handmade gifts for christmas and celebrations 2011

pennib

Fran-0 Your owls are brilliant. They would make great pressies.

Here is Li'l Miss Rosie

danielag

abatha wrote: »

I brought my felt from my local market and I got some in Walmart when I was in America because it was so cheap!!

thanks for reply,

I looked on the market yesterday, but they only sold a4 ish squares for 50p each, i thought that was expensive?

abatha

I paid about that much for my pieces, its the cheapest I have seen it but I agree I thought that seemed quite expensive.

chanie

I'm planning on making chocolate selection boxes for Xmas for 4 females.

Today in Tesco, I picked up 4 whispers and 4 flakes for £1 each - so 25p each chocolate (they aren't full sizes bars, but they are decent sizes).

Still haven't decided how I'm going to display them yet, but I got some fab ideas earlier in this post.

smileyt_2

Cuddles123 please could you tell me where you got your pattern for the neck warmers from? I visit an elderly lady and am stumped at what to get her for Christmas (what do you give someone who's 91, housebound and has enough toiletries, clothes, flowers, coasters, tablecloths etc without needing any more? ) In the past I've given her a plant, some handcreams, a bilingual prayer book (she's an Italian Catholic) and an Italian calendar but as she gets older it's getting harder to think of something. She's extremely forgetful too, which doesn't help! But a neckwarmer would be brilliant for her, I think!

Many thanks!

loves2shop

Sadie204 wrote: »

Hi loves2shop if you click on peoples names, it will bring up a list of options. You will see one that says to visit that persons homepage, if you click on there it will take you to their blog or website they have linked with MSE. HTH

Thanks very much.

cuddles123

smileyt wrote: »

Cuddles123 please could you tell me where you got your pattern for the neck warmers from? I visit an elderly lady and am stumped at what to get her for Christmas (what do you give someone who's 91, housebound and has enough toiletries, clothes, flowers, coasters, tablecloths etc without needing any more? ) In the past I've given her a plant, some handcreams, a bilingual prayer book (she's an Italian Catholic) and an Italian calendar but as she gets older it's getting harder to think of something. She's extremely forgetful too, which doesn't help! But a neckwarmer would be brilliant for her, I think!

Many thanks!

Hi,
The neckwarmer is called The Fidget, and it's a free pattern on Ravelry

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-fidget

HTH

smileyt_2

Thank you, cuddles123. I will have a look later and polish up my knitting needles!

mary-op

cuddles - thanks for that..........could do with one of those for myself

danielag

Does anyone know of a tutorial for name garlands/felt decorations please?
thanks