8 Collegian Magazine Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981 Crafts offer creative gift ideas By CHUCK HALL Daily Collegian Staff Writer Scarves, hats, bookmarks, ornaments, mittens, baskets, wall hangings, wreaths, needlepoint designs, book covers and Christmas cards. All are holiday gifts that can be made by anyone even those with little craft experience willing to spend a little bit of money and a fair amount of time. "The most important thing is to just be able to have an interest and to have a willingness to learn," said Sara Feathers, owner of Knook and Cranny, 201 W. Beaver Ave. Many macramed items that can cost as little as $1 are not hard to make and do not take a lot of time, Feathers said. Macrame projects can be as involved or , as simple as the maker wants them to be, she said. Feathers said counted cross stitch and needlepoint projects are also inexpensive and easy to make from kits that include supplies and instructions. Sandy Sandmeyer, an instructor at the HUB Craft Centie, said batiked items are also not very hard to make, but require careful reading of a book on the art, or special instruction. Wax, dye, material cut from old sheets or pillow cases, and simple batiking equipment are inexpensive, she said. The most important thing is to have something safe to heat the wax in, she said. "Christmas cards that are batiked tend to almost become Christmas presents," Sandmeyer said. "You can do a lot of abstract and fairly simple , things with batik." A person willing to learn a few basic calligraphy strokes can also make Christmas cards, bookmarkers or book face plates for nice gifts, Patty McCalla, another Craft Centre instructor said. "If you can do calligraphy, you can do just about anything you want to," McCalla said. Janis Mershon, also an instructor at the Craft Centre, said hand-made baskets are also nice Christmas gifts that can be made from skills learned from a book. "I taught myself to make baskets that way, Mershon said. A small basket costs about $2 to make, and does not require any special equipment, she said. A wide variety of Christmas wreaths can made, starting with wire or straw wreath forms that sell for less , than $2, Stephanie Moore, manager of The Knothole, 107 E. Beaver Ave., said. "Once you have the wreath form, you can decorate it as you like," Moore said. "It can b simple or elaborate, depending on how much you want to spend and how much time you ar willing to put into it." Sandy Daugherty, an employee at A Stitch i Time, 143 W. Beaver Ave., said many gifts, including caps, scarves and sweaters, can be made inexpensively and fairly easily from wool,or acrylic yarn. • . 4:4Aeo,ea, k a4 r 44? : a mg 4aa Aea ,: Mai - "WAggk l, i'aißTgt . 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