It's not cheap, in this country, to make Christmas gifts at $26 per metre and $14.50 for a reel of thread...I prefer made gifts for myself.The fellows have all told me that they want an elegant tie.I intend to make heavily textured material by embroidering geometric patterns onto the same coloured material (by machine,of course) and then making the tie.That way,I think the tie will be unusual and still masculine and acceptable for special occasions.
I will be making fleecy jumpers for the little boys.