"C" is done! Three out of the five bacon pigs are done, woo hoo!
Each page in the pattern has two letters - A and B on the first page, C and D on the second, etc. I prefer knitting two at a time when I can, so for this project, it's easier to knit A and B at the same time, and O and N at the same time because they're respectively on the same page, which is why C was knit all on its own. O and N have been cast on last night.
When knitting anything, I tend to google the subject of my knitting a lot. I don't know why, other than to just absorb possibly useless facts about whatever. Like, before making these dishcloths, I had no idea there was such a thing as bacon vodka, or that there was a drink called the Elvis Presley, which is a mix of bacon vodka and hazelnut and banana liquors and cream. In fact, there's quite an impressive list of bacon vodka drinks, which the dishcloths may come in handy in cleaning up after making them, if necessary.
I'm not sure what to make of that, but it has peaked my curiosity.
My brother's birthday is in September (coincidentally, a few days after International Bacon Day) so I decided, as part of his gift, to make him a set of alphabet pigs in the letters 'B', 'A', 'C', 'O' and 'N'. I'm hoping to complete all five this month.
Last night, I finished the first two letters:
That little munchkin hand you see is my 2.5 year old son grabbing the 'A' right at the last minute as I took the picture!
I've already cast on the 'C', can't wait to get it done!
Remember last month's Valentine's post, when I completed 2 heart dishcloths? Well, I had enough red to make exactly two more - and I completed them today. Tada!
So now I've four completed heart dishcloths ready to gift, each to a different person, at Christmas along with a couple more dishcloths that I've yet to complete.
Glad to have these done, these are a fun (albeit small) practice in lace, and a good mix of lace and garter stitch too!
I recently completed three mosaic flower dishcloths, using Bernat Handicrafter Cotton in Sage and Forest Green & Lily Sugar N Cream in Cream. They're from the booklet Bernat Kitchen Kolors. I thought today, being St Paddy's Day, it's the right day to show off my small collection of green dishcloths!
I've never done this style of knitting before, it's an interesting (mostly garter stitch) textured cloth, and the colours pop out in a really cool way!
At Christmas, I tend to match up 3 or 4 dishcloths in a mini gift bag, dishcloths that I've knit throughout the year. These will likely be gifted then and that way with some other dishcloths I've already completed and some I've yet to make. Progressively, I imagine most of what I'll put together for these mini gift packages will be a collection of mostly red and green cloths.
Last month, in preparation for Pi Day, I participated in a swap on ravelry, where people exchanged Pi(e) themed things. I had purchased these dessert cloths ages ago, one of the six patterns happens to be a slice of pie! Which was perfect.
The only downside to this pattern is that it's knit on 3.25mm needles, which is very tight for dishcloth cotton. Nevertheless, the dishcloths turned out great!
I used Lily Sugar 'n Cream in wine, cream, and brown respectively.
Participated in another swap in the dishcloths r us group on ravelry - I sent the illusion maple leaf dishcloth I made a while back, with a few treats. I received this yesterday:
Lovely, isn't it? Some tea, including one chai which is my favourite!
Remember a month ago I wrote a post about making dishcloths for charity? Well, here's my first completed contribution for that!
I spent the last week and a half knitting these eight feather & fan dishcloths out of different colours of variegated and ombred cotton yarns. It's a very easy pattern to memorize, and so much fun to make!
The second picture shows two dishcloths knit from ends. I have quite a stash of partial skeins of cotton yarn, left over from previous patterns. What I did was I cast on with one colour, knit a row with the 2nd colour, knit the next row with the 3rd colour, and brought up the first strand to knit the next row, and so on. Alternating between 3 colours prevented any pooling of colours, and when I ran out of one colour, I tied on a new colour. These two dishcloths in particular were great stash busters, and turned out pretty cool!
