Making Holiday Presents Starting Now
November 1, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Christmas & Christmas projects & holiday crafts, crafts, sewing, spool knitting and spoolknitting, tatting, weaving and handweaving and looms
Now that November is here, the gift making season has begun.
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Well, okay,
for me,
the gift making
has already started.
I’ve been having
a lovely time
working on
Sunbonnet Sue Needlebooks.
I just love making them, and I hope that the friends and family that are receiving them will love them, too!
Here’s the link: Sunbonnet Sue
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If needle books
aren’t your cup of tea,
maybe making
a bracelet or two
might appeal?
Here’s a tutorial
for how to spool
knit with wire.
Spool knitting wire
is a great way to
showcase a favorite bead,
button, stone or found object and turn it into a one of a kind bracelet.
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One of my favorite
tiny gifts to make
and to receive
is a bookmark.
This bookmark
combines little
squares woven on
a vintage Weave it
loom, trimmed with
tatting.
Here’s the link for the how to:
Hope you’ll enjoy making some small, but precious gifts for the people that you love… I’ll be posting more tutorials and lots of links for great ideas for yarncentric gifts!
