Comments on: Wish List – and a Contest!

By: Flan

Flan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:33:00 +0000

Hmmm. Suggestions. I've been thinking about this all week. And I'm not coming up with much...because I'm almost as hard to shop for as you.

I'm a big advocate of something for you, rather than for the family.

What about new furniture to make your workspace as functional as possible? To make it easy for you to design, print patterns, play with knitting machines, etc. Ikea has some nice workspace options, both in terms of desks and organization, and they're pretty inexpensive.

(emphaticknitting AT gmail DOT com

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:30:00 +0000

I was tempted to do as you suggested and recommend a lump of coal…but I’d recommend a rice cooker instead. I have this one: http://us.sanyo.com/appliances/small_appliances/Micro-Computerized_Rice_Cookers/index.cfm?productID=896 and I love it.

They also have a 10 cup version and both are set up for most kinds of rice, as well as soup and stew. The cooker also comes with recipes for making bi bim bab and bread pudding. It’s easy to use and has made it a lot easier for me to eat healthily in my dorm room.

By: katrynka

katrynka — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:33:00 +0000

http://www.lawreslaine.com/
http://www.scoutsswag.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=20_23

Well, here are two that I have seen recently that I liked. I hope that my previous post was not lost, I did not see it.

By: katrynka

katrynka — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:20:00 +0000

I have been wracking my brain for ideas! I don’t know what kind of music you like but Shawblades has an album out “Influence” http://www.shawbades.com that is acoustic covers of classic rock songs from the 70’s and 80’s. I really like it, good stocking stuffer. Another stocking stuffer is the little tins of Peppermint patty candies. They are a little ball that tastes like peppermint patty, not a lot of calories, great tin for stitch markers.As for a big gift, you have me stumped! I keep coming back to some sort of luxury bag.. either purse or knitting bag, but most of them are more likely over $100. Although some are not. I do not have a specific idea. I will look!

By: caitcreates

caitcreates — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:40:00 +0000

I have a few stocking stuffer ideas. On the Starbucks website, you can make a custom gift card (for a mere $4 customization fee) with your exact drink order on it (i.e. tall no whip skim decaf mocha) and load it up with a few months worth of coffee drinks. That way, you can just hand the card to the barista and they can punch in your drink order as you chat with your yarn buddies.

Along the same theme, you can get a customizable Starbucks tumbler. The inner cup lifts out from the outer clear plastic tumbler and comes with a sheet of paper you can have the girls color, or put pictures of Joe and the girls, or write your standard Starbucks order on it. Oooooo….. or, if the space between the two tumblers is big enough, you can fill it with the leftover yarn bits from trimming the blankie. Insulating *and* representing! I like that idea. I may have to steal that one for myself and my babette yarn

Good luck and happy holidays to you!

p.s. I’m not affiliated with Starbucks. Not even a big customer. I just remembered the tumblers and went to their website to price them out, then saw the gift card. I know you aren’t too big on gift cards, but I thought the customization was a nice touch.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:23:00 +0000

You want a Knitzi. I just got miine and it’s fabulous! It’s a portable needle cover for your socks in progress. Combine it wit some kind of knitting puoch and you’ve got a kick-butt present!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:44:00 +0000

for the stocking stuffer, Joe could make you a “gift certificate” giving you a day to yourself….go to the movies, yarn shopping, time to knit, etc.

for the gift, I LOVED that cashmere on the shop hop and would vote for that…..

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:31:00 +0000

How about a "subscription" to a spa? Joe could get you four professional manicures for $100. Even if you are hard on polish, and what SAHM isn't, having someone else tidy your cuticles and shape your nails can feel like a wonderful luxury.

One of those at home foot spas might be nice. Warm water massage you toes while you sit and knit.

My husband gave me a chair pad that is a massager last year when I was pregnant and couldn't have a professional massage. I still use it.

Someone touched on the family portrait, but how about going a step further and having a professional photographer come to the house to take candid shots of the four of you? So much more of your daughters' personality would shine through in a more relaxed shoot than in a studio.

Redenvelope.com has some beautiful and affordable mother/ daughter jewelry.

A plant/cut flower of the month club? Something to brighten the room in the middle of Feburary when you haven't left the house for several days in a row.

Can you tell I don't think gifts should be something you would/could buy for yourself? (knitter at creativewares dot com)

By: Elizabeth Siqveland

Elizabeth Siqveland — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:48:00 +0000

hi Shelly~ how bout a yarn CSA? http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7341200
$100 for a share in the spring 2008 yarn harvest. I love this!
-eLizabeth

By: not supergirl

not supergirl — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:37:00 +0000

I have two suggestions that I’d make for any tech savvy mom this Christmas:
- a digital photo frame
- a nice “personal massager” – I make that suggestion to all my grown-up women friends, and they all laugh – but I’m not kidding

Whatver Joe gets, I hope you enjoy it.