Christmas Knitting
KJ:
Question: When you knit for people for Christmas, do you tell them in advance what they’re getting? If trying to keep things a surprise, how do you handle finding out their measurements?
XJ:
I do knit most everything for Christmas. At this point I actually have everyone’s measurements so I don’t tell them what they are getting. I didn’t even when I didn’t have their measurements though. There are charts that say how big to make socks depending on shoe size, or height. I would generally ask spouses about that, or just look if I lived in the same house. Then one Christmas I got everyone’s pertinent measurements and went from there. I generally only make socks for people though, if I were to do a sweater or something I would ruin the surprise and get proper measurements so that it would fit and not be a waste of time.
