COUTURE STITCHES: Holiday Gift Ideas Free Knitting Patterns Today's Blog "The Handbag"

If you are like many people still trying to make ends meet and as we all know time just seems to fly, today we are celebrating the Fourth of July, working on our tans and before you know it the holidays start rolling in and Christmas creeps up on us. I always find some really great patterns and think what a great gift that would make.
How to personalize each gift for your loved ones during the Holidays.
1. Start creating your Christmas list
2. Go online search free patterns for great gift ideas, scarves, hats, gloves, handbags, sweaters, shawls, jewelry, etc.
3. Stock up on yarn, see yarn guide on selected patterns and stock up early. Stock up on extra yarn,
4. Use up your yarn scraps and find miscellaneous patterns for those unexpected people that show up during the holiday and you start racking your brains on what you can give them. Make some bracelets, makeup bags, handtowels, washcloths wrap them in a ribbon, bookmarkers are great for everyone kids included. Be creative and hand fun and if you are a newbie, practice makes perfect.
5. Give yourself a deadline, complete a gift a week or X amount of gifts per month and have your gifts wrapped up and ready and don't let the holidays creep up on you. They get me everytime. Let's see if I can walk the talk this year.

I have a pretty impressive collection of free patterns from those wonderful people who love the craft and are more about sharing than making money on it. Which is why I don't sell the patterns listed, it wouldn't be right. So I will hand select a variety of styles, chic and easy skill level patterns. Continue to check in.

I've started with Handbags, Berroco has the most awesome bags, so here are a few to motivate you and get the wheels turning. Just keep in mind that you are not knitting for yourself right now. If you are looking for something in particular and need help, contact me and I will try to find you the pattern you are looking for.