Friday, December 2, 2011

More Flower Potholders

Remember the potholders I've made for my Mom's birthday in September? She really liked them a lot, so a few days ago, she asked me if I could make two more. No, wait - actually she asked me if I've "coincidentally" got two new potholders lying around. Err... no :) (does anyone of you?)
Next week-end my parents will go to Austria for a little pre-Christmas vacation (they've started this two years ago), and my Mom would like to bring some little gifts, like my potholders, for their friends down there.
I used Jennifer Martin's Flower Potholders pattern again and a thicker cotton yarn this time:

I had exactly these four colors of thick cotton yarn, and maybe they wouldn't have been my no.1 choices if I had a whole range of colors to choose from, but now I think they've turned out quite pretty. I like the blue-ish one, in Germany the color's called "Petrol", but I don't know what it is called in English, the dictionary is no help here ;) Somehow I seem to be drawn to this color, because right now I'm knitting (!) a scarf in a similar shade - I hope I can finish it this week-end :)


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17 comments:

  1. They're so pretty. I really need to crochet one of those. :)

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  2. I would say the colour is teal. And I wonder why we call it Petrol in Germany - doesn't look a thing like it (colourwise, I mean)
    By the way, the potholders are lush and I like the colour combination a lot

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  3. Lovely potholders ... I've never made one but yours could just tempt me to try. Petrol is definitely teal - and that sounds so much nicer!!

    And no, I never have spare things I've made lying around ... I'll be asked the same question regarding bags / purses when my mother-in-law arrives next week!

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  4. oh,verry,verry beautiful
    liebe grüße
    silvia-maria

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  5. Very pretty, thank you for sharing the link to the pattern. :-)

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  6. Superschöne Topflappen :-) ♥♥♥

    Die hab' ich auch schon 'ne ganze Weile auf meiner "To-Do-List"... *seufz*

    Liebe Grüße
    Bianca

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  7. I love the idea of you happening to have extra potholders around :). These are lovely!

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  8. These are so pretty. I'm usually indifferent to crochet potholders but I truly love the design and color choice on these.

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  9. I think they look great. And no... I don't have two spare pot holders just lying around either!

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  10. Teal! This link is very informative:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors

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  11. beautiful colours.. it really match well.

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  12. These are beautiful and unusual, I like the colours too. I would say the blue/green is a deep teal. Petrol, when I last heard the term, was a deep grey blue when I was growing up..a while ago now.

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  13. They are so lovely ...you are very clever indeed.

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  14. Very pretty! I agree with the others on the color petrol being dark teal. Petrol brings gray to mind for me! Great potholders.

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