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Whether you’ve got all the time in the world—or just a couple of days—to finish up your hand-knit holiday gifts, Sara Lucas and Allison Isaacs, the owners of San Francisco’s ImagiKnit, offer plenty of suggestions in their book, Holiday Knits.
The book is divided into three parts to help with time-management as you plan your projects: Quick Crafts (those that require about a weekend), Plan Ahead (those that require a week or two), and Long-Term Luxuries (those that will take at least a couple of weeks). While the majority of the projects in the book are pretty standard—hats and scarves and socks and mittens—there are still plenty of designs that will make you stop and think, “Now there’s something different.” Inside, you’ll find an adorable brimmed baby hat, a fun ruffled scarf, a cozy lap blanket, a felted rug—and, of course, plenty of holiday stockings. And even the basic projects feature interesting techniques that you may not have seen before (my personal favorite is their technique for knitting one-row stripes without having to break the yarn).
Newer knitters will find this book chock-full of ideas for great gifts that they’ll be able to make for their family and friends (and even if you can’t fit them all in this year, it’s never too soon to start thinking about next year). More advanced knitters might see many of the patterns as a bit too run-of-the-mill, but they’ll still find some cute ideas for last-minute holiday gifts.
While the book is meant for holiday knitting, that doesn’t mean that you have to shelve it once December 26 comes around. Some of the patterns—blankets and placemats and baby booties—make great birthday gifts and wedding gifts and baby gifts, too.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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