Some things you’re happy to make yourself (popcorn garlands, breast milk). Others (Christmas pageant costumes) you’re not.

But soft, nubby sweaters with MillaMia’s help are hard to resist.

The Scandi-inspired designs, created by Swedish sisters Katarina and Helena Rosen, combine clean-cut, no-fuss patterns with a bright colour palette that changes each season. Choose from jumpers, dresses, jackets and accessories for kids ages newborn to 5.

The soft yarns are 100 per cent extra-fine merino wool, machine washable and can be bought separately (by the ball) or in a ready-to-knit kit that makes doing it yourself totally charming.

It could even become a pattern.

Available at Skandium, 247 Brompton Road, SW3 2EP (020 7584 2066 or skandium.com); online at millamia.com.

PLAY
Circus Minimus
What: An interactive comedy that makes your own family spectacle seem like a snooze (for ages 2 to 4).
Why: All the world’s a stage.
When: Tues.-Jan. 3. Times vary.
Where: Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley St., SE1 2HZ (020 7645 0560).

SEE
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
What: A gorgeous production of Tchaikovsky’s best-loved ballet with a troupe of male dancers.
Why: Shake a tail feather.
When: To Jan. 24. Times vary.
Where: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Rosebery Ave., EC1R 4TN (08444 124300).

CELEBRATE
Victorian Christmas at Kensington Palace
What: A free peek into Queen Victoria’s childhood holidays with card- and cracker-making for kids.
Why: We will be amused.
When: Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: Kensington Palace, The Broadwalk, Kensington Gdns., W8 4PX (08444 827777).

Photo: Courtesy of MillaMia