Craft Gift Guides

This is every gift guide we have written, sorted by the crafter you are buying for. Pick the hobby, get the list.

These are the guides we keep updated. When a pick goes out of stock or something better turns up, the guide changes. A 2021 list nobody has touched since is worse than no list at all.

The picks are for people who actually do the craft. Not the craft-gifts aisle, where the paint is thin and the yarn squeaks. Someone who quilts every weekend can spot the difference in about four seconds.

Every gift guide, by crafter

Easel with a canvas, paint tubes and brushes on a wooden table

Best Gifts For Painters (Acrylic And Oil)

For acrylic and oil painters.

Ball of turquoise yarn with circular knitting needles curved into a heart

Best Gifts For Knitters (That Won’t Sit In A Closet)

For knitters, from first scarf to sock weight.

Rotary cutter, pins and folded quilting fabrics on a green cutting mat

Best Gifts For Quilters (That They’ll Actually Use)

For quilters who piece, cut and press.

Three crochet hooks resting on a purple granny square

Best Gifts For Crocheters (That They’ll Actually Use)

For crocheters and their hook collection.

Hands shaping a clay vase on a spinning pottery wheel

The Absolute Best Gifts for Potters

For potters and ceramicists.

Watercolor floral painting with brushes and a paint palette on a desk

The Best Gifts For Watercolor Artists

For watercolor painters.

Rows of white star-shaped candles with a ball of wick twine

The Best Gifts For Candle Makers

For candle and soap makers.

Embroidered and patterned cushions stacked on a bed

Embroidery Gift Ideas (Ultimate List)

For embroiderers.

Woodworking hand tools and shavings on a workbench

Best Gifts For Woodworkers

For the one with a bench, a pile of offcuts and never enough clamps.

Jewelry making supplies with beads, wire and pliers laid out on a table

Best Gifts For Jewelry Makers

For the one whose beads live in sandwich bags and whose pliers are never where they left them.

Scrapbooking supplies laid out on a table with paper, photos, scissors and embellishments

Best Gifts For Scrapbookers

For the one with a leaning stack of 12×12 paper and a half finished album on the table.

Cross stitch project in progress with floss bobbins and a needle on white canvas

Best Gifts For Cross-Stitchers

For the one who has lost the count twice tonight and is still going.

Resin artist pouring epoxy over a wooden board in a studio

Best Gifts For Resin Artists

For the one with a curing piece on every flat surface in the house.

Not sure which craft?

Not sure which craft they are into? Browse the category they spend their weekends in and the gift usually picks itself: Sewing and Clothing Repair, Knitting and Crocheting, Woodworking, Jewelry Making, Paper Crafts, Pottery, Embroidery or Quilting.