What To Get A Knitter For Christmas

I'm in a sad state, friends on the internet. You see, I work a bazillion hours a week in a yarn shop and what do I want for Christmas? Yarn, needles, related parephanalia. I must be out of my mind. But I have been coveting some of our yarns as well as some yarns on the internet lately, so my Christmas list is full of yarn.

And a spindle. I want to learn to spin so badly. And I want to learn how to crochet.

And more than anything, I want a pair of fancy fancy knitting needles for Christmas (we're talking sterling silver, hand carved whatsits on the end. Something REALLY effing special, so I can um, feel really EFFING special, alright? Jeez. But no, I think every knitter needs one pair of something ultra special, so, we'll see what we can see). And, I want a beautiful antique thread cutter. Now, with that $7 Clover thread cutter everywhere on the effing internet, I'm having little luck finding THE thread cutter for me. I've found a few pretty sterling pieces, but nothing that really caught me eye.

And then I had a thought. I took nearly two years worth of metalsmithing classes. I can set stones, cast molten metal, carve, drill, shape and otherwise manipulate metal. I can make my OWN beautiful thread cutter. I was thinking of simply encasing a rotary blade in some filligree work. I think that could be quite exquisite--who knows. Now that I've resolved myself to making me own knitting goodies, I get to work through some designs and goodness I hope actualize a piece or two. I think there's a decent sized niche on the market for knitting accessories that are hand made and pretty, so, perhaps I'll make up some prototypes. I don't know about doing needles, as the needles themselves would be tricky. I could start with pre-made bases, but I don't like that idea very much. Well, we'll see. I'll get through Thanksgiving and draw out a few ideas. Maybe something pretty to look at soon.

I so have afghan square pics, but I haven't gotten around to retouching them yet. Also, I will probably pic spam quite soon, as I might shift a bit of my yarn store wages toward a new memory card for my camera. The old one has peaced out, and I'm starting to miss it.