It is a race against time. My friend and I agreed that we would give each other handmade presents for Christmas this year. Foolishly I decided I’d knit her a pair of arm warmers. We are meeting in two days and the knitting frenzy has begun.

I am not very organized with my handmade endeavours. I always mean to make gifts throughout the year, knit during summer road trips, make homemade preserves in late summer, and bake and freeze treats in the fall. I know Christmas comes every year, yet somehow I am still surprised when it arrives. Like all years I am shocked and dismayed that it is now a week before Christmas. I am in a full on panic.

The first pair I knit seemed a little short, and a little dull. I made them cuter by embroidering a heart, but then I started to think that maybe she’d prefer a green pair since it is her favourite colour, and she’d probably want a longer pair so that she could scrunch them up or stretch them out if she was wearing short sleeves, as if I have the luxury of being thoughtful and caring about colour preferences or her cold arms at this point.

Next year everything will be different. Dammit.

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