It's That Time of Year

Edit: GUY FAWKES' DAY! But that has nothing to do with the post.

Time for me to make a list of things I have to knit for the Dreaded Holiday Season. Some people are not Gift Knitters. I'm not really a Gift Knitter, but I am apparently a Stash Magnet, and that yarn needs to go SOMEWHERE. Might as well go to other people!

So here's a list for my own reference. It's much better to have it on this blog that nobody knows about, so the surprise isn't ruined.

Karlene: Dashing armwarmers (her birthday is on Friday and this SO won't be done, so she'll just get them for Christmas--I am the Worst Girlfriend Ever). Probably some sort of hat as well, because I like hats and I like Karlene and therefore they should be perfect together.

Mom: Malabrigo scarf (I chose Palette from Knitty for the pattern--it's almost done already because I started early!)

Dad: Some sort of hat, probably from Hip Knit Hats, because those are hella easy. My dad is really hard to shop for, so I always end up getting him shirts. He's built up quite a collection over the years due to birthday, Christmas, and Father's day getting him six shirts per year (one each from my mom and me), so now he really does NOT need shirts anymore. And I have NEVER seen the man wear a tie as long as I've known him (21 years). Once I bought him sandals. That was probably the most thoughtful gift I ever got him.

Shari: "Peasant Brown" hat, which I am basing off helloyarn's top down bonnet pattern. It probably won't be brown, because neither Shari nor I can wear brown as it is our hair and skin color, respectively. I need to get some screencaps from "the Emperor's New Groove" to find a different color scheme. I will probably make a striped hat and some matching wristwarmers because I'm an overachiever. I just got some blue and yellow yarn. I might do that. I seem to recall that color scheme in one of the hats in that movie.

Monique: Some sort of beret. I want it to be the Gretel beret, but we shall see what happens with that. It might end up being that Pithy hat except I canNOT stand purse stitch. Maybe Ysolda's Urchin, since I have some blue yarn at home that would match perfectly with Monique's eyes.

Sarah K: Legwarmers! By her request. If I had slender awesome legs, I would want to keep them warm too, but since my legs are covered with bulgy muscles and fat, they do a pretty good job on their own.

Sarah F: Gosh, I don't know. I know nothing about her anymore, but I'm related to her, so gifts have to happen. I want to make a beret or something by Thanksgiving, and if she says "I love your hat!" then I'll totally have an idea. Something pink. Maybe some pink Fetchings to match the hat I made her last year. That actually sounds like a really good idea!

Various other people who will get hats if I have time: Sue, Aunt Susy (actually, she might get some Fetchings this year. Sue got some last year and liked them a lot. We shall see).

Grandma: ??? She doesn't have space to OWN things! And she doesn't go OUTSIDE, so there's basically nothing I could make for her that I haven't made already. If I had time, I'd make her the Hemlock Ring lap blanket dealie, just because she'd think it was cool and never use it, but who gives a crap; it's the thought that counts. She'd at least be impressed with it, if nothing else. And Grandma is SO not easily impressed.

I told my cousin Erik I'd knit him a sweater, which I really don't want to do, as I see him every five years. Also I lost his measurements. I will wait until he gets married, which will not be soon. Yay!

My friend Shari once posted her Christmas Wish List on the refrigerator, and as her parents bought the stuff on it they crossed it off the list! It was pretty insensitive, and in retrospect, hilarious.