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I’m not very good at coming up with gift ideas. I hate spending those precious pre-holiday hours stressing in over-crowded malls. I would much rather spend those gray and cold December days bundled up at home, sipping on hot tea and Netflix and Knitting.

A few years ago, I came up with this tradition to knit something warm for those I love. I don’t always make my own deadline, and sometimes I don’t see my friends or family until the following year. I have friends who always make it a point to tell me they have gotten complimented on the quality and the knit of the hat.

So instead of spending hours upon hours trying to think of what cute and possibly useless gift to get my family and friends, I spend way more time making them something from scratch, knitting hundreds of little knots into something that will keep their head warm.