May 24, 2006
Wow. It has been a while. I haven't done much knitting on the samples for a minute. I did knit Mother's Days gifts though. If I've edited this post, the pics will be here. I gave both mom's the same gifts but I dressed them up differently. This one would be to my mom. This one is in a wooden box with raffia in it and it has a knit washcloth and a knit scrubby tube. I knit the tube with sisal twine. I got the idea from doing a combination of the bath mitt in Erika Knight's book and the loofas you see all the time in Rite Aid. I've knit the mitt before and although I like it a lot, it looks better in the book than when I knit it (:)). I bought the candle and the soap of course. I also got a plastic flower from the Hallmark store and put it in the corner for decoration. Then I wrapped it all up in clear cellophane and sisal twine. I thought it looked really pretty.
For the mom-in-law, and I wish I had a pic for this-sorry...I knit the basket the gifts were in. I loved the basket, but not for the items in it, though it came out looking decent. The basket was made of jute and cotton. Jute for the bottom and cotton in stockinette stitch going around. I started with the jute, kniting a square. Then I picked up stitches around it using a double strand of off-white cotton. I flipped it when it was finished so that the outside purl rows would show and curve around the gifts on the inside. Then I stashed the candle, soap and knit cloth and tube in. I put the flower on top of the candle. It was really pretty cute. But unless you use stiffer materials, the heavier items are kind of not appropriate for a basket like that. The other mom's wooden box was better for these kinds of things-carrying wise. But it looked good. I wrapped the whole thing in clear cellophane and tied it with sisal twine. I figure once she uses the things inside, she can use the basket for something lighter like potpourri or bath beads. Since it's circular and curves in like a flat, rounded bowl, I think it would look good with those kinds of things. With the items I used for Mother's Day, it had to accomodate a squar-er form, and though it worked out, I think it would be way more suited to poutpourri or beads or something like that.
I've been working on this baby sweater for a lady at my church. I could have sworn that she had the baby. But I'm told she hasn't had the baby yet, so....I still have time! :)
Family goings-on has been pretty hectic. Pray for us. Thanks.
Posted by stacey at May 24, 2006 11:15 AM
