Gift Giving

I love to knit gifts for my friends and family. In fact, this Christmas I knit several simple but cute hats for gifts. The only thing that kind of sucks about knitting gifts is that people lose them. I knit my little sister this:
http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/samhain06/glaistig.htm
in white with the intention of putting a pretty pink ribbon through the holes. A few months later, I was helping her clean her room and found it at the bottom of the closet, completely covered with dust and grime. She is a messy kid and her room is in a constant state of chaos, but it still hurt my feelings a little bit.
I also knit my mom this:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter03/PATTcoronet.html
in nice, expensive wool.

Yeah...she lost that, too...


The moral of the story? I am only going to knit for me, unless the recipient proves themselves worthy or it's something I would never wear myself. Haha.