Christmas lights
November 29, 2008 by Del
Filed under Christmas & Christmas projects & holiday crafts, crafts, easy projects & fast projects, knitting, yarn crafts
Every year, my husband complains about having to climb ladders to our roof to install our Christmas lights. Every year, I tell him that as long as we have children living at home, the lights go up.
Our youngest is three years-old — looks like my husband is going to be climbing that ladder for a while yet.
Here’s some Christmas lights you can make without having to climb a roof at all: Christmas lights pattern. The pattern is free, perfect for using up those leftover pieces of yarn that aren’t long enough for anything else besides the smallest of items and you can …read more
Christmas knitting?
November 25, 2008 by Del
Filed under Christmas & Christmas projects & holiday crafts, gift, knitting, lace
Christmas is about a month away, so anyone out there who’s knitting or crocheting or crafting gifts has probably already started. Every January, I ask myself if I’m going to knit gifts for that year’s Christmas. I have to start thinking about it in January because I’m a slow knitter. It’s been a couple of years since I knitted gifts and I don’t know when I’ll start up again.
There are few things as satisfying than working on a project for hours and then gifting it and seeing the recipient really appreciate it. On the other hand, there are few things as frustrating as …read more
