
Skill level: Confident beginner (the charts are small and charted clearly). DK weight yarn, 3.25 mm DPNs. Bauble covers fit standard 6 cm baubles; mini stockings measure about 15 cm from cuff to heel.
KNITTING PATTERN only — not finished items. This is a digital PDF download; no physical item will be shipped.
MORE FROM ALANDTINA — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
Christmas Bauble Covers — knitted covers that dress plain baubles as Aussie animals
Aussie Christmas Stockings — full-size hand-knitted stockings with Aussie animal designs
Baby Knits — knitted Aussie baby gifts, rattles, pram toys and nursery pieces
Original designs © Alandtina. For personal use only. Listing photos are AI-generated concept images.
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