Finished and delivered this birthday gift! It's a wrap/capelet and I used two strands of yarn for the body: cashmere/merino and silk mohair. I didn't use a pattern either - guess I should write these things down as I do them!
Basic red dish cloth
Finished a dish cloth but not in red. I used lily sugar and cream cotton yarn in summer prints instead of red. The pattern is available at http://www.bestfreecrochet.com/2011/12/24/358-basic-red-dishcloth-maggie-weldon-maggies-crochet/