[Nfb-krafters-korner] What Crafty Gifts Are You Making.

[eileen SCRIVANI]

Marianne:

No matter how many, its always a very nice gift to get something hand made. 
A gift of your time and talents are always appreciated by people.  I'm sure 
your students will love the hats and the scarf.  Two weeks ago, which was 
one week prior to my prayer shawls Christmas dinner, one of the women 
brought up the subject of doing a gift exchange.  I was getting worried that 
it was going to be a matter of bringing something hand made.  If they would 
have brought the subject up in November I think I would have voted for it. 
I was relieved that others in the group didn't want to do any type of 
exchange this year. We just had our dinner out together. Whew, what a 
relief!  I don't mind making small gifts, but need a lot of lead time to get 
my act together.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] What Crafty Gifts Are You Making.


>I am knitting a hat for each girl I teach at school.  That is only two.  I 
>used the Quaker ribbed knit pattern.  I am also knitting a scarf.  I 
>haven't had much time for crafting this fall.
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> From: "eileen SCRIVANI" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "Nfb-krafters-korner" <Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:10 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] What Crafty Gifts Are You Making.
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>> Hi Folks:
>>
>> Annette's description of her mug cozy's for presents got me curious.  So 
>> what hand-crafted gifts are you or have you been working on to give out 
>> as presents this year?  I'll start ...
>>
>> Last week, I started making a baby hoodie for my niece's 6 month old. 
>> He's a big boy so I'm making the sweater sized for an 18-month old.  I 
>> got the pattern as a free down load through Red Heart.  It's called 
>> "Baby's First Holiday Hoodie."  Of course, I'm not using the called for 
>> yarn, but am trying for the first time, Herrschner's worsted weight wool 
>> in a pretty shade of red.  The wool is very nice and the knitting is 
>> going fast.  I just finished the hood and still need to get the sleeves 
>> done.  I hope to get all of this done by tomorrow night then can wash& 
>> block it on Thursday morning and ready in time for Friday!  And, of 
>> course, I can never just work the pattern as indicated, so am working it 
>> in one-piece from the bottom up.  At the shoulders I do a three-needle 
>> bind off.  For the hood, picked up stitches around the neck edge and knit 
>> back and forth and will do another 3-needle bind off at the top of the 
>> hood for the seam.  Then all I have to do is knit the sleeves by picking 
>> up around the arm holes and knitting downwards.  Wish me luck since I 
>> will need to get this done quick.  I always wait to the very last minute 
>> to decide to do this type of thing ... one of these days I'll learn!  If 
>> it comes out well I'll make the next larger size for his 2 year old 
>> brother, but that will not be ready for Christmas ... maybe his second 
>> birthday at the end of January.
>>
>> Merry Christmas to all.
>>
>> Eileen
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