The Foreign Office have advised against all but essential travel to France, so there goes another holiday. We wouldn't have minded a quarantine back here after the hols, but we can't travel without valid insurance. Thank goodness for knitting as a condolence.
As I had already started on Christmas stuff, I had another look at cork gnomes/korknisse. I think of them as Scandinavian in origin, I know that most cultures in the world have a tradition of some sort of little people. A not very long search on t'Internet brought up koro-pok-koru or Korobukkoro. They live in pits in the ground with roofs made of the butterbur plant, only come out at night as they are shy, but love to exchange gifts. Ideal for linking up with Santa then! I am making mine to fit over champagne corks, and several colours. Some patterns put a couple of dots on the cork for eyes, some jam the hat right down over the face, most have noses over the beard. Work in progress.
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