Original knit dish cloth pattern.

   
Stone and Rail pattern  for dish towel. Using Lion Brand cotton. Size 5 needle and 4.5 stitches to the inch.

Cast on 48 st loosely

Row 1- 5 : Knit
Row 6 &8: k 4, p across to last 4 st  k these st  turn.
Row 7: knit across and turn.
Row 9: k across , turn.
Rows 10 , 12, & 14 : k 6, (p 5, k 2) 6 times, k 4, turn.
Rows 11 & 13:  k 4, ( p2, k 5) 6 times, p2, k 4, turn
Row 15 &17: k across, turn
Row 16: k 4, p across to last 4 st. K the last 4 st, turn.

Repeat pattern 13 times for a towel that is 11" X 17".

Bind off loosely.

*Because you have 5 rows in each stone you will start every other rail with a k across or a knit 4 purl to last 4 st. and knit. This will alternate with each set of blocks.

For the dish cloth it depends on the size of your hands as to how many stones across that you make it. or you could make the edging a row or two wider for width.

I made my repeat 6 times and three stones wide, but my hands are small.

This yarn did not shrink when washed but I did not put it in a dryer as I do not have one.

Best of luck and hope you enjoy the results.


     

Still at it. June 7th 2011

This is the same yarn that I did the tote bag from and wondered how well it would work up for a dish towels. Not so good. A little thin and not much body. I will use it for myself. I will put up with almost anything.

I found some Lion brand cotton yarn at my local Fred Meyer's store and with the shelf coupon I got it for $3.99 a ball. 5 oz. 236 yds. worsted weight. I made up this design that I have named stone and rail. I need to make a towel to go with. Has nice body and I did wash it to see if it would shrink and it did not. I did not put it in a dryer so do not know if that would cause it to shrink.

 

This pattern is basket weave

This is a WIP (work in progress) This is the start of the basket weave dish towel. I am half way done so it dose not take long to do. When completed it will be 11" X 17". That is a standard size for dish towels. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am still working on socks. Will post a picture of the latest pair when they are off the needles. Also finely bought myself new hand carders so can get back to carding the cinnamon Alpaca so I can use it. My old hand carders went belly up (after 35 yrs. of use) as the wires were bent all witch way and the fiber could not be combed.  So there we are for this day. Well not really as I am still doing the ATC class as well as Art Journaling class and have been prepping some water color paper to make a mini book with for the next class. So now there I am done for this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I have been up to.

Have been busy with knitting and crocheting and staying close to my heat source. Okay it is time for the winter to be over with. It looks like there will be rain through to mid June. I have already made up my mind that I am not planting anything. There will not be time for anything to come to refutation. Yicks!    

Oh well this will be a years of letting the ground rest and I can concentrate on crafts. Speaking of crafts that is something else I have neglected. My craft table is toooooo far away from the fire and it is toooo cold to work were it is at. I am turning into a wimp. Here is what I have been doing.

             These are out of a yarn from Italy that a friend bought for me. They are a little heaver then the standard sock yarn but do go well in sandals.  

                       These are of supper was wool, nylon, and bamboo and are very comfortable.

                     These are supper wash and nylon and so soft.

                   These are from very old yarn I got at our weavers guild annual trade, barter, or sale and pot luck. It is from GB and is all wool. Was wonderful to work with and feel great on.

                  The body of this sock is supper was and nylon and the cuff, heel, and toe are the wool form GB.

               

    

This pattern is a lace pattern called embossed leaves. The yarn is supper was and nylon and the heel and toe is a white that I dyed this green to go with the supper wash.

This is a little tote back I made for a friend to carry her Bible in to class. It is crochet out of a cotton rug yarn. The strips are a happy accident. It is all single crochet. I also lined it.

The flowers are from standard crochet thread and I sewed them on with vintage buttons from my large collection.

 I am working on a knit dishtowel from this same cotton yarn to see how well I like it. It seems a bit ruff but I think it will be okay once it is washed.

A New Year

Hi again, It has been a while but, was very busy over the holidays. Well, at least that is my story and I am sticking with it.
Really was busy. I told you about the classes I have been taking at the art store then started two new classes on line. One is through Milliande.com and the other is from Strathmoore art supplies. Milliande is every day and the theme for this year (as far as it goes) is Zebra stripes. Strathmoore is once a week and is a basic journaling class.

Here are some photos from milliande.

Day 1. The writing is about the January cold.

Day 2. Little Zebra zendoodle.

A full view.

Day 3  We were to make our own stamps and do a page.  I had so much fun with this one that when I needed wrapping paper for a gift I was taking to a party ( Feast of the Three Kings ) I used my stamps to make the paper.

I painted the paper with acrylic paint then stamped with stamp pad ink. So fun.

There is not a day 4 yet as I forgot and went to day 5 and had so much fun with it and took about three days to do it that now I am behind and have to catch up.
This is Day 5. Hand Zebras. I used Prisma color pencils and pastel chalk.

A closer look.


Must go for now. Need to keep the house warm and I have more journal pages to do. We are in the midst of a snow storm that will ,by night fall, turn into a rain storm for about 4 days. Oh yippee skip-pee.
Ta for now.