I can tell you're an incredible gifter to your loved ones because you think outside of the box and don't go for the most obvious thing. Everyone always thinks I want yarn, but I love the joy of picking out yarn for specific projects, so I much rather have someone gift me many of the knitting-supportive/adjacent ideas you mentioned! My partner is taking me to a local yarn store for my birthday in a couple weeks and said their budget is a sweater's worth...I'M SO EXCITED!
Another good idea would be a gift certificate to the knitters favourite yarn shop. Especially if the giver wants to buy a sweater quantity of yarn but doesn’t know what to buy. Great ideas💖!
A few things I think would be great: A wool jeanie( they have beautiful wooden ones, double ones but I still have my plastic one. I find it really helpful, a yarn it bowl or beautiful yarn bowl and finally for those who have neck and 36:36 shoulder pain or elbow pain the Valarie Pillow is a fabulous gift whether you knit or crochet!
As a knitter/crocheter, yarn is such a personal purchase and when my wonderful husband said he wanted to buy yarn, I explained to him that it's much better to give a gift yard to the local yarn shop because I shop for yarn based on my intended project because my yarn preferences change based on the project. He has passed this information onto every family member ❤😂
For the knitter who has space considerations, an amish style swift and a small yarn winder would be good alternatives to the beautiful ones you suggested. Also agree with the suggestions for gift cards for an LYS - or for ravelry pattern purchases!
This is such a well thought out gifting video, thank you for all of your effort here! I’ve never heard of some of these and I have been in the making space online for years and years. I love that your morals are all over this too - I share them and am always trying to find least harmful way to shop and avoid Amazon at all costs. Was having a crappy night and watching brought me so much joy. And your shirts are so fun, I love them!
Nice wool wash and blocking mats are a couple other items that can feel like a bit of a splurge but are easy gifts that can add an extra luxurious element to the tedious blocking process.
Can't believe ereaders didn't get mentioned when talking about knitting while reading! I do all my reading (other than audiobooks) on my Kobo but the real hero is one the remote page turners where the remote is a ring. I find the ring remote doesn't get in the way of my knitting and I can advance pages without putting my project down at all. It's the best. Also if you're not listening to the Reading Glasses podcast already definitely recommend checking it out!
You have given me some great ideas! And I wasn’t even looking for any! Lol. My niece loves to try crafts and I’m gonna get her the needles and hooks box. And my daughter is also a graphic designer like you. And I think that magazine subscription would be a great inspiration point for her. So thank you so much for thoughtful gift ideas. Merry Christmas to you!
“You know how to use stickers, so I don't have to tell you about that.” Just made me laugh. Your merch is beautiful and so well thought out. Thank you for this list. Happy knitting 💚🧶💚
As a Scandinavian living in Texas (hopefully not for much longer though) I absolutely need the second t-shirt, oh my god. Also can confirm, my parents got me a set of KnitPicks Harmony Wood interchangeable needles for christmas like ten years ago and I still use and adore them. I want one of those leather binders so bad, my vinyl knitpicks one is disintegrating 😭 I've been pining for months but they're so expensive.
Instantly and I mean INSTANTLY bought those two T-shirts! I am so glad I found your channel, you made me discover so many amazing artists and I love your style. Hope you make more designs, huge fan of embroidered clothing items and those two are adorable. I'd also like to add Brodé serré as a suggestion for great gifts for makers. She makes amazing d.i.y embroidery kits, but she also has adorable scissors in so many colours! I have a pair in green and I carry them everywhere to cut stray bits of yarn
I’m just so proud of my friend who is getting sponsor deals and making merch and being cool and successful 🎉 🎉 🎉 YOURE a great gift! Thanks for sharing with us!
The thing I recently bought myself that I thought was super neat was an unconventional and one-of-a-kind yarn bowl. There's a local guy who finds things at the thrift store and cuts a yarn bowl curlicue into them. The one I got seems to be an old magazine bin with vaguely Chinese elements. I don't really use it as a yarn bowl but more as storage in my living room. So if you live with a knitter and know their taste well, some kind of aesthetically pleasing yarn storage might be nice. Nail care stuff can be useful for the same reason hand cream can be (so you don't snag your yarn). For an off-beat gift, nålebinding supplies would be fun for a fiber artist who's interested in historical things. Maybe a book on it and a couple of needles? (That's the craft that turns up in socks from six thousand years ago.)
My local yarn shop (LYS) has an electronic record of everything I've ever bought from them. They would be able to advice on quantities and types of yarn I might like.
I snagged a T-shirt and a sticker right away! Some gift ideas: hand care - compression gloves, hand exercise tools, cuticle oil, nail kits, gift card for a manicure or a massage. Organization: makeup bags make good project bags for socks, big baskets to keep multiple projects in, A5 binders with divided plastic inserts to store fixed circulars/cable needles/dpns. Other: tags (the kind that say handmade by and whatnot)
Absolutely love your logo! I would love it on a mug. My friend has a mug press and I was wondering if it was possible to buy an electronic copy of your logo that I could print a mug for me and my 6 friends for Christmas pressies? Xx
Thanks so much! 😄 I won't be digitally licensing the design but I am actually looking into having artisan mugs made with the design in the future so keep an eye out 😊
You said “Cocoknits,” and I heard Cocomellon… twice 😂. I had to look up from what I was doing and rewind. I guess this is a “tell me you have kids without telling me you have kids” moment
If someone isn’t able to find out enough info to buy a surprise SQ of yarn, finding out *where* the knitter likes to purchase yarn could make for a great gift card option!
Thank you so much! From my reviewing of size charts, most women's cut shirts have the same or smaller measurements than the unisex/straight cut shirts of the same size label and would require sizing up even further, so I've decided to stick to a limited product range to keep things simple for now 😊
I can tell you're an incredible gifter to your loved ones because you think outside of the box and don't go for the most obvious thing. Everyone always thinks I want yarn, but I love the joy of picking out yarn for specific projects, so I much rather have someone gift me many of the knitting-supportive/adjacent ideas you mentioned! My partner is taking me to a local yarn store for my birthday in a couple weeks and said their budget is a sweater's worth...I'M SO EXCITED!
I 100% agree! Thank you, I take gift selections very seriously hahahahaha 😄
Another good idea would be a gift certificate to the knitters favourite yarn shop. Especially if the giver wants to buy a sweater quantity of yarn but doesn’t know what to buy. Great ideas💖!
Yes, 100%! 😄
@@AliMakesEverything I am secretly hoping my husband does this 🙏
A few things I think would be great: A wool jeanie( they have beautiful wooden ones, double ones but I still have my plastic one. I find it really helpful, a yarn it bowl or beautiful yarn bowl and finally for those who have neck and 36:36 shoulder pain or elbow pain the Valarie Pillow is a fabulous gift whether you knit or crochet!
As a knitter/crocheter, yarn is such a personal purchase and when my wonderful husband said he wanted to buy yarn, I explained to him that it's much better to give a gift yard to the local yarn shop because I shop for yarn based on my intended project because my yarn preferences change based on the project. He has passed this information onto every family member ❤😂
Hahhahahaha wise husband!
For the knitter who has space considerations, an amish style swift and a small yarn winder would be good alternatives to the beautiful ones you suggested. Also agree with the suggestions for gift cards for an LYS - or for ravelry pattern purchases!
Ooh yes, great idea! 😄
This is such a well thought out gifting video, thank you for all of your effort here! I’ve never heard of some of these and I have been in the making space online for years and years. I love that your morals are all over this too - I share them and am always trying to find least harmful way to shop and avoid Amazon at all costs. Was having a crappy night and watching brought me so much joy. And your shirts are so fun, I love them!
This is so sweet, thank you so much! It makes me so happy that all these things come through in the list 😊
Nice wool wash and blocking mats are a couple other items that can feel like a bit of a splurge but are easy gifts that can add an extra luxurious element to the tedious blocking process.
Oooh yes, I love this idea!
Can't believe ereaders didn't get mentioned when talking about knitting while reading! I do all my reading (other than audiobooks) on my Kobo but the real hero is one the remote page turners where the remote is a ring. I find the ring remote doesn't get in the way of my knitting and I can advance pages without putting my project down at all. It's the best.
Also if you're not listening to the Reading Glasses podcast already definitely recommend checking it out!
You have given me some great ideas! And I wasn’t even looking for any! Lol.
My niece loves to try crafts and I’m gonna get her the needles and hooks box. And my daughter is also a graphic designer like you. And I think that magazine subscription would be a great inspiration point for her. So thank you so much for thoughtful gift ideas. Merry Christmas to you!
The absolute irony of getting an ad a mere second after you talked about youtube premium was... choice. :)
“You know how to use stickers, so I don't have to tell you about that.” Just made me laugh. Your merch is beautiful and so well thought out. Thank you for this list. Happy knitting 💚🧶💚
Thank you so much! Tooooo much time went into it so I appreciate that some of it shows 😄 Hahahaha
Oh look, cute t-shirts and stickers! [RUNS TO BUY ALL THE MERCH]
Thank you so much! 😄
As a Scandinavian living in Texas (hopefully not for much longer though) I absolutely need the second t-shirt, oh my god.
Also can confirm, my parents got me a set of KnitPicks Harmony Wood interchangeable needles for christmas like ten years ago and I still use and adore them. I want one of those leather binders so bad, my vinyl knitpicks one is disintegrating 😭 I've been pining for months but they're so expensive.
Extra cords for the interchangeable needles
Block those knits on a plant heat mat for starting seeds, even speedier, mine is about 2x3 feet and they are designed to be safe if they get wet.
Interesting! I imagine this would only be safe on superwash wools otherwise felting would be a concern? But that's so interesting!
@@AliMakesEverythingNope, it’s just gentle heat with no agitation. Like drying them on a heated tile floor
That sweater book would be super useful for an improvised cardigan I've been kicking ideas around for a few months. Great suggestions!
Ooh yes, I could absolutely see it being helpful there! Happy knitting! 😄
Instantly and I mean INSTANTLY bought those two T-shirts! I am so glad I found your channel, you made me discover so many amazing artists and I love your style. Hope you make more designs, huge fan of embroidered clothing items and those two are adorable.
I'd also like to add Brodé serré as a suggestion for great gifts for makers. She makes amazing d.i.y embroidery kits, but she also has adorable scissors in so many colours! I have a pair in green and I carry them everywhere to cut stray bits of yarn
You made my morning! Thank you so much! 😍 Also Brodé Serré is SO cute!
I’d add a knitting neck light to the list, such as from Lumos. My knitting friends seem to all enjoy them.
Ooh yes, I've debated getting one of these more than once! 😄
I’m just so proud of my friend who is getting sponsor deals and making merch and being cool and successful 🎉 🎉 🎉 YOURE a great gift! Thanks for sharing with us!
Ahhhh you're the sweetest 😍 Thank youuuu!
That ball winder is gorgeous!
The thing I recently bought myself that I thought was super neat was an unconventional and one-of-a-kind yarn bowl. There's a local guy who finds things at the thrift store and cuts a yarn bowl curlicue into them. The one I got seems to be an old magazine bin with vaguely Chinese elements. I don't really use it as a yarn bowl but more as storage in my living room. So if you live with a knitter and know their taste well, some kind of aesthetically pleasing yarn storage might be nice.
Nail care stuff can be useful for the same reason hand cream can be (so you don't snag your yarn).
For an off-beat gift, nålebinding supplies would be fun for a fiber artist who's interested in historical things. Maybe a book on it and a couple of needles? (That's the craft that turns up in socks from six thousand years ago.)
I've never heard of nalebinding before! So interesting!
Love your designs… and many great gift ideas❤❤❤
Thanks so much for your support, Heather! 😊
My local yarn shop (LYS) has an electronic record of everything I've ever bought from them. They would be able to advice on quantities and types of yarn I might like.
So sneaky! I like it! 😄
ALSO YOUR MERCH IS SO CUTE!
THANK YOU! I love an excuse to make cute things 😂
I snagged a T-shirt and a sticker right away! Some gift ideas: hand care - compression gloves, hand exercise tools, cuticle oil, nail kits, gift card for a manicure or a massage. Organization: makeup bags make good project bags for socks, big baskets to keep multiple projects in, A5 binders with divided plastic inserts to store fixed circulars/cable needles/dpns. Other: tags (the kind that say handmade by and whatnot)
Ooh these are all great suggestions! And thank you so much for supporting the channel! 😍
Maybe a class at Vogue Knit Live?
Absolutely love your logo! I would love it on a mug. My friend has a mug press and I was wondering if it was possible to buy an electronic copy of your logo that I could print a mug for me and my 6 friends for Christmas pressies? Xx
Thanks so much! 😄 I won't be digitally licensing the design but I am actually looking into having artisan mugs made with the design in the future so keep an eye out 😊
Gift card to my LYS would prob be the best gift with the most flexibility!
You said “Cocoknits,” and I heard Cocomellon… twice 😂. I had to look up from what I was doing and rewind. I guess this is a “tell me you have kids without telling me you have kids” moment
😂 Incredible
If someone isn’t able to find out enough info to buy a surprise SQ of yarn, finding out *where* the knitter likes to purchase yarn could make for a great gift card option!
Yes! This is a great option 😄
subscription to the knit companion app ...
Ooh yes, great idea! 😄
I like your tshirts, but I would have to go up multiple sizes to get my hips to fit. Is there anyway you can offer a woman's tshirt?
Thank you so much! From my reviewing of size charts, most women's cut shirts have the same or smaller measurements than the unisex/straight cut shirts of the same size label and would require sizing up even further, so I've decided to stick to a limited product range to keep things simple for now 😊
@AliMakesEverything the issue with sizing up in unisex is that the shoulders are far too big
Seriously woman. SLOW DOWN
Not me putting every UA-cam video on 1.5x including sometimes this one 😅