25 days before Christmas: Back into crafties

It's just a few more days before Christmas. Are you done Christmas shopping? Are you done wrapping gifts for your special or love ones?

I can still remember the feeling of wrapping gifts. I enjoyed it when I was a kid. I tend to try different gift wrapping styles too! I wanted to be good at gift wrapping back then. I considered that as a special skill. :)

25 more days and I still haven't done christmas shopping or thinking what gifts should I give. Well, since I don't have the money to spend this Christmas I'll do a simple project. Oh by the way, I saw my niece's tiktok video and she wants a beanie. That moment I thought, maybe I can make her one. The only thing is, both of my thumb is not in a good condition to knit or crochet. Good thing that my sister has a loom set. I borrowed it and tried if I can do it using a loom.

This was just the trial to see if it will not stress my thumb. After trying a few kinds of stiches, I guess this could work.

I bought a milk cotton yarn and tried some easy patterns. I searched most of them in Youtube and here are my first 3 finished products.

Yey! I did 3 without my thumb hurting. Then I asked my husband to spend 1k for yarns so I can make a little something as a small christmas gifts for our friends and their kids (if any). He did agree and sent me the money.

I decided to buy my own loom set as my sisters are also using some of it for her orders. hahahahha! Our eldest sister asked her to crochet or knit something too. Well she know a store just near our house and the loom set was available. Yes, I did purchase it right away. hihi.

Now, the Christmas project begins!

I am already doing the adult version of the beanie.

Since I also have a Lil B to take care of, I usually do this when she's asleep in the afternoon or during the evening. I need to double time as it just a few more days left. Well, for a faster way to finish the gifts is to make smaller styles or products without any complicated patterns. I can only think of beanies, pouch or headbands.

I really hope that I can finish this just in time. I already created a list and ordered more yarns in Shopee.

Do you have any suggestion? Please share a few details too as I am new to loom knitting. I'd appreciate it! :)

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