Cozy Knit Christmas Vase

Chunky cable knit is a strange thing to render in plastic and a very satisfying one. The pattern reads instantly as wool, jumpers and the last fortnight of December, which is exactly the trick this vessel is pulling — a piece of festive homeware that comes down from the loft in late November and goes back up in January. In practice it lives on a mantelpiece, a hall table or a windowsill through the season, holding sprigs of greenery, dried stems, a bundle of cinnamon sticks or nothing much at all. The knitted texture gives it something to say even when it is empty. Seasonal decoration is one of the better arguments for owning a printer: run it once a year, and you get a keeper instead of the supermarket version that survives exactly one Christmas.