When I started reading blogs a few months ago, Rhonda, at Down to Earth, had done a dish cloth swap. I read all about dishcloths, which is hugely exciting stuff for me (HA HA) anyway, I love stuff you reuse and don't just chuck, and I like to knit, so I have knitted a whole lot of dish cloths, for Christmas presents. I know that they are not really very exciting, and may not be regarded, as the best gift my friends get, but I do know that I made them with love, and they will be used everyday. I am packaging them with a bar of soap, in which I have carved the word KITCHEN.
I don't think that I will get much "wow" factor out of the gifts I give, but I am totally satisfied, that they are gifts that will be used. No more junk buying for me.
2 comments:
Well, dish clothes get a wow from me when I am fortunate enough to get them!
Looking forward to seeing some hat progress shots!
I love handmade dishcloths -- making them and getting them. But I agree that some people just don't "get it" why I don't just buy a huge pack of terry washcloths and be done with it, at least until they use one.
And I'd rather get a from-the-heart handmade item any day over something "obligatory" from a megastore.
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