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

One Off and Another One On

One project off the needles: a scarf for my niece. I took her to the yarn store and she chose the yarn she wanted.



And a new one on the needles: Socks for my brother. I'm using KnitPicks Essential Tweed in Inca Gold and size 1 needles.

This is the first half of the short row toe

Here are both toes completed.

I'm working both socks at the same time on two circular needles. This way they'll both be finished at the same time. My brother has big feet, I hope these won't take forever to finish (he probably hopes the same! LOL).

Actually, I also started another project too, a scarf for my nephew, but I don't have any pictures yet.

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.

Something new

I enjoy reading other people's blogs and looking at their pictures so... I decided to start one of my own.

I'm not a witty raconteur like the Yarn Harlot, nor a talented designer like Cookie, but I have been doing some things that are new to me, so I'll post about them.

I recently finished my first pair of socks. I made them for my cousin GG. She seemed to like them (she put them on right away), so I'm happy. I made these with KnitPicks Dancing on two circular needles. I knit both socks at the same time because I was afraid I might succumb to second sock syndrome.
I'm now ready to tackle my second pair. They will be for my brother M, who has a size 13 foot, so they'll probably take a while to complete.

I also recently made my first felted bag. It's for my niece NE. Her favorite colors are pink and purple, so I made it pink for her.

I'll be giving it to her next week. I hope she likes it.

I've got a couple other bags in progress. I'll post pictures of them as soon as they're finished.

Well, I think that's enough for my first post. We'll see how this blog thing goes.