Pattern on Ravelry – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/three-small-angels
Even though the opinions given were that the angel didn’t need arms, I couldn’t resist trying out what arms would look like.
First I just made a more colourful one. 
Then I decided I would try adding arms. 
And rather liked it.
So I decided to create a pattern with both angels I showed you plus the coloured one with arms as an option.
I took the first two angels to Crafty Coffee on Friday – well at least I can still drink coffee! – and I wanted to see if they liked the pattern. They did – Yay! so I gave them a free two angel one to use as they wish for their project and have published the full set as “Three Small Angels” on Ravelry. 
I was making a version of the third one in different colours but with my arm out of action. I have decided I can always add that as a photograph at a later date.
that someone didn’t want.
so my old eyes didn’t have to struggle!
and chose some colours. 
I also found a chart for a candle that was quicker to work.
I worked blanket stitch round one of the angels and got out some duck tape and cut a piece of card. 
I used the tape to fix the card on the back but then I decided that it would look just as good if not better (and quicker) if I used the tape for the edging. I had also been given some tiny cards that I could use for the candle. 
Of course the angel card was not complete and so I found some stickers 
I had used in a previous year and made up an A5 card. 
Just seven angels and five candles but as I have time I may make some more.
And a fancier set I bought later. 
This has three sizes of paper and the orange and red angels were made in the largest size to make it easier but I made the angels for the cards with the smallest size.
The instructions say to use half a square – a right- angled equilateral triangle sort of half – but I simply folded the paper in half for speed.
both because it was easier to make and also because I prefered the way it looked.
As you can see I did have difficulty with the head and I still haven’t got my head! round the right way to do it.
I expect that you can see in the top photograph if not these that I forgot to remove the dot that told me where to make the hole for the other cards. I put this down to the sense of time pressure I am under but it would have seemed wasteful to reprint for so small a mistake.
Here is the final card and this is how I put them together.
I used it to make a hole and pull the loop at the end of the cord through the hole.
the dot is to guide me as to where to make the hole.
Here is the inside when I had fixed the angel in place with a piece of cord securing the bottom of the robe to the loop. 
These pictures were taken the other day when I was in a hurry to make a couple of cards to send abroad. On Sunday I finished the other twelve cards and here you can see all twelve angels. 
And the twelve finished cards. 
Originally I was intending to make more angels but pains in my wrists and lots of problems to sort out meant that I only made seventeen (including the three for the Giveaway). So for a few people that I wanted to give home-made cards to I have folded some origami angels to go on the same cards. I will share these with you next week when I have made the cards and taken some photographs.
It can be used as a bookmark, perhaps with a cord and tassel or else as a tree decoration or even made into bunting.
