Have you ever wanted to make everyone you know a handmade gift?
If so, you know this can be seriously rewarding, and even more time consuming. This year, you’ll be able to at least wrap gifts in warm hand knit and crocheted inspired wrapping paper from Lion Brand Yarns.
Image courtesy of Lion Brand
You can imagine that these fabulous wrapping papers were a huge hit in the office. We loved that each design was bright, vibrant and realistic looking. It is almost as if the package was wrapped in an actual blanket or sweater!
Image courtesy of Tom Krawczyk
The quality of the paper is amazing. It’s just the right weight to neatly wrap your gifts without tearing. The only thing we were missing would be grid lines on the back of the paper to make cutting straight lines easier, but because the designs were so great, it wasn’t that important.
There are 6 different designs in the line, and each was taken directly from a featured Lion Brand pattern like the New Slant Afghan shown here.
New Slant Afghan via allfreecrochetafghanpatterns.com
Once you are done wrapping all your gifts, show your love of all things yarn even further with some wonderful embellishments. We like the idea of assigning a yarn color to each gift recipient and making a pom pom to adorn your packages. How cute!
Image courtesy of Tom Krawczyk
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What’s one gift you have always wanted to make someone but haven’t had the chance yet?
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I would love to make a king size blanket!!! And SLIPPERS!! I can’t figure those out!!
I created my own pattern by adapting/combining several.
I MUST HAVE THIS PAPER
I want to make my sister a sweater but I don’t have the courage to attempt it.
Mi esposa quieria este papel
a sweater
That wrapping paper is gorgeous!!
An aran, cabled sweater … I need to start to learn how to make knit cables!
Then I’ll be tackling Fair Isle next …
These are incredible! I feel like I need them!
This Christmas I planned to make hats for nieces, nephews and my friends’ children. Didn’t happen because we are in the middle of buying a house. Og well. Next year!
I think I’d like to make gloves, seems complicated with all those fingers 😉
I’ve always wanted to make a shawl for my mom but haven’t made the time.
Clothing!
socks! For some reason I’m intimidated lol
An ornate quilt or blanket of some sort.
a crochet cabled sweater! Crochet cables just get me caught up! I can’t figure them out!
An afghan actually! I’ve made one for myself (many years ago) and baby blankets…but never one for an outright gift. I would LOVE to do that!…oh and this wrapping paper has GOT to be the best thing since sliced bread…..
I’d love to make an afghan as a gift.
i have always wanted to make my friend Linda a Stevie Nicks shawl!
A poncho
I will make an afghan!
Boot slippers or sweater or shrug … so many things! !
I would make some wire crochet jewelry if I could.
A bag, in fall colors.
I have learned so many new patterns and stitches from Lion Brand this year. Love, love, love all the different types of yarn you carry.
Need some of this amazing wrapping paper to wrap gifts I handmade this year.
Thanks,
Valarie
I am going to make my niece fingerless mittens 🙂
Id love to make a stuffed crochet bear for my nephew
Sleepers for all 5 of my grandchildren.
Socks 😉
Knitted socks! I am a crocheter who just can’t seem to stop dropping stitches!
Gloves. My mother could turn them out without even using a pattern. I can’t get the hang of it for the life of me!
It would be awesome to make a beautiful motif blouse.
A sweater!
The one thing I have always wanted to make and have not been able to do so is to make my special caretaker daughter a beautiful hand crocheted thread breadspread like my great grandmother made that was passed down to me until it burned in a house fire. I lost it. It was the white lace with the green strip on each side it looked like a huge delicate doiley for the bed. so warm and comfy.
I would love to make myself an afghan, everytime I make one I end up giving it away as a gift.
A Christmas dress <3
A Queen sized Chicago Bears blanket for my husband. He is a HUGE Bears fan, and I will one day get to it, but have struggled to find the correct colors and time to work on it.
I would love to make a sweater for my granddaughter! I’m still new at this and I have not learned how to do it yet, but I am determined to learn!
A stuffed animal for each of my grandchildren!!
A beautiful crocheted maxi dress in glitter type yarn or cotton
I’ve always wanted to make a amigurumi version of my grandma. That way I could have her with me forever.
Slippers for my daughter.
My niece was born before I started crocheting, so I’ve always wanted to make her a “keepsake” item.
I would like to make a fair isle hat.
A king size afghan.
I would love to make a hooded cape for a friend! Hoping I will have time with new baby!
Anything knitted. Especially a hat. Maybe a scarf or shawl. One of my goals this year was to make 50 hats to donate and I got comfortable crocheting them. I’m barely meeting my target but the year is almost up. Yes, I would have loved to have been able to knit someone a hat. Or scarf. Or shawl…
An afghan. I usually crochet squares and put them together, one year I’d like to knit a large afghan. 🙂
i want to make each if my kids a good scrappy hexy blanket just like the one that’s now wrapping paper!
Market bags made out of cotton blend yarn.
I would LOVE to make a lacy infinity scarf for my daughters, but it would probably do it’s name justice and go on for infinity due to my lack of finishing skills. I’m also a master of making “snakes that swallow basketballs” scarves. I have tension issues. Still, nevertheless, I am utterly obsessed with crochet. I will get to where I do it well, but it sure is fun along the way. Merry Christmas all!
I would like to have more time to knit / crochet blankets to give out to homeless people sleeping on the streets for christmas
I would love to make my son a hoodie! He’s a grown man now and the last time I attempted one he was 4 years old!
I’ve always wanted to make a cable knit sweater in lavender for my best friend.
A sweater that someone would actually want to wear!
A “manly” afghan! I made my husband one when we were in college (that was longer ago than I care to admit) and he still uses it but, needless to say, it’s worn!! Keep meaning to make him a new one for a bday or Christmas gift.
A crochet “Granny style” blanket just like the wrapping paper pattern.
I’d like to crochet my husband something, anything. Wish he would ask.
I would love to crochet a huge bedspread or a lace tablecloth like the ones my great grandmother made. ^_^
Legwarmers. Haven’t found a pattern I like yet that doesn’t require circular knitting needles. That’s a skill I haven’t quite decided to tackle…yet.
I always recommend the Lion Brand website to my crochet class at the
Ibrary. We enjoy trying the patterns we find there. Everyone loves Lion Brand yarn.
My sister would like me to make her a Halloween doily.
A vest for my mother. She’s had her eye on a cabled one we saw at our LYS and I’ve always wanted to make it for her
I’ve always wanted to crochet a pair of boots for my mom and sister, but just never seem to have the time to do it! Hopefully 2015 well be different. 🙂
I am a new crocheter. So, I would love to crochet my elderly Mum a ‘bed jacket’ while she watches TV.
I would love to make a bridal shawl. I am hoping to get my chance real soon.
Dog sweaters!
A queen size blanket. I’ve made 1 but wanted to make 2. It’s been years and I still haven’t made the second one.
I have always wanted to crochet a sweater or large blanket
A sweater for my hubby – it’s on my list.
Ive always wanted to make a faux fur type jacket for myself but ive never gotten around to it. Its still on my bucket list though.
I would love to make prayer shalls for military wives and moms. A friend got one as a gift and she told me it really helps to think of it as a hug from her kids that are stationed over seas.
Omg that is just awesome
Would love to make an afghan for Kael and Jessica, our nephew and his fiancé, for their June 13, 2015 wedding
I want to make a fair isle sweater/cardigan for my husband.
I would like to make my husband one of those viking hats with the huge beards. So fun
I want to try and make an infinity scarf in some luxury yarn…that would be nice to cuddle in. 🙂
A fairisle afghan in knitting…hoping to learn how in 2015……
I have given slippers, mitts, sweaters, afghans, scarves, toys, ponchos, doilies, table cloths, socks, and hats to all of my family members and many friends. I want to make that one thing that they haven’t asked for yet
I have always wanted to make granny squares for warm up America since I heard about them but never seem to have enough time
I would love to make my grandchildren an afghan i have a pattern for it is an afghan with pillow attached that is in shape of grandma head and has hands and feet attached that are lije gloves and slippers , so they can wrap themselves in a Grandma hug. I started but keep getting sidetracked.
A crochet stuffed Winnie the Pooh for a friend.
Anything other than a scarf. That’s the only thing I’ve made that’s been successful. 🙁 but I will keep trying.
I’ve always wanted to make a beautiful afghan and give it as a gift. My mom always used to make them and everyone she gave the to loved them.
A sweater for my husband.
Afghans for everyone, though this year my 2 youngest nieces will each be getting one. 2 down, many more to go. I still haven’t tried a scarf or cowl. Those will be next projects.
fingerless mittens in a silver yarn
I would love to make an Afghan with the USMC emblem for my Veteran husband.
A hand ah Like the houndstooth one!
Handbag…
I would love to make a wrap for A friend!
I want to make a king size blanket for my own bed.
A table cloth out of bedspead cotton. I started on one when I was pregnant with my first son in 1985 and was never able to finish it. I’ve lost the pattern so I don’t think it will ever get done.
A whole set of dishcloths!
I would love to make the Irish sweater I have the yarn for but I just haven’t had the time to make for a gift.
I have always wanted to take a picture of my mothers garden and create a knitted or crocheted picture for my mother who is an awesome gardner.
A baby layette. There haven’t been any new babies since I learned to crochet 🙁
i have always wanted to make someone a customized, king size blanket featuring squares designed with their favorite things and hobbies! 🙂
I always wanted to make a sweater but am not ambitious enough to even begin.
A double-wedding ring afghan.
Quilt, Quilt Quilt!!! I want to make at least just one if I ever live long enough.
I would like to make my daughter a blanket. I finally made myself one this year.
I want to make my husband a camoflauge afghan in lion brand yarn but cant find the camoflauge color because it does not exist :/ lol. But I’ve decided to make it with a green, brown and black lion brand yarn.. just gotta figure out a nice way to make the design. 🙂
Vanessa. Chella Crochet has an EBay and an Etsy store. She sells graph patterns and has a fantastic camouflage one. I made it several years ago.
i would love to make christmas stockings for all four children but i fear they may be too old for them by the time i’d finished ! xx
I would like to have time to make a Christmas stocking for each of my 3 grandchildren
I would love to make a 4th generation Crochet Full-size bedspread a niece (no children of my own) as one was made my Great-grandmother for may Grandmother and down the line to myself….It is a family tradition.
I would love to make my sister Linda a tablecloth. I have made her small doilies and afghans but have not attempted a thread crochet tablecloth. She does so much for our family and loves homemade gifts. She is a cancer survivor of 2 different cancers and never quits!
I would love to be able to make sweaters, but I hate sewing the seams.
I have on my list: boot cuffs, fingerless gloves and booties. My list is longer since I just learned crochet a month ago, but those are my next to tackle.
I would love to make cozy slippers.
I would love to make a dress for my daughter! I’ve made sweaters, and blankets in the past. Just haven’t made her a dress yet! Maybe next year!
I would love to make some colorful gloves
A teddy bear for my sweetheart!
I want to learn to crochet gloves .
A king size purple blanket.
I would love to crochet a tablecloth for my mom & daughter.
I have always wanted to make my daughter a king sizeblanket.
I would love to make my mom a sweater but the thought of it makes me break out into a cold sweat, lol.
A lacy shawl
An afghan of squares that end up being a big heart when I am finished..
I want to make entrelac mitts for a friend who knits but hasn’t figured out entrelac, and can really use them. I keep getting distracted but I’ve got all my required (family) gifts done so I can see about doing these over Christmas week. She oooh’d over a pattern so I know it’s something she wants, and unexpected gifts are wonderful.
I would love to crochet anything for my grandbabies that I could look at and not find fault with just once :p
I would like to knit or crochet a garment for the Christmas at Sea organization that sends hand knits & other items to seamen.
i want to make a shawl with a beautiful cable pattern
A friend asked me to crochet her wedding dress! I’d love to, but what a responsibility! I’m still thinking about it…
I’d like to finally finish an afghan for my sister who always makes me things.
I would love to Make a queen-sized ripple afghan.
I want to make a blue & whilte sampler blanket that looks like Dutch tiles for my friend, who is Dutch.
a sweater – never have made one – I am intimidated by the thought of starting one!
I want to try to make some stuffed animals or dolls. Have made just about everything else. But am a little intimidated by these!
I’m just beginning on knitting and someday I will knit cables! Hope I will be as good with knitting as I fill with crocheting!
Anything woven – just got the loom the bits and bobs needed to make it work and the books and training video… now I just need the time… I will find it!
I’ve always wanted to make valences for my Mother’s curtains! Big job I know…
I’ve always wanted to make my grandmother a shawl for Christmas.
I want to make afghans for each of my nephews and nieces. 6 total. Quite a project.
I would love to make a coat
A blanket for my aunt who does so much for my family.
I would love to make leg warmers and coat for my old dog. She watches me make little things and anything for her.
A shawl. I made one this fall and then gave it away. I want one to keep!
A sweater with matching hat and mittens and scarf..for my sweet hubby who has a winter birthday! He us very supportive of my love of fiber art!!!!
Loving the wrapping paper!
I would love to make a “fishermans” cable sweater
I’d like to make my Dad a dragon blanket
A poncho for my Sister. One like Mom made each of us a long time ago.
I want to knit a cape
i’ve been wanting to make my brother a Marine blanket for the past couple of years and just haven’t gotten around to it. I think next year might be the year though
A Lover’s knot shawl…. it is what drew me to learn to crochet to begin with and I still have not made one in the 3 years I have been crocheting!! I do plan to attempt it soon though!
I would like to make everyone socks but i cant catch on how to use dp needles. I just taught myself to knit but cant seem to learn that skill. This year i made facecloths and scarfs. 😎
A sweater for my mom. I know she’d be thrilled but I’m not quite there yet with my skills.
Ive always wanted to make an aran afghan and my grandson loves wearing vests and I would love to try one with a graphghan pattern …….
I have been wanting to make crochet moccasins for various people in my family. They look so cute and different from normal slippers.
I would love to make a knitted pinch with sleeves.
An afgan for my husband. He says he is the onky one who doesn’t have one yet.
I would love to make stockings for my family
a skirt. I’m always afraid it will look horrible on me when I’m done.
I would love to make an heirloom piece like a bedspread or tablecloth out of thread.
Socks! Wool ones for my sis, two daughters and self to help the RA pain.
I would love to crochet a wedding dress for my daughter in law to be. I’m not sure how she would feel about it but I think it would be a huge accomplishment if I really did it!
Crocheted baskets! They look like awesome gift item but haven’t made yet.
My bestie, who is 6’4″, wants an afghan that covers all of him.
::squeal:: these are so awesome!!!
A Cathedral Rose Window afghan!
I have a crochet pattern for a really cute sweater I’d like to make my granddaughter but very hesitant to try it.
I want my family together.
A cardigan for my son. One day I’ll do it!! But not this year 🙁
I want to make a queen sized blanket for my truck-loving son…with the “C” logo (for Cummins engines) in the center. I should have thought about it earlier, because it’s too late for this Christmas. But he does have a summer birthday…..
I have wool, crochet hooks and pattern and i need motivation to start my first mandala square
Holy cow! These are ridiculously neat! I would love to get some!
I want to make a sweater for my daughter but I have trouble with gauge.
I want to make a queen sized dtained glass afghan, for our bed.
sweater for my husband.
King sized blanket
I would love to make a jacket or sweater for each of my grand children. I have nine and one on the way.
An afghan
I want to make a woman’s coat
I have always wanted to make a cardigan that is about mid thigh still hoping to one day do it before my hands get to crippled fro arthritis.
I would like to make my dog a sweater and then make a raincoat so he doesn’t get so wet when we go for our walks. Oregon’s winters are very well. Thank you.
I would one day like to socks for the guys in my family and myself the crocheted newsboy hat.
I would love to make sweaters for my awesome husband and beautiful daughter!
Socks! I made one pair many years ago, but have never made more. The magic loop looks like it would be more fun than dpn’s.
I’m practicing crochet so I can make granny square poncho.
I would like to make each of my family members and friends an amigurumi of themselves. It would be my interpretation of them. I would like to honor each if them for all they have brought to my life.
would love to make a crocheted bedspread for each of my grandchildren
Leg warmers for my ballerina who is 7 yesterday. I hope to make some this winter.
I have wanted to knit an entire dress but I don’t have the guts or the time to get it done. I feel like it would become a UFO
Hats, scarfs & Fingerless Mitts for everyone of my family.
I would love to make blankets for my family!
I have at least 6 people waiting on afghans from me. Sadly, my crochet time is limited and because I go to school full time and work on top of that. Fortunately my future recipients are patient and very supportive.
I would love to design and crochet a wedding dress and line the inside with white velvet along with a matching wedding veil. I dreamed of a dress like this when I was young as I would sit and watch my mother crochet beautiful doll dresses. I would have gave anything to of had a life size crocheted doll dress.
A cowl scarf with buttons for my daughter
Sweater for my husband but I don’t have the courage yet!
I have always wanted to make a nice, soft,warm scarf for my friend in Chicago.
I would like to make a thread crochet lace tablecloth or window curtains like those in France.
A lace tablecloth or window curtains like those in France
I would love to make cozy slippers.
A guitar case for a special musician in my world!
I want to make my granddaughters some of the animals made with the African Flowers.
I have always wanted
To make beautiful necklaces with thread
I want to make afghan using the Tunesian stitch.
I would finally like to make a gift for my sister or daughter. I’m always the one to get the gifts and would like to be the one to finish that project.
I would love to crochet a cardigan for a child.
I would love to make a full size body pillow
I would like a really really nice crochet sock pattern. I have tried a few but it never looks as good as knitted ones, so I kinda gave up on that.
I’ve made sweaters for babies & toddlers, my husband and myself,…but I haven’t made one for either of my daughters. It would have to be a lightweight yarn, and fashionable.
The list of things that I would like to crochet is so long but if I had to chose one I think it would be toddler clothes since I do Inhome daycare and I have four 14month old girls that I would adore making dresses. I Also have other children but theses will be leaving my care at 18 months and I would really like to give them something special.
A cable knit sweater
I want to make adult clothing…sweaters for babies I can handle. But I haven’t attempted anything bigger!
cute seals and am try to learn tunsian now to
I would like to make my sister a chevron cowl, I just need to wait for the time.
an afghan
I’ve always wanted to make my husband a sweater. So far we have not been able to
come to an agreement about the design or type of yarn to use, but someday it will
happen!
I have always wanted to make sweaters for my friends but I can’t seem to get the hang of making one. Somehow, the gauge always changes midway.
I would like to make as many blankets as I can to donate to the homeless–to be used for protection from the cold or as a security blanket for the little ones. It would be fun to have a group of people join me. This would be a good way to use up bits of yarn and by using the granny square it could be taken with you everywhere to work on, I.e., doctor appointments, waiting on car repairs, etc. What a great feeling to be able to help others
I would love to make my little grandson a handmade toy but I haven’t had the time to do it so far and he turns two next month.
I would love to knit a custom designed blanket for my family. Something warm and cozy with meaningful colors and patterns.
Clothing
I have always wanted to make shoes, not slippers or booties but real shoes with real soles that can be worn wherever.
I’ve never made a sweater for a significant other but I’ve always wanted to! Someday that perfect pattern will come along.
Because I am just learning, I haven’t made anything too complicated yet. I would love to learn to make slippers for my family and me!
the I Love Color afghan has been on my list for a year.
A crochet bikini set that I saw in a McCalls hardcover crochet fashions book from the 70s
A bikini bathing suit set that I saw in a McCalls crochet fashion hardcover book from the 70s
There is so much i want to make for others but I think the top one for me would be sweaters for everyone on my list.
My three children had this one special teacher in their elementary years at school. I’ve always wanted to make an afghan for her. I wrote a letter of appreciation and sent it to the school superintendent…..btw, my children are all in their 40’s now, and I still communicate with their teacher.
A nice cable sweater is what I ream of being able to make one day!
I’d love to make my husband a comfy sweater, but I’m not quite there yet.
I have always wanted to crochet my granddaughter a coat sweater Just haven’t gotten to it yet
Would love to make blankets, hats and scarves for my 11 grandchildren!
When I was in end-stage heart failure in 2009, I had a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) that was placed in a vein in my upper-right arm to deliver a 24/7 medication to my heart. The generic mesh hospital-issued arm bands used to cover and stabilize the I.V. entry sight looked so plain and clinical, so I would wear jackets and long sleeves to cover it (NOTE: springtime and summertime in Texas can be quite warm, if not hot). A dear friend of mine found a pattern for knitted and crocheted PICC arm bands, and when I was about to begin making them, I received my transplant and no longer needed a PICC. I subsequently planned to knit & crochet decorative PICC arm bands/covers with different yarns, different stitch patterns, colors, etc. and donate them to local transplant centers for patients with PICCs, but never got around to doing it. This contest has given me an incentive (5 years later!) to follow through with my plan to knit/crochet arm bands/covers, which would be a small but hopefully appreciated gift to PICC patients. I could even make little gift pouches with the wrapping paper! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to make a tablecloth using the 100+ balls of colored thread that I have. I also have always wanted to make a snowflake tablecloth with multiple sizes of flakes using thread also.
I have always wanted to make a African flower motif afghan. That may be something I put on my to do list for the new year.
For the longest time I’ve wanted to make a freeform crochet floral handbag for my friend.
I’ve always wanted to make a cashmere scarf for my husband. Hopefully I will do it by next Christmas.
I have always wanted to tackle a cabled sweater. They’re beautiful, I just don’t have the patience.
To be able to crochet like my MOM who taught me at 5years old.
I’d love to make gloves or socks for my mom.
I’d love to make a christening gown for a baby, but my arthritis just won’t let me work with thread. Although I have seen some beautiful patterns for baby yarn, so there is always hope!
Thank you!
A Sylvi coat for my daughter.
Wanted to make my 19 yr old daughter a dress with lace sleeves
I would like to make a king size lace need spread
I would love to make a multicolored afghan to give to some charity
I wanted to make snowflakes for my mom’s tree!
Is this still on giveaway? I want to enter!!
I have always wanted to make someone a shawl.
I once found a Troll pattern and created three dimensional Crocheted Trolls for all my nieces and nephews. My wife crocheted them scarves which matched the hair on each troll. Now many of them have children of their own, and we’d love to create a whole new batch…now to find the time….