Double Knitting

A while back I saw double knitting demonstrated on Knitty Gritty and was intrigued. It was a technique I wanted to try someday. Well, someday is today. The Knitted Kitchens yahoo group is doing a KAL of a double knitted potholder. I cast on and did the first eight rows today. It's been pretty easy so far. The only tricky part was during the cast on, making sure that the two colors alternated. The designer recommended using a crochet cast on. I've used a crochet cast on many times before as a provisional cast on, but never as a permanent one. Here's what's done so far:

Side 1 through row 8

Side 2 through row 8

I made some more progress on my Monkey sock last night. I like the way it's turning out

Dishcloths

Here are some pictures of dishcloths I've made in the past week.
I finished the dishcloth for the Monthly Dishcloth yahoo group. It's a pretty heart design.

Love Day cloth

Peaches n Creme Rose Pink

http://tricotine.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/love_day_washcl.html

I love the way this round cloth turned out. It's the first round dishcloth I've made. It's not knit in the round, though. It's done on straight needles with the shaping done with short rows. I made one change to the pattern. Instead of sewing the cast-on and bind-off edges, I did a provisional cast-on and then grafted the two edges. You can barely tell where the two edges meet.

Leafy Border Round Cloth

Peaches n Creme Neon Green

design by Rhonda White

www.knittingknonsense.com

This is the 4 Corners Cloth. The designer is having a contest. She's had so many hits to her blog for this pattern she decided to have a contest. The person who submits the 100th picture of their dishcloth will win a prize. I think it's a good cloth for a variegated yarn.

4 Corners cloth

Peaches n Creme Forest Breeze

http://1870pearl.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/pocket_knitting.html

Jan Bookmark Finished

I just finished the January bookmark kal. I enjoy reading, so it will be getting plenty of use.

Knit Along

I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted. How time flies! Today I'll post some pictures of my knit-a-long projects.

First, the two projects kal:

Swish with a Twist

Sugar n Cream Tea Rose

http://www.creativeknittingmagazine.com/pages/swishwithatwist.php

Cabled bag - in progress

I need to finish this bag soon. We start two new projects on Feb. 1st.

Next, the FunKnittingDishcloth kal (previously dishclothfunkal):

December kal

Snowflake

January kal

Fountain Lace

Peaches n Creme Neon Green

http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/09/fountain-lace.html

Here are the 2 January cloths from the monthly dishcloth kal:

I joined a brand new knit-a-long for bookmarks. Here's our first one after day 2.

I also joined the six sox kal. The next project starts Feb. 1st. I can't wait to see the pattern we'll be using. I already have my yarn ready.