Posts from — September 2009

Cesar and Ilusion Millan Foundation Photo Contest.

Bloggers take some pretty great pictures of their critters.  So, as I was reading about the cotest that Cesar and Ilusion Millan are holding for their “National Spokesdog Competition” I decided to put a link up just in case one of my vast readership – you know, all three of you! – might be interested.  There are prizes to win and of course a great cause gets promoted in the process.  Go see.

It’s been one of those summers.  Busy, hot, busy…and between trying to stay cool and keep up with the schedule that summer throws at you, about the only thing I’ve been able to finish this summer has been dishcloths.  Dishcloths whose patterns are relatively easy to memorize, and whose rhythmic knit can relax and cool you down at the end of a long hot day.

I started off with a cone of one of my favorite variegated colors of dishcloth yarn, and have nearly depleted my supply of that.  It still has enough on it for a couple more.  Then, I found some solids and decided to make kind of a chili-pepper colored cloth or two.  I’m almost out of red tho, so this last one may have an interesting ending. I am probably going to keep the entrelac cloth.  They are one of my favorite textures for kitchen cloths.  I think the zig-zag edge is kind of cool too.

I’m always entertained by the fact that, just depending on the way you knit it, you can change the look of a variegated yarn into stripes, pools of color or mottled splotches.

So…the dishcloth gift pile has grown this summer.  I’m about to send off a few to a friend – gotta make room in the stash bin for more!

I have a few wool projects beginning to percolate in the recesses of my feeble little mind currently.  Haven’t started anything yet – and still have a couple of unfinished works in progress that I could go back to if I had a mind to – just haven’t been in the hibernate and knit mode lately.  Soon tho.

Rumor has it Fall is just around the corner!

Patterns:

• Waffle Knit Dishcloth Pattern
• Entrelac explained.