I had the great idea of knitting gifts this year; it's the first year in a while where I've had the energy to even contemplate it! I'm enjoying the process, picking out yarns in colours I hope the recipient will like, picking patterns to (I hope) suit their tastes for wearing as well as mine for knitting. Now all I have to do is find the time required to finish them, in between all the other things that need to be done before late December. This is one reason why I picked the "Grownup Bonnet" (Ravelry link; my Ravelry project page) from Knit 2 Together for one of them; lots of mindless knitting suitable for the car or on work phone calls when I don't have to take notes.