The “sweater curse” or “curse of the love sweater” is a term used by knitters and crocheters to describe the belief that if a knitter or crocheter gives a hand-knit sweater to a significant other, it will lead to the recipient breaking up with the knitter. In an alternative formulation, the relationship will end before the sweater is even completed.
I’d take a handmade linen shirt over a wool sweater any day.
Except with booties, the crown jewels of my wardrobe are the dinosaur booties a friend knitted for me.