This is the time of year when crafters get ambitious—sometimes overambitious. It’s almost certainly too late to do anything so ambitious as make socks for your whole family (I did this once, but I don’t really recommend it), but not so late that you need to give up and settle for boring, impersonal gifts or handwritten IOUs.

If you set realistic goals, you might still be able to whip up a few handmade gifts or cute holiday decorations. And if you’re not a crafter, but simply looking for places to find gifts for the crafter in your life, there are lots of great locally owned options. This list is not exhaustive, and limited to stores that carry yarn or fabric, as my ability to evaluate stores catering to other types of crafters—like, say, woodworkers—is far more limited. If you absolutely

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