Still on the subject of end of term teacher’s gifts here.

The last day of term was also the last day at school for a special teacher at Missy and Matey’s school – Mr T! He has been the only male teacher at the school for 5 years and both Missy and Matey were taught by him. They really liked Mr T and so did The Mr and I, so we wanted to give him a special gift.

Now, crochet is my thing but what do you crochet for a male teacher?

Somehow, a pretty crochet notebook….

and pretty crochet coasters didn’t seem appropriate!

(I made the flower coasters from this tutorial on the Yvestown Blog and the square coasters were from a pattern in issue three of Simply Crochet)

Not nearly manly enough! So, I thought I’d stick with what I know but with a little adaptation.

Here’s what I made

But instead of a crochet backing I tried out a fabric back to the cushion. This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while in terms of efficiency and pricing of the cushions that I make to sell….but that’s a whole other blog post.

So, a manly crocheted gift? Hmmm, not sure I achieved that objective really, but I think Mr T liked it.
What do you think? I’m off to search for Manly Crochet on Pinterest