I'm currently obsessed with yarn. There's a huge stash built up from purchases I've made.. simply because it looked pretty on the shelf. Luckily, when it comes to gift time, I can whip something up with it like I did for my niece and mom's birthday this past weekend! Being able to personalize the same gift for each person (age, gender, personality, etc) is my favorite part of gifting yarn projects. I customized USB cables for their iPhones. Both were meant to be used as car chargers.
Jaycee:
Brightly colored yarn to match a bubbly personality! She also got a special set of headphones.
Mom:
More sophisticated and "London Plaid" inspired. She has a blanket of this pattern in her car!
The process:
I have found this project to be time consuming, but it is really simple. It's a matter of looping the yarn or baker's twine around the cord keeping an even tension. It takes me about 45 minutes to compete one cord.