"K" requested toilet paper covers for ALL of her and my son's bathrooms in their new house. I was only too happy to fulfill her desires :) "N" and "K" have 3 bathrooms. A half bath off of the kitchen, a master bath and a guest bathroom. For the kitchen I decided to use my circle cloth and transform that design into a cover. On my first try I ended up with a Big Circle cloth motif:
Not sure that that was the look I was going after, I gave it another try and made a smaller version of the cover, which is more true to the original circle cloth.
Now I had two covers. Which one did I think "K" would like better? I ended up giving her the smaller version. This one was going to be for the half bath, with colors matching her kitchen. I decide to give the extra Big version to "K" 's mother. I thought it would look nice in her bathroom. (Glad I did, because she really like it !)
Next on the list was the master bath. I had the bright idea that "K" might like a Hugs & Kisses motif on the one for the master bath. It matches the big queen sized Lover's Knot blanket the I made for them last year. Basically I just used the "X"s and "O"s. She really like it :)
Then for the guest bath I decided to use my old favorite ballband toilet paper cover. Knit in colors that match the guest bathroom's pink and purple color scheme.
She was very pleased with all three, which made me very happy. I'm always happy to knit for my very appreciative and favorite daughter-in-law. Not having any of my own daughters, "K" more than makes up for the deficiency.
I'll leave you with another shot of my multiples of covers.
Now on to bigger and better things. Sure hope every one is finding the time to be happy and knitting :)
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They look great, and it's always wonderful to make and give gifts that other really want and will use.
ReplyDeleteThose t/p covers look great! Isn't it nice when your own designs are appreciated. And lucky K, having such a talented mother-in-law! Hope your snow clears out soon - our temperature here was in the low sixties today. O.o Have a great, knitty week. :o)
ReplyDeleteThey turned out great. I like how circle cloth looks as a TP cover.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteWay cute and I always love appreciated knitted gifts.
ReplyDeletei love that K requested tp covers. :) i'm sure you were tickled pink to get knitting on them too! a lot of thought went into those covers and i'm glad that K appreciates everything that you knit up for her. now when is she going to learn to knit? ;)
ReplyDeleteThese are so nice. What a great idea! Thanks for the comment on my blog - yes, it is the flat braid that I am using to connect the fish together.
ReplyDeleteNice! I've never made knitted tp covers, only crocheted ones, so these were fun to see. Good job!
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice gifts. They are all really pretty though the circle one is my favorite !
ReplyDeleteThose are really cute. I really like the pattern of the off white one but the pink yarn is really catching my eyes today. Must go knit something pink! Have a great day. :)
ReplyDeleteThey look awesome, and one of these days I'm gonna try your technique for the moppy things or these. Just not skilled enough yet; but working on it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visits, am trying to make my rounds; been too long. Thanks too for your nice words about my Buckeye Baby.
Sandy
Yes, it's the same blanket. One of the other ones Nancy posted, Confetti is one I worked on also. I was the boarder patrol for that one.
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