The other day I noticed this little trio on a shelf and remembered how much fun I had making them for tiny pre-Christmas gifts:
These are the ones I kept, but I must have made twenty or more over the years. They're a quiet version of the Christmas pins every woman had to wear on the lapel of her cloth coat in December, in the 1940s right up to the 80s or even beyond.
Really they were a gift to me, because cutting out the bits and stitching them together was such a pleasure.
I made gift ornaments this way too - baseballs with the recipient's initial stitched on the other side, and snowflakes, same - and let them do double duty as gift tags.
I made so many that nobody has room for any more, so I stopped doing them. And now I'm kinda craving a new stitchy project.
(even though I *still* haven't finished those Christmas gift socks!!)
I'm also craving a good Icelandic sweater project. Knit one of those lately? I love how the pieces get bigger and bigger in your lap and then suddenly become a stranded colourwork project. It's ages since I made one and I kinda feel like I'm due.
Do you have an irresponsible giftie project you'd like to cram into the very few weeks left before the holidays?
Think about that and get back to me! Meanwhile, have a great weekend and I'll see you again next Saturday.
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