Earth laughs in Flowers*

What do you give someone who has everything they want?  I’ve given gin, jam, marmalade, more gin, chocolates and indoor plants. A mug, a tea cloth, an egg cup cozy, all patterned with daffodils.  Whatever the gift, it’s always been accompanied by a bunch of daffodils.  Did I mention she loves daffodils?

It’s great to have a theme for presents and cards for a special person, and this year I was wandering, lonely as a cloud… through pages of patterns for knitted flowers…when all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils, and I thought, that’s it, I’ll knit a host of golden daffodils, well, a bunch, well, three.  Look, they’re quite fiddly, you know.  Anyway, I made three gorgeous daffodils, plus stems, wrapped them like a bouquet and I must say I was pretty pleased with myself.  So much so that I’m making another ‘bunch’ for a friend’s daughter.

And some tulips for some Dutch friends in lieu of a planned visit to the Netherlands…

And some some Ox Eye daisies for a French friend…

* When I saw this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, I decided that there’s my 2020 project theme, right there 🙂