Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dishcloth Mania!

This is what began the dish cloth craze!!
I used the Navy Eagle Dish Cloth pattern because my brother-in-law is in the Navy.
I used Peaches & Creme worsted weight yarn in light blue and size 6 needles. I had a devil of a time working with worsted weight yarn and needles that small, and the pattern called for size 5 needles. If I ever make that pattern again, I will try to see if I can find a sport weight yarn or something.
Standard diagonal dish cloth pattern. I used Peaches & Creme Pink Lilacs yarn and size 8 needles. Boring but fast!
This and next few things in Pink Lilacs are all for Grandma as a belated Easter present.
I used a basic box stitch (knit 3 purl 3) pattern for this. I used Peaches & Creme yarn in Pink Lilacs. The freaking awesome zig zag was not intentional, but how cool is that??
I used size 8 needles, CO on 36 stitches and did a B3 on each side of the pattern. Easy pattern, but kind of boring.
I've become obsessed with the Feather & Fan Dishcloth pattern by Linda Smith. It is so simple, but so cute and looks really complex.
For this dishcloth (I made 2 of them), I used Peaches & Creme Pink Lilacs worsted weight yarn. Peaches & Creme is my favorite cotton yarn, though I do like Sugan N Cream, just not nearly as much as P&C.
Each dishcloth took about 3/4 of a 2 oz skein of yarn.
Really quick easy knit, great pattern!
Here's a dish towel that I was in the progress of working on (it has since been finished). I modified the Feather & Fan dishcloth pattern to be a dish towel. It turned out okay. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I would probably modify it again if I ever make it again.
For this towel, I used Peaches & Creme worsted weight in the Pink Lilacs ombre. It took about 1.5 two ounce skeins.
Another feather & fan dishcloth. I freaking love this pattern. This particular cloth was made out of Peaches & Creme worsted weight in colorway Flair. The picture doesn't quite do it justice, it's much prettier in person. Either way, a quick knit, only took a couple hours.