Rødt, Hvitt og Blått (Red, White and Blue)

Three Proud Flags, Three Proud Colors

Through my travels in this life, I have found that there are three countries that are especially proud of their flags: the USA, Norway and Texas. Now I know, and I know you know, that Texas is not a country (apparently it's a "Republic"), but Texans don't know that, so I just simply smile and play along.

It's funny and interesting to me that all three of these flags are red, white and blue and that the three "countries" that these flags represent are so near and dear to my heart.

USA: The country where I spent most of my years, the one that I call home.

Norway: The country of my birth, that I also call home.

Texas: The country that was home to the man of my dreams for 26 years: the NVO.

So how better for a crocheter to honor the flags of these three countries than to crochet dish/wash clothes of these flags. Especially appropriate with Norway's Independence Day celebration coming up just around the corner on the 17th of May (Syntende Mai). The Norwegian love, love, love their flag and you've never seen so many flags on this particular holiday.

This is the French flag.

Hmmmm... I just had another thought...I have a new blogging friend from France (another red, white and blue flag). She enjoys making dish/wash clothes too...in fact she made some from my post with the dishcloth tutorial. Click here for her blog. She is involved in many lovely things.

Don't be fooled though, these are more than meets the eye, they actually do an excellent job at cleaning the dishes:

Look how sparkling clean and shiny the dishes came out!

That's a mug from Finland...beautiful, eh?

OH NO!!!! I just realized Finland's flag is blue and white! I wonder if there's any yarn left?)

I have gone "Red, white and blue" crazy!