Help!

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Two questions:

I want to make my boyfriend something for Valentine's Day, and my budget is so small as to be almost non-existent. I have a good bit of yarn and fabric of various kinds already, though, and a few other crafty items. I can sew and crochet quite well... I have a few things in mind, but I'm looking for other ideas. For Christmas I crocheted him a hat, and he really likes it and wears it a lot. I considered making some gloves, since I saw a pattern here that I liked recently, or maybe another hat or a scarf, but that isn't very romantic, is it? Any ideas?

And also, my boyfriend was raised by his grandparents, and they have always been very kind to me and gone out of their way to make sure I am okay. I want to make something for them, but I don't want it to be cheesy... I am considering crocheting them a throw of some kind, but I am looking for patterns that use only one color yarn and aren't too simple. I have a vast amount of this very soft dark green yarn, and I'd like to use that, but most of the patterns I can find that use only one color look too plain, if that makes sense. This isn't something I need to finish by Valentine's Day or anything. I'd just like to give it to them in the next couple months.

Thanks in advance for helping me brainstorm.