I was telling a L a story about some seafaring rabbits tonight, and they made landfall in Ireland.  She said, “My ancestors lived in Ireland!”  So cute.  And H took her for pizza, and at the pizza store, she asked, “Did they buy the pizza oven on Amazon?”  Jeff would be pleased with that, no doubt.

I assigned names for our family gift giving round robin tonight.  I just use a random number generator.  Anyway, I really love that we do this.  For me, it makes it more fun to really focus on thinking of a cool gift for one person rather than getting stressed about buying for six people.  I got my SIL.  She is someone who would appreciate a handmade gift, so I am thinking that I will make something for her.  I had been planning a quilt as a potential gift, and I ordered fabric for it from fabric.com on Monday.  They haven’t even shipped it yet!  I seriously don’t know how they stay in business.  Of course, the reason I ordered from them is that they have the best selection, but still.  Very frustrating.

I am torn by just keeping things simple and buying her something.  Or I could knit her something.  Given the constraints on my time, i don’t think I could knit more than a hat or mittens.  We usually spend $50 to a $100, and I’m just not sure a hat is up to snuff, even if it is handmade.  If I knit a hat, I’d do something like this:

(minus the bobble, probably)

Or:

Alternatively, I could attempt a simple quilt.  I’m mildly obssesed with Carolyn Friedlander lately, and she recently published photos of the following quilt.  I think something like that would be achievable.   Probably.

Which would you rather get for Christmas?  A hat or a lap quilt?

Speaking of Carolyn Friedlander, I’d really like to make this quilt.  I don’t think I have time before Christmas, but it’s definitely on my list of projects for next year.  I think she put the pattern in her book.