I met my nephew's girlfriend for the first time in November. She's a very interesting woman/PhD candidate, examining the relationship between gender and the application of
alchemical knowledge and techniques in early
modern England. Not surprisingly, I know nothing about these topics, but we also chatted about how to keep your ears warm while wearing your hair up. I do know a little bit about how to keep your ears warm and also wanted to practice the Old Norwegian cast on; I decided the perfect way to accomplish both things was to knit
Thing 1 and
Thing 2 for her.
My niece is getting married soon, so I needed to come up with a gift for her wedding shower. She's had her own house for several years, so doesn't need much "stuff". I decided some dishcloths and a check were a good choice, since
Danielle Does Dishes.
While my most recent knitting has consisted of small projects for others, I only have one other easy piece to finish before I return to my regularly scheduled selfish knitting!
Cute way of making a set of dishcloths. Everyone needs cute dishcloths. And giving the gift of keeping ones ears warm can never be underestimated! She must be very happy to have a cool way of staying wear.
ReplyDeleteThose are great little projects and make wonderful gifts!
ReplyDeletebeautiful gifts and all will be treasured I'm sure. The washcloths are lovely in white and red.
ReplyDeleteFabulous projects! The dishcloths are very cute - love the pattern. I've been thinking of making some sort of headband/earwarmer. I tried calorimetry once, but it came out bigger than I liked on my tiny head - especially since my gauge was off from the pattern. I keep thinking about trying it again and being sure to make it smaller, because it's a great pattern.
ReplyDeleteWhat great gift knitting! I've always wanted to try a calorimetry (did I spell that right???) -- and that dishcloth set is perfect! (What is your selfish project going to be? Inquiring minds want to know . . .)
ReplyDeletewhat great colors! and what lucky recipients. (and yeah, what is the self-indulgent project gonna be?)
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