by Daisy | Apr 21, 2010 | Crafts, Knitting
Another 36 stitch cloth, suitable for continuous knitting in strips and combining with other strips for a blanket. This pattern is subtly suggestive of cabling without any actual cabling. Yarn: Dishcloth cotton such as Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Needles: Size 6 or...
by Daisy | Apr 7, 2010 | Crafts, Knitting
This little cloth is an easy cable project, good to get your feet wet cabling-wise. If you don’t have a cable needle, a bent paperclip, a spare knitting needle, or the like will do. Knitted Trellis Cloth Yarn: Your favorite dishcloth cotton, such as Lily Sugar...
by Daisy | Mar 29, 2010 | Crafts, Knitting
I am loving this as a spa washcloth for the massaging quality of the “pebbles.” Mmm. On a less indulgent note, the pebbles are also good for scrubbing dishes. *sigh* Pebble Cloth Yarn: Dishcloth cotton, e.g., Sugar ‘n Cream from Lily Needles: Size 6...
by Ivory Soap | Mar 15, 2010 | Crafts, Crochet
Easy Treble Scrubbie Cloth ch 28 Row 1: tr in 5th chain from hook, tr across. Row 2: ch 4 , turn, fptr across Row 3: ch 4, turn, tr across Repeat rows 2 and 3 four times. Tie off and weave in ends.
by Ivory Soap | Feb 19, 2010 | Crafts, Crochet
Shelly Dishcloth ch 31 Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook, *skip next ch (4 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch, skip next 3 ch, dc in each of next 5 ch; rep from * across, ending with dc in each of last 2 ch, turn. Row2 : ch3 (counts as dc), skip first dc, dc in next dc, *(4dc, ch...
by Daisy | Jan 20, 2010 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
This past summer I grew three bottle gourds from a plant I bought impulsively at the garden center after none of the gourd seeds I planted germinated. I thought three gourds wasn’t much of a yield from so much vine, but I was happy with my three gourds and put...
