Knots are Gifts. That's just how it works,

While I love making the Celtic art nonsense, when it hangs around my house it just collects dust, so I usually end up giving it away as gifts. I recently realized that this was the case, and decided to starting using it to my advantage - now I make pieces specifically to be gifts for particular people.

A gift for my father, who perseveres:

A gift for my mother, lover of all things big and clumsy (most particularly pelicans and moose):


A gift for my mother-in-law, musician, speech pathologist episcopal-enthusiast, and keeper of a team of giant cats and a dog. This one got a little over-specific in the symbolism, but it was still fun: