2/18/2023 0 Comments Zombie quest boiseOur bathroom is well-supplied with handknit washcloths. Happy bath cloth and dish cloth knitting! Knit two, knit two together, yarnover, knit two together, knit to the end of the row until you have just four stitches. Repeat until the cloth is half the size you want it. Dish cloth knitting is my carry along knitting - I almost always knit the garter stitch diamond cloths because I can knit them in the dark or in my sleep! Cast on four stitches knit three stitches, yarnover, knit to the end of the row. I gave the retired President, via Barbara, a hand knit dish cloth. Shortly after the first President Bush retired I was on the same airplane on which Barbara Brush was riding - she had spoken in Boise at a literacy fundraiser in Boise the night before. Almost every man who has received one immediately puts it on his head! Why? I have no idea. I love giving the dish cloths to men as a retirement gift. Once that dish cloth is used I get a request\ for more. Some people tell me the cloths are too good to use - so I knit a dishcloth made from all the odds and ends of my 100% cotton yarns, tied together, with the yarn ends hanging out. I give them away almost as fast as I knit them. As long as they are made from 100% cotton they make wonderful gifts at any time of the year. I have likely knit more than one thousand dish cloths, and I continue to knit them. I have knit dish cloths for many, many years. Welcome back, Stephanie, to the world of wonderful knitting of gifts that almost everyone really appreciates - the hand knit dish cloth or wash cloth! You have just one cone of that wonderful cotton yarn - I must have at least four cones, each one ready to jump into my knitting bag within the next few months. This entry was posted in Uncategorized by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. They’ll be washing their faces with rags and leaves while begging us for a washcloth. They don’t understand how useful your skills are going to be after the zombie apocalypse. Glory in the useful thing you have wrought. Knit until it’s just about a square, then knit six rows. I knit six rows, then keep the first and last three stitches in garter throughout. Whatever goes in the middle, I like garter stitch borders, because I like them nice and square and finished looking. This one is Bee Stitch, but you can do ANYTHING. Using worsted weight cotton and 4.5mm needles, cast on some stitches. Because someone will ask, and even though I swear you don’t need a pattern, here goes. I love surrounding myself (and other people) with useful, beautiful handmade things that are long lasting, high quality and remind people that knitted stuff isn’t just window dressing. What’s nicer than a hand-knit thing that you can pitch in with the towels on wash day? Same goes for my Aunt Yvonne – she’d rather use a handknit one over a store bought, she thinks they’re nicer, wash better and last longer, and I think she’s right. Who wouldn’t want their work appreciated almost daily? She loves them. They are totally ratty and used up, and that flatters me as a knitter. I made them about ten years ago, and they’ve enjoyed just about constant use since. In my mother’s bathroom (and lots of other bathrooms in our extended family) there is a small pile handknit washcloths. I like a feat of knitterly-daring-do as much as the next knitter, and I’m experienced enough to pull of whatever I like (I think) but why would that mean that I left the world of simple things behind? I dream of giving away stacks of lovely, hand knit washcloths this Christmas, tied up with pretty ribbon and paired with lovely soaps, and I can tell you exactly why. That was two people inside of an hour shocked I would be making a washcloth, and you know, that surprises me a bit. "Oh." She said, and I watched her search for words. "A washcloth" I answered, and spread it out for her to see. After we ate, I fetched my knitting out to the garden and she asked what I was making. Finally, after what I suspect was the amount of time it took her to pick herself up off her DPNs, she said "Is it lace entrelac or something?"įast forward about an hour, and my mum was here for supper. "A nice one." I said, still waiting for her to answer. "A washcloth" I told her, and then she didn’t say anything. First, a knitting friend of mine asked what I was making while we were on the phone. Yesterday I decided it was as good a time as any to start churning out a stack of them, and two things happened. I ordered a cone of Sugar and Cream cotton to do it – I’m telling you that so I’m clear that this wasn’t a whim. I plan to make quite a few of them actually. It’s a very nice one, and it only took a little while last night, and I think it’s quite pretty and lovely and I had planned to make it for a while.
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