HOW TO KNIT A DISHCLOTH

YES I KNOW....DISHCLOTHS ARE REALLY CHEAP AND YOU CAN JUST THROW THEM AWAY!!!

HOWEVER...WHERE IS THE CREATIVITY AND FEELING OF SATISFACTION OF HAVING MADE YOUR OWN. BESIDES ITS A CHEAP AND EASY PROJECT THAT YOU CAN DO WHILE WATCHING TV ON WINTER NIGHTS.

NOW...I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT KNITTING IS NOT MY FORTE. DISHCLOTHS ARE PROBABLY ABOUT MY LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.

I DID KNIT A CARDIGAN IN PREPARATION FOR MY FIRST BORN. HE DID WEAR IT ONCE..POOR SOUL
AFTERWARDS IT WAS A BIT LIKE  THAT LINE IN SOUND OF MUSIC...WHEN MARIA SAYS...I GAVE ALL MY CLOTHES TO THE POOR...CAPTAIN VON TRAPP ASKS ABOUT THE ONES SHE IS WEARING AND SHE SAYS "THE POOR DIDNT WANT THESE ONES"
SAME FATE WITH THE CARDI.

IT ISNT ALWAYS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE KNITTING HOWEVER..ITS THE THOUGHT AND TIME SOMEONE HAS PUT INTO IT.

FOR MY DAUGHTERS 21ST  I WANTED TO GIVE HER SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM HER GRANDMOTHER MOFFETT. SOMETHING PERSONAL
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I KNITTED A CUSHION COVER IN HER FAVOURITE COLOUR THEN ADDED ON LOTS OF BUTTONS. THE BUTTONS CAME FROM THE BUTTON BOX MY MOTHER HAD KEPT IN THE SIDEBOARD (EVERYONE HAD ONE YEARS AGO..YOU KEPT THE BUTTONS FROM OLD CLOTHES BEFORE YOU GAVE THEM TO THE RAG AND BONE MAN)
OK..ITS NOTS TOP QUALITY BUT IT IS SOMETHING SENTIMENTAL.



BACK TO THE DISHCLOTHS.......

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO??

THEY ARE USEFUL. ECO-FRIENDLY..JUST STICK THEM IN THE WASHING MACHINE...KNIT THEM IN WHATEVER COLOUR OR PATTERN YOU WANT TO CO-ODORDNATE WITH YOUR DECOR....STOPS YOU EATING WHEN YOU GET THE NIBBLES WHEN WATCHING TV.

I GOOGLED KNITTING A DISHCLOTH... I WAS AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PATTERNS AVAILABLE. I ENDED UP USING THE ONE FROM WIKI HOW. IT WASNT EASY...HAVE A LOOK!!!!
A SET OF 6 ROWS EACH ONE A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF PLAIN AND PEARLS AND THEN REPEATED 7 TIMES.........OOOOOHHHH...NO RELAXING WHEN WATCHING TV HERE. I NEEDED A PEN AND PAPER HERE TO KEEP TRACK. EVEN THEN WHEN WAS ON THE 5TH REPEPTION ,THE PHONE RANG AND I LOST TRACK OF WHERE I WAS!!!
ADDED TO THAT I SEEMED TO HAVE AN EXTRA STITCH ( TOLD YOU  I WAS HOPELESS).
MY BRAIN WAS TOTALLY FUDDLED AND I HAD GONE CROSS EYED!

I JUST FINISHED IT ALL WITH PLAIN KNITTING!!!!!!

HERE IS THE RESULT......NO COMMENTS PLEASE...

IT WORKS JUST THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

INFACT IT WORKS REALLY WELL......

NOW THEN.....WHAT SHALL I DO FOR VERSION 2

HAPPY WASHING UP XX

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