Dishcloth Mania

These are the Grandma's Favorite dishcloths I knit last weekend. Lion Brand Cotton - color sherbert swirl. I like this pattern for watching TV. I made these on size 6 needles, and they came out kind of tight. I will go out a size next time I knit one of these.

A shamock I knit for a friend at work. And a Daisy for another work friend!

Another Dishcloth

This is the monthlydishcloths mystery KAL for February. I started it on 2/1/08 and finished on 2/6/08. Knit with Sugar 'n Cream color rose pink. Can you tell it's a heart-shaped box of candy?

Another finish!

This was the November KAL project on Monthlydishcloths. I stalled after day 5 for some reason, and just picked it up again on Sunday. Finished days 6 & 7 in less than an hour, I'd estimate. I got the ends woven in and blocked it Sunday night, or was it Monday? Anyway, it's done!

First Finish Since my Proclomation

Last night, I had the house to myself and was able to finish the palm tree dishcloth. I even wove in the ends and blocked it. Yippee! Today, I am working on finishing up the squirrel cloth, which was the November KAL on the monthlydishcloths yahoo group.

Several days ago, I finished a blocked a flamingo cloth. It was knit on size 6 needles with Lion Cotton, I think. I took about a dozen photos of the flamingo, but just couldn't get the pattern to show up as clearly as I'd like.

The palm tree is compliments of Rainy Kimbrough. The flamingo is from Enid Danforth. Thank you for sharing your patterns with me.

January KAL dishcloths finished

This it my Monthlydishcloths January 2008 KAL. I used Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Naturals yarn in color new natural. I don't love this yarn. It doesn't have the smoother texture of P&C or S&C, but I bought a 14oz. skein, so I will be using it again. On the plus side, this yarn seems stronger than the others. I tried to break a piece with my hands and couldn't. I guess it will be good for scrubbing dishes, but I wouldn't want to use it as a washcloth.


This is the mid-month knit along made with Sugar 'n Cream Stripes, color Lime Stripes. I like the way the stripes look. I prefer it to the ombre yarns. I learned some new stitches on this. I has the combo YO Sl1-K1-PSSO. I've always been nervous about patterns with these seemingly complicated combos, but I figured, hey, it's just a dishcloth. Now that I've had practice with this stitch combo, I won't shy away from other/bigger projects using it. Oh, and I learned how to do the combo by watching the video on knittinghelp.com. I am finding this website to be invaluable, as I like to watch before I try.