Defeat the Winter Doldrums Topic #2

This week's topic #2:
There are many people who ADORE receiving hand-knit or crochet items; but there are just as many who have no appreciation whatever of how much love, work, and time goes into a hand-made item. Share a story of a hand-made gift you gave to someone and how it worked out - good, bad, or ugly!

I haven't had a handmade gift that wasn't really appreciated or turned down. I was surprised with the reaction of oldest son a few years ago when I made him a Boobie Pillow as kinda of a gag for his B-day. They were just moving into their house that day and we went over to help. Took Cake and gift with us...His response was so funny and I had taken him more surprised then he did me...lol About a week afterwards he said to me, "Mom, this makes a great neck roll pillow and everyone wants mine!" Since then his dog had chewed off one of the boobs nipples so I'm gonna be putting it on my list of projects to do. I was suppose to fix it, but with working the pillow got put away and well I found it the other day and I also refound the pattern on Ravelry too..(it was one Lady had chewed up). Now have decided instead of fixing, I'm gonna redo it.. Hope to make 3 of them, one for each son this time :-)


I also had a felted bag that didn't quite come out, I was experimenting with yarns and had one I didn't know if it would felt or not. So the bag came out mostly felted, but with a center section that didn't. I thought it was doomed for the trash, but my DIL, Krista, said she'd take it, She liked way it looked. She uses it to hold her yarns and projects in around the house. (the holes in the center section wouldn't hold hooks or anything), so even something I thought was doomed, became someones gift.