Sometimes I Knit

I would say that most of those who sew also knit.I only partially fit into that category. At this point I don't have much of a desire to take on any large scale apparel knitting projects, although I do enjoy the lovely posts from Tany (Couture et Tricot) and Cidell (Miss Celie's Pants) with their latest knitting projects.

Me? I mostly just knit dishcloths. Isn't that odd? I really like colorful knitted dishcloths, they are really scrubby and yet they don't scratch anything! My favorite knitting pattern is that neato diagonal orange/white dishcloth with the neat edging. That particular pattern is called "Grandma's Favorite" and I've included the directions below. It turns out to be really cute. This is a really great project for beginners or for people in need of dishcloths :)

Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth
Materials: Sugar and Cream yarn or any cotton yarn; Size 6 or 7 needles (US)
Instructions:
Cast on 4 stitches
Row 1: Knit 4
Row 2: Knit 2, yarn over, knit across the row. Repeat Row 2 until you have 44 stitches on the needle.
Row 3: Knit 1, Knit 2 together, yarn over, knit 2 together, knit to the end of the row. Repeat Row 3 until you have 4 stitches on the needle. Then bind off!

I have purchased beige, black, red and white cotton yarn and one of these days I'm going to make a pseudo Burberry plaid dishcloth. I should do that soon, wouldn't that make a great "just because" gift for friends? I think I would just do full rows of knit and then purl so the dishcloth turns out with no ribbing. It seems like I should knit 5 beige, knit 1 red, knit 5 beige, knit 2 black, knit 2 white, etc etc. I wonder if that would work out. I wonder how I would keep all the yarn from being a tangled mess.

Currently I am knitting a raspberry and charcoal plaid scarf. I am using the same pattern I use for plaid dishcloths but I have upgraded the size 7 knitting needles to size 10.5. The scarf is turning out to be kind of wide though. It should be pretty warm with the nice grey wool. :)