Now that all Christmas giving has been done, I can finally show you the things I made. That is, as far as I was able to take decent pictures (quite the challenge these dark days in this part of the world), or simply did not forget to photograph a particular item before gifting it.
As I’ve said before, I loooove making and giving handmade gifts – since they’re gifts from the heart – but I’m always kind of nervous about it as well ……
For most men in my family I crocheted “Hey Hats” (original pattern in Dutch by Wimke Tolsma, more info/links to pattern in Dutch and English in this blog post).
They have all been received well, my sweet brother-in-law being the happiest with his hat. He kept saying how cool and awesome he thought his “Hey Hat” was – I could not have been more chuffed with his response.
The grey/teal one is his hat; the grey/black one was gifted to my father.
More “Hey Hats” went to husband, son and daughter’s boyfriend – more satisfied recipients …….
For my brother I knitted a scarf, and (hurray) he was really pleased with it. I used 9mm needles, a super simple purl stitch and this lovely yarn.
I so love how Joyce’s leather labels put the perfect finishing touches on my projects!
Some more knitting was done making this fun Christmas bauble for a mint-loving blog friend. Going from 9mm knitting needles to toothpicks couldn’t have been a bigger change, haha!
When I found this adorable (free) pattern on Alexis’ beautiful blog (Persia Lou), I knew I had to make cat-loving Quinn one. Don’t you agree she looks very cute wearing it? 
Other than some more small Christmassy bits & bobs, like home-baked cookies (1,5 kilos of just flour went into those) gifted in upcycled-jam-jars-turned-into-cookie-jars, and a couple of crocheted Christmas baubles, the scarf I made my mom was the last one on the list.
It’s basically The Little Bee‘s lovely “Monsoon Stole” that I made earlier this year (more here), but longer and wider; I used all the different stitches given in the pattern, just played a bit with the number of rows to get the desired length. A lot of the beautiful Lana Grossa yarn that I got at the Knotten Crochet Party went into this one – including the shiny Lace Lux.
I edged one side of the scarf with pom poms (tutorial here), and love how it turned out.
One of my new year’s resolutions is to start planning and making my Christmas gifts way sooner, and sticking to it this time around …….
Any tips in this department are warmly welcomed!
Love,
Marianne xx
Wow! you made a lot of Christmas gifts. I think it would take me all year. Lucky people!
Thank you very much, dear Jane – for your lovely compliment and your continued support; very much appreciated! Happy 2016! Marianne xx
Leuk! Allemaal zelfgemaakte cadeaus.
Dank! Ja, dat vind ik zelf ook altijd de leukste kadootjes – recht uit het hart! Marianne xx
PS: wat een leuk blog hebben jullie – gaaf om het samen te doen!
That little ornament is wonderful! What a great idea.
Thanks, Christina – that was a fun, quick little make for a knitting friend!
Happy New Year! Marianne xx
Wow, wat een prachtige (hoeveelheid) cadeaus!
Wat geweldig, die kattenmuts, staat haar geweldig! Een heel fijne jaarwisseling en een prachtig mooi, nieuw en succesvol nieuw jaar lieve Marianne ??
Dankjewel, Janneke! Wat issie grappig, hè, de kattenmuts (en ik vind ook dat hij Quinn superleuk staat …..).
Dank óók voor je lieve wensen – die komen onmiddellijk en van harte weer jouw kant op! Ben heel blij met onze (haak) vriendschap, het is werkelijk heerlijk samen met jou te ‘zwelgen’ in alles wat met haken en creatief zijn te maken heeft. Liefs, Marianne xx
Wat leuk gedaan allemaal, mooie kado’s!
Dankjewel, Marieke – lief van je! Marianne xx
What beautiful gifts! I love the tags you added.
Thank you so much, Alexis! And thank you too for your wonderful cat hat pattern! I love it! Marianne xx