A set for Ellie

My mother-in-law has always like the color blue, so I made this set up for her. The square cloth is from the yahoo! mid-month dishcloth group and the other is the same bobble pattern that my mom gave me. The bobbles were much easier this time around and I actually like making them.

We are off for vacation - camping at Allegany State Park in New York. A most-beautiful place! I'm bringing along sock supplies and a dishcloth pattern, just in case I suffer withdrawl......

Its a Good Thing

No, I'm not quoting Martha Stewart .... far from it.

I'm just thinking that it's a good thing this is 'just a dishcloth' because the blatant mistake I made in the pattern would render anything else useless. But what's a little extra stripe among friends, right?

This pattern was the Yahoo Group's mid-month mystery dishcloth pattern and there is no picture provided. So when I originally saw how different this one area was, I thought maybe it was just the way the pattern was going to be. Like a stripe on the top and bottom. Nope. Just a mistake on my part. But other than that, I really like this pattern. I'm thinking of working it up as my next pair of socks. Of course, not until after that apron gets finished :)

Promises Promises

I promised myself I would NOT do another dishcloth until I had finished my second cable sock. In fact I did work on the sock, but I just kept hearing all that cotton yarn I bought whispering, 'knit me knit me'.

Since I had done the mid-month cloths from Yahoo for February, March, and April, I really wanted to do January too, just so I can have a full set at the end of the year. And since this only took me one evening and a little bit of time this a.m., my sock will never know, right???

Before I started the pattern, I just glanced through it quickly, thinking this will be easy. Until I got to "psso" what?? Even when I looked it up in my knitting book, I still wasn't sure what "passed slip stitch over" really meant. I think I did it right though, because the cloth looks like the finished picture on the pattern.

Now back to the sock--until my size 8 needles arrive from KnitPicks - and then my apron pattern will be shouting 'knit me knit me'........

Dishcloth Mania!

Thanks to AC Moore for putting their cotton yarn on sale for just 98 cents a skein. Whoo Hoo! I've stocked up and am ready to go. I already made a cloth for my friend Heather using the twist yarn. I really like the twist! It's much softer and bit finer than the regular cotton.

I also got 4 skeins of the same color in preparation for making an apron. I was already to go....until I realized I need size 8 needles, which I don't have yet. Oh well, just an excuse to go back to AC Moore!

I finished the mid-month pattern for April from the Yahoo Monthly Dishcloth challenge. The pattern is a bit wacky - the holes aren't evenly spaced. I suppose there is a really good chance I messed up the pattern, but after all -- "it's just a dishcloth!"

Good news Bad news

First the good news--I finished the mid-month dishcloth through the yahoo group. It was really fascinating to make this without knowing what it was.

The Bad News :( I was cranking along on my cable sock, and got to the part where I start the heel flap, looked back and saw a hole! Rats, I must have dropped a stitch like 10 rows back!! Bummer. And I knew something was wrong because my count was one stitch off, but I just added a stitch and kept going (dumb). Lesson learned.

??Fish?? ??Flower??

This is my first month of the mystery KAL for the Yahoo Monthly Dishcloth group and it's a very interesting pattern. I've never done a project where I didn't have the picture to refer to, so I'm knitting blind.

I'm not sure what it's going to be. After the first 2 days of patterns, it sort of looks like a fish, but then I see maybe a flower. Not sure.

I was just telling my mom how I needed to go out and get another set of Size 7 needles, since I still wanted to work on a dishcloth, but my needles were being used for the mystery KAL. My girlfriend Marie is cleaning out her house to make way for her Yoga Room (how cool is that?) and she came across some knitting needles from her husband's mother that she wasn't using, so she gifted them to me. And guess what? there was a pair of size 7!!


They are all nylon circular needles and I got a kick out of the prices on some of them. (98 cents and $1.15) I had only ever knitted with bamboo, but the nylon is nice to work with. My only trouble is that I am finding the needles themselves to be very short, and it's awkward because I don't feel like I'm holding on to them properly. The tops of my hands were quite achy after knitting awhile. I figured I would see how things progress, maybe its just a case of getting used to them.

New Addiction!

Oh boy, I thought the socks were addicting, and now I'm hooked on dishcloths!

I joined up the Monthly Dishcloth group through Yahoo, and made my first one. The knit-along is supposed to act as a learning experience, and I can tell you it was. Not only did I learn the coolest pattern, I also learned that if I try to watch TV and think I can keep track of what row I'm on without a row counter, I'm sure to lose my place.

So although it is far from perfect, my Mid-February Challenge is complete!