Christmas Presents ~ Its never too early!

[kochi~mochi]

Okay, so i realize its not even thanksgiving yet, but for those of us who intend to knit, crochet, and sew our presents, its never too early to start. How many projects are you taking on this year? Who's on your crafting list?

Make a post, letting us know who in all is on your list, and mayhaps edit it as you make progress, so we can easily see who's where in their holiday crafting activities.  

[kochi~mochi]

Okay, so my personal present list is as follows:

Family:
Daddy - scarf, wool-ease thick and quick. *STARTED*
Mommy - Green cably-scarf
Andy - felt taru-taru?
Uncle David - scarf like dad's, only colored
Aunt Niki - wrap (on speed sticks!)
Aunt Gloria - felt nutcracker charactors
Cory - cute little fox plushy? scarf?
Grandma - lacey scarf
Grandfather - scarf
Katie - bag?

Friends:
MomO - stuff to make her own scarf, mushroom, happy marshmellows
Mike - alien illusion scarf (from stitch n b***h)
Sara - pocket scarf
Emma (Sara's doll) - bunny sweater (sewn)
Mr. Matty-Matt - happy marshmellows
Fishy - hat
Freshy - Red VS Blue felt plushies, goat
Smitey - Pirate! Taco! felt
Ihire - Felt Cloud/Squall/Sora/someone from video game  

[Shinshia24]

I make Jewelry and have a small business doing it, so all the women on my christmas list are going to get jewelry. It was a hit last year so hopefully it will be again.

The men are the challenge for me. I never know what to make men. I was going to make scarves for the men, but I have tendonitis and carpal tunnel and it is acting up so knitting is out of the question.

edit: if anybody wants to see some of what I have made, check out my xanga site and my etsy site. My user name is winnie2463 on both  

[knitting_needle_ninja]

I have a tradition that for all of my closest friends I make an afgan. I was working on two...but the I ran out of yarn. The yarn was given to me with no labels, so now I have to scour the craft store to find a match. stare

I'm in art school, so my mom is getting a painting, and my dad will probably get a drawing.

My grandma might get a painting too; not sure yet.  

[firrantello]

I crafted for nearly EVERYONE last year. And I got a headache doing it. What we've done this year is make small heatable rice bags for most people. Then we pretty much bought the rest.  

[VP Club Freakin Justice]

Last year I made scarves for all of my frends and I made my mom a purse and then bought presents for the rest of my family. If I have time I plan on making an afghan for my dad thi syear.  

[LadyAnubis]

I have an afgan I've been making my dad for a while...like a year...I hate boucle...  

[VP Club Freakin Justice]

LadyAnubis

I have an afgan I've been making my dad for a while...like a year...I hate boucle...

Oh I do too - I refuse to ever use it again.  

[LadyAnubis]

I actually gave up on it at one point, and frogged six inches off it...then it got stuck, so I decided to keep working on it...and now it's taking me even longer than before.  

[Phishy]

Well, school friends will probably be getting home made cookies again this year. They are cheep and better appricated by guys who live in a dorm than just about anything else I can give them. (although they have earned the infamous name of homewrecker cookies due to the fact that a guys girlfriend broke up with him over them the first year I gave them out gonk Fortunatly he actually thanked me for that, as apparently it was not the best realationship)

Family and older friends will probably be getting art of some sort, or else quick knitting projects like chunky socks or small bags. No specific ideas yet.  

[kochi~mochi]

Phishy - if she broke up with him over cookies? Probably not. sweatdrop

ninja - wow.... i'd never give my friends afgans. I mean, they'd use them, love them, and i'd never want to knit again. xd Luckily i sew, so i still give them blankets sometimes. And of course, that list you see up in my first post, the friends list... thats just my close friends, missing a couple i haven't figured out yet.  

[SaelensFrozenFlame]

my mom's getting a tube-scarfy thing...but i don't have the patience to knit everyone gifts...So most of my friends will be getting small little gifts that let them know I care...and are practical or cute to look at....lack of fundage kinda bites...>.<  

[Dragonpearl]

I have discovered that if I knit anything with a deadline, then it never gets done. So I just knit randomly throughout the year and then give my stuff away when it's done.  

[Brunette_Star]

I've been doing Christmas Crafting since July, since I like to give homemade gifts to my family and I knew I'd be starting graduate school this year.

So far I've made two crochet beaded necklaces, two cross-stitch designs, and two fuzzy knitted scarves (yay for Lion Brand fun fur!) I've also made a monkey shaped neck pillow (sewn - Simplicity Pattern #5310). I'm hoping I'll get two more neck pillows done shaped like dogs. The neck pillows are for my uncles - men are a bit of a challenge for me, too. ^^;;; Now I just have to think of what to make my boyfriend. He loved the dishcloths I knitted him when he got his own apartment, so if all else fails I might make more of those for him.

I'm also working on another cross-stitch design. All this crafting keeps me sane during my internship!


(Feels a little silly) LadyAnubis and VP Club Freakin Justice...what's boucle? sweatdrop