Cotton crochet bowls
I went to visit my most fantastic friend ever, Ken Wilson, in glorious green Kentucky. I have known Ken since I was 16 years old, and he has been my friend through thick & thin, for years on end. I will always have fond memories of the years we spent hanging out together in Texas. I love him dearly! It so happened that it was Ken's birthday when I went to see him, so I just had to crochet him something... and quick. So I got out the 'Happy Small Goods of Crochet' book and whipped up a small cotton bowl in no time:
As luck would have it, the inside of the bowl is exactly the same circumference as a Mason jar, which Ken uses to store his sticks of incense. So I didn't realise it at the time, but I made an incense cozy. I am pretty sure that's a first ;-). In any case, it looks rather sweet in that shade of duck-egg blue. It sure has smartened up the Mason jar.
Ken is such a wonderful caring friend - he kept a string bowl I crocheted for him a couple of Christmases ago. In fact, he even kept the little tag I put on it. It now sits at his bedside holding handy things like lip balm, so a little part of me is there with him every night, even though we now live more than 3000 miles apart.
I made it from cotton postal string - the kind you tie around parcels - so I reckon it will last for a while as that stuff is pretty durable. I love the slight texture you get with that string: little flecks of brown & black from the cotton seeds. I think it really gives the bowl a rustic charm. The pattern for this bowl is adapted from one in Erika Knight's book Simple Crochet.
