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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
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Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
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 Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 2:07:00 PM
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I am just wondering...what is everyone making as gifts for the holidays??? I have been knitting like crazy and have finished six scarves in the last few weeks. I knit them during class and everything so I have no time wasted!  I am also knitting my sister a cable-knit belt. I am about a fourth of the way done with it. I am knitting a James Dean doll for my other sister (she has acquired a fascination with him recently). I am going to knit a beanie hat for my lovely boyfriend. I even knit a fuzzy scarf for my little cousin and I will make a little matching one for her american girl doll!
I am also going to make holiday ornaments for each family in my extended family. I am not knitting these though.
What is everyone else making?
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283
http://farmgirlpleasures.blogspot.com/
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 8:40:51 PM
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Hey Chelsey - I have been trying to make at least half my gifts this year. I canned cinnamon peach butter in the summer and will give that along with homemade baked goods for aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents. Then I am knitting a bag to felt for my MIL, knitting slippers to felt for my FIL and my dad, I knitted a hat to felt for my mom, she might get a clothespin holder too....I have also made pajamas for my husband, son, and step-son. For my stepson's baby, my granddaughter I am making a doll with a stuffed cradle, and my stepson's girlfriend is getting a knitting bag that I am sewing. That one is a really cool design from wired up designs, they are in Washington, Issaquah I think. Did you get your knitting patterns out of Stitch and [bleep]? They sound familiar:D I haven't totally finished all these but am really close to being done so I can do some fun crafty stuff in December. Oh yeah, I also took a soap making class and made homemade soap for people like co-workers and neighbors.
Good luck with everything
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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MuslinBunnies
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Tina
Franklin
NH
USA
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cindi
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
cindi
sedalia
mo
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 06:39:03 AM
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| i have made xmas presents over the years. Last year it was knit scarves and dish rags. One year aprons, another fleece hats, mittins, and scarves, and other years pasta and sauce from local companys. |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 1:20:49 PM
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Hi Amy Grace! Your homemade gifts sound wonderful! The scarves I am making didn't come from a pattern, I am just winging it and making them how I want to make them, in different stitches and lengths and widths. Same as the scarf for my cousin's doll...I just thought it would be cute! The beanie hat is also just something I am whipping up. I just knit it in the round in stockinette stitch. The cable stitch belt for my sister is out of my imagination, but the actual cable stitch pattern I am using is from the Stitch and (bleep) book lol! The James Dean doll is actually from a book called Knit Icons or something similar. How is the soapmaking going? Is it fun? I think I may want to try that out.
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283
http://farmgirlpleasures.blogspot.com/
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 1:32:25 PM
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This year, we have to scale back, too. I'm doing crocheted dishcloths for my 2 sisters, 2 sisters-in-law, Aunt, and MIL. In the past I've done baking mixes in jars, and of course, my scout families always got lots of jars of canned goods (didn't do any canning this year - no time). And, I always do plates of cookies for our mail carrier, the ladies at the PO, the library, the fire station, the PD, and the staff at Village Hall. Last year, I also did tubes of jars for the entire Village Board (hubby is our mayor), Village Clerk, and Village Administrator. A great way to wrap (3) 1/2 pint jars is to put them in one of those fancy wine tubes - I bought 2 shopping carts full of them at the after-Christmas sale at a local store 3 years ago. This year, the Village folks will have to settle for a smaller plate of cookies, and cookies only.
Ann in Oswego
Times may be tough, but farmgirls are tougher!
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 4:20:46 PM
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| tina, one year we were so broke that for my fathers christmas gift i gave him a box of cornflakes (his fav cereal that year lol) and honey (a pic of his wife taped to it!) sometimes i prefer not having money for alot of christmas gifts becasue ti makes me really think about what each person would like. i know everyone will love their homemade pies! peace connie in alaska |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 10:32:22 AM
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Connie - that is the truth. My husband and I have more disposable income than we ever have and it is not making my life any simpler at all. Especially since we got a car with really good mileage, now it seems like I am doing nothing but driving since it is now affordable. Bleahh
Chelsey - the soapmaking is really fun. I took a class, and am taking another one this week, from a lady who has a soap business. It is really pretty simple and great results. This will stay in my repertoire for gift!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
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Handmade Holiday gifts???
