To enter simply comment to this post before Monday, February 11 at 3pm CST. I'll randomly select someone from the comments listed after I get the kiddos from school, to get a Warm Hearts Valentine package - a heart stamped tea towel and crocheted dish/wash cloth - mailed out Monday night or Tuesday morning so it will hopefully arrive by Valentine's Day. If I don't have your current mailing address I'll email you for it.
Disclaimer & Story of the Dish/Wash Cloths:
I am not by any means a crocheter, this is an important piece of information to understand if you get one of these cloths in the mail. I can sort of do very, very simple stitches and that's about it and it's been years, and years since I've picked up a crochet hook, but over Christmas my sister Barb got me to pick one up so I could teach her, and I've been practicing a little bit ever since.
I found her a fantastic basic crochet book with good instructions and how to pictures, and hip projects (slippers, baskets, bags, etc.) I thought she would enjoy making, along with a few basic hooks and some cotton yarn to start practicing on. Once she got the hang of chain stitching, I thought a dish or wash cloth would be a good first project - you can practice any combination of stitches you want, it's small and not too overwhelming or over ambitious, and if it turns out to be a trapezoid or pentagon rather than a square, it doesn't really matter. I started one at her house hoping she or my mom would finish it, and then when I got home, I picked up some yarn of my own ... hot pick, red and white ... thinking they might make fun Valentine gifts for friends.
So there you go, the story of the dish/wash cloths. The tea towels are a fun simply project that started years ago and needed to be resurrected.
Good luck everyone! Let the posting begin.
