Pattern: Ball band dishcloth (8 total)
Yarn: Plymouth yarn Fantasy naturale in 9701 (2 skeins) and 8019, Tahki Cotton Classic color 3936
Needles: don’t recall – 7?
Began: January 2007 ; Completed: January 2007
I had heard of the Mason-Dixon ball band dishcloth and thought it might be interesting to try. I had never done a slip stitch pattern before. I had two skeins of a multi-colored cotton and one of a light green (Plymouth yarn Fantasy naturale in 9701 and 8019). I purchased the purple at my LYS when I realized I needed another color (Tahki Cotton Classic in 3936). These colors are very much DJ colors. I made 8 of these, and gave 2 to my mother when visiting her in January and am keeping 3. These are made with fewer repeats across and hence with fewer repeats of the pattern to keep them square. The purple is a bit thiner (5 vs. 4.5 sts = 1″) than the other yarns.
DJ’s husband’s color is black. Lest he feel excluded from the dishcloths, and since I had a ball of Sugar ‘n cream black cotton, I made him a black dishcloth using a basic pattern. I didn’t bother blocking it, but perhaps should have because the edges look pretty bad, especially in the photo. However, I honestly wasn’t too concerned about the edges since this was being made as a bit of a joke. This cotton is not mercerized, which I believe is more typical for dishcloths. I don’t know what difference the mercerizing will make in using them.
I love those dishcloths! I need to track down a copy of the Mason-Dixon book and take a good look at the patterns. I’m trying to not buy every book I see/like on knitting projects so I can use the money to make things instead. I need to get back down to the public library to see if any of the knitting books are back in.I should make some dishcloths for my Mom! You don’t mind if I just copy you on everything, right?
That’s just fine and I do encourage you to track down the book. However, the link to the dishcloths has complete instructions so you can make the dishcloths before you find the book.
Ah, excellent! I hadn’t gotten the chance to follow the links yet. I am planning on doing some of that on my lunch break. I think that some of the books you have (and I want) are on the list of sale books that Sari sent us the other day …
Yes, I noticed far too many books I want on that site from Sari. The book I told you about in Wednesday’s post is of course not included.
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