This year, the holidays are going to be especially tough for a lot of families — so what better time to rediscover the true meaning of the season, sitting down with the kids to create new traditions that have more to do with creativity and shared experience than spending hard-earned money at the mall? Here’s a round-up of wonderful ideas, patterns, and tutorials for other frugal holiday decorations that you can make yourself…
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Sara knitted a turkey hat last year for her little guy, when he was just a wee newborn. Okay, we can figure that the stress of the season and childbirth and all…
“I may have been slightly unhinged at that point,” she says.
Granted.
So this year, did she knit little Isaac a sleek toque or a jaunty newboy cap?
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“One natural product deserves another,” say the folks at Rocky-Brook Fine Woodcrafts, recommending their wooden knitting needles for real wool yarn, although “of course, they work just as well with synthetic fibres.”
My sister (a genius knitter) just sent me the tip on these, and I strongly suspect she was sending a hint for [...]
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