Anyone knitting mittens for Christmas? I’m going to be knitting these beautiful Chawton Mittens by Anne Blayney when I get half a chance. At the moment I’m too busy creating a few last minute goodies for you. These gift tags are my first offering. Cut them out, fold them over and then attach them to your Christmas gifts. As usual, you can fill in the care symbols according to the directions on your ball-band, so that your recipient knows how to take care of their beautiful hand-wrought gift.
Don’t forget you can also download the KnitLove gift tags for free (or download the whole collection for lots of other wrapping printables).
And here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming on Monday…
Charts! Coloured pencils! Calendars! Ooooh! :)
Now that I have written my 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo, I’m finally catching up on comments. Many apologies for being so late, but I hope the Christmas gifts I have planned will somewhat make up for my tardiness. :(
And because I realised that I haven’t held a giveaway in ages, I’m going to be giving a copy of the (printable!) Calendar to two random members of the Laylock Designs group on Ravelry every week until the end of the year. Yay!
Have a great weekend, knitters! :)
I’ve also been playing around with knit “patterns” of another kind recently, and they developed into these gift tags. Small hearts and kisses in stitches & knitting needles. Like my birdy labels, and the labels that come with the Houses Slipover, they have empty care symbols that you can fill in according to the yarn you’ve used for your gift. The tags are now licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License, but I would like to ask that you link to this blog post rather than directly to the PDF. Thank you & I hope you enjoy them! :)
The full PDF includes:
- Labels
- Gift Tags
- Writing paper
- Notecards
- Envelope
- Stickers
- Bookmarks
- Bookplates
- Wrappers
- Sleeves
- Small sleeves
- Pillowboxes
- Straight needle sheaths
- DPN sheaths
- Yarn bag
- Tips & tricks for printing, cutting, and construction.
& now also KnitLove Vol.2 with:
- ‘Life without you is like a broken needle’ card
- ‘I Love You This Much’ card
- ‘Let’s stitch together, baby’ card
- ‘You always have me in stitches’ card
- ‘You’re my Knit Knight’ card
- ‘You’re my #1′ card
- Envelope
- Envelope liner
- ‘Sealed with a kiss’ stickers
A few tips:
- Fold & glue the tags before cutting them out. Less cutting!
- I find the tags are firm enough when printed on regular printer paper & then folded, however, you could also print them on card. Check your printer manual for help.
- You could fold the tags, but leave them unglued & use the inside for extra space to write your message.
- Punching holes in the right spot takes a bit of practice! ;)
- You could also use these tags to label swatches!
The countryside is as beautiful and muddy as ever. I can hear my latest batch of neighbours being unloaded as I write. Baa-aa. I’ve been hanging out with the forsythia & the magnolia, and I’m terribly behind on everything, so if you’ve been waiting for a reply or a package from me, don’t give up hope!
Also, I realised yesterday that my feed somehow broke, so you may have missed my last post. It should be fixed now, but if you didn’t subscribe through FeedBurner, you may have to resubscribe. Have a lovely long Easter weekend! Eat lots of chocolate & don’t forget to take your camera with you!
2 December, 2011 | 
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