I have been working on little hostess gifts to give this year for all of our upcoming holiday gatherings. I wanted something that would be quick to make and also economical. Thanks to my new knitting hobby, I am whipping up snowflake dishcloths for a mere $.75 each.
This pattern was easy to do and only required a bit of concentration when making the snowflake in the center. This is all knitting and purling so if you can do those two stitches, you can totally make these! I used Peaches ‘N Cream in red and a robin’s egg blue.
I have to say that my favorite part about these is the little addition of our family Christmas picture (courtesy of Brittani Renee Photography). I had a disc of our pictures and I copied the pictures to my computer. I then took one of our holiday photos and plopped it into a Word document. Right click on your image and click, “Size.” You can then adjust your image to the size for your gift cards. This was reformatted with width and height at 3 inches. You could also do a smaller gift tag by resizing the image to 2 inches. Type your message below and mount it onto cardstock or pretty scrapbooking paper. This was hole punched and then I used a needle to weave in a strand of contrasting yarn with a little raffia.
I hope those who host us in their home will know how much their efforts are appreciated by this tiny gesture of thankfulness.
What is your favorite hostess gift to give? Please feel free to share your recipes or tips/tricks for personalizing those hostess gifts!
What a cute gift, Amy! I’ve never seen that design with a snowflake in the center. I love gifts that cost little but don’t look like it!
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Amy, those are lovely – I wish I knew how to knit!
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Those are adorable! And those are the only two stitches that I can do so I could probably handle this project.
Love it!
Kimba
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Those dishcloths are nice! I’m sure they’ll be much appreciated!
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I love these! My goodness, I really wish that I could knit. A very cute idea.
I usually make homemade fudge for family events or bath salts if it’s a girls night in or something.
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Amy, I just had to tell you that those are lovely – what a wonderful way to share the joy this season!
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Thats a great idea. Id like to share something I bought for my daughter. She is at college and I found these ready made care packages that have everything a girl needs at college to get ready or clean. Its at a site called Ready U. Its free shipping and has a coupon code for 5 bucks off. COUP5 site is at http://cli.gs/g1Bgn0
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That is such a cute idea. I knit, but am very slow at it. I bet if I made more dishcloths, I would get faster!
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Mandy- I am really slow too and these take me a couple of hours, but I just do it while I watch my shows
The pattern is pretty easy- I bet you could do it. Let me know if you give it a try.
Thanks, everyone, for your compliments! I was proud how these turned out!!
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What an absolutely elegant gift! I’m sure they will be the hit of the party, where did you find the design? Love the Christmas picture, it turned out wonderfully as well!
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I actually found the design on Ravelry.If you click the link on “snowflake dishcloth” it should direct you to the pattern.
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wowzers! how totally sweet are they!!! great job.
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OK… You can make some $$ selling these on etsy.com. My sister’s MIL knits organic washcloths (w/ different patterns in the middle) for her kids and I am trying to get her to make me some! I LOVE them! I told her about etsy.com also! Just a thought! Have fun!
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In the past, I’ve made limoncello, from the Martha Stewart recipe here: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/limoncello
Limoncello is meant to be enjoyed in small doses, so you can get a lot of bang for your buck by decanting the finished product into smaller pretty bottles. Include the recipe too – so that your recipients can make their own if they want to!
I’ve also given dishcloths, and wrapped a bar of handmade soap in it. I have a soap source where you can buy a log of soap for $40 – which is roughly 16 bars. That’s $2.50 a bar, when she normally charges $5 for a single.
Lastly, I’ve done a little baked oatmeal kit. I put all of the dry ingredients for my favorite baked oatmeal recipe, added a recipe card and wrapped it up. All that needs to be added is milk, and egg and an apple. See here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geekxnerd/3124341169/in/set-72157610696478351/
(P.S. Hope you do not mind the novel I’m leaving! Clearly I’m slightly passionate about gift-giving…)
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