I’ve been replenishing the dishcloth stash lately.  Well, I’ve been doing that and other things too, like slogging away diligently working on the little acrylic raspberry colored sweater I decided to knit from the Barbie Doll and Me book by Nicky Epstein.  I’m down to the second sleeve, and have not yet cast it on.  Soon. And maybe even pictures.  I’m not sure how I feel about making a “pieced” sweater yet.  It could just be the yarn I’m using, but unless this sews up into something kind of amazing, I’m going to be disappointed big time.

Meanwhile, by way of a diversion, or what I like to think of as my replenishing the hostess gift stash – I found a fun new waffle pattern to knit a dishcloth from…and have made a few of those. Here’s my “Ravelry” link.  If you aren’t part of that forum, I’m pretty sure clicking on this picture above will take you to the Flickr photo stream that also has them in it.

Currently, I’m making an old favorite “feather and fan” cloth.

Cast on 42 sts, K three rows for a border, then repeat this sequence (below) until it’s almost square:

1.  Knit

2. K3 purl to last 3 sts K3

3. K3 *K2tog (x3), y/o, k1 (x6), k2tog (x3) [repeat from * to last 3 sts] K3

4. Knit

Then knit the last border (3 rows) and bind off.

This knits up into one of my favorite dishcloths.  It dries fast, has a nice texture to it, and it’s pretty.  (Looks good as a scarf too made from a different fiber.)