Sep. 14, 2007 - My Favorite Birthday and Christmas presents
Every year for Christmas, and usually for my birthday, my husband and sons buy me yarn. This is not your usual purchase of yarn. My three boys (the adult one and the two young ones) stand before the yarn bin at Wal*Mart or in the yarn section of my favorite craft shop. As they stand there they pick up skeins that appeal to THEM. They do not pick yarn that they think I would like. They pick things that make them smile.
I so enjoy this gift. When my youngest was small, he always picked green yarn. Green was his favorite color and I got varying shades of green Red-Heart worsted weight yarn for Christmas for a few years. Later, he picked blue because he wanted me to make him a blue sweater. My older son usually picked varying eyelash yarns because he liked their colors and texture. He is my creative-artistic child, so his choice in yarn is usually very creative. And my husband likes soft yarns. Often I get chenille from him. He enjoys the feel of good yarn.
So, my Christmas afternoons are spent in the living room with my lovely little family. They are all enjoying their gifts, or watching the movie I placed in their stocking, while I am holding my new yarn and imagining what each skein could be. My husband does have a rule that the boys cannot pick yarn with a project in mind. (He made this rule after my youngest son bought yarn for his blue sweater.)
Quite often I can hold a skein in my hands and see what it is supposed to be. For instance last Christmas I got a skein of brown chenille with black flecks in it. To me it looked like a triagular scarf, not big enough for a shawl but big enough to be a nice-sized accessory. Sometimes the yarn is a simple scarf or the accent for a hat or some mittens made out of another, more plain, worsted weight yarn.
Even though I know that I will receive this gift every year, I so look forward to it. It is a gift that shows the creativity and interests of my family and at the same time encourages me in my creativity and in my developed interest. So, drop a hint to the significant others in your life. There is nothing like a bag full of yarn!
Comments
Sep. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by BookLover
Hello. That is very funny! I like yarn, but if I got any, it would have to be cotton becasue all I make is cotton dishcloths.
Amy
