Royal Braid and Diamonds Dishcloth

I'm currently putting my patterns into PDF files and will be adding them to Ravelry very soon. This is one I worked up last year and just never got around to posting. I hope you like it.

Royal Braid and Diamonds Dishcloth

By Mindy Hobgood

12” square

Worsted weight cotton
Size 8 needles

CO 53 sts
Knit 4 rows in Garter St

Row 1: (right side) Sl 1, k7, *p1, k7; rep from *4 more times, p1, k4, p3, k2, c4f, p3, k4.

Row 2: Sl 1, k6, p3, k3, p3, *k1, p1, k1, p5; rep from * to last 10 sts, k1, p1, k1, p3, k4.

Row 3: Sl 1, k5, *p1, k3; rep from * 6 more times, p1, k2, p3, c4b, k2, p3, k4.

Row 4: Sl 1, k6, p6, k3, p1, *k1, p5, k1, p1; repeat from * to last for sts, k4.

Row 5: Sl 1, k3, *p1, k7; repeat from * 3 more times, p4, k2, c4f, p2, k4.

Row 6: Sl 1, k6, p6, k3, p1, *k1, p5, k1, p1; repeat from * to last 4 sts, k4.

Row 7: Sl 1, k5, *p1, k3; rep from * 6 more times, p1, k2, p3, c4b, k2, p3, k4.

Row 8: Sl 1, k6, p3, k3, p3, *k1, p1, k1, p5; rep from * to last 10 sts, k1, p1, k1, p3, k4.

Repeat row 1-8 till piece measures approximately 11 to 11 ½ inches, end with 4 rows garter st.

Holiday projects

The deadline is fast approaching and I only have one project completed. The River Rapids Socks for Jo are done.

The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino in Tropical Storm, knit on size 2 dpns. No alterations to the pattern. I'm thrilled with these.

I still have to finish a stocking for my friend's baby.

As you can see, this is croche, I'm not only knitting these days. :) The yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease in worsted weight and I'm using a G hook. The colors are Navy, White Frost and Blue Heather. I need to go get anogther skien of the Blue Heather. I think I've made the foot a little too long, obviously I've been making too many socks. :)

The two remaining projects are also socks:

This one is Hedera from Cookie A. The yarn is Koigu. I'm very happy with the way these are turning out. I'll tell you all about the modifications I made later.

And this one is Monkey, also by Cookie A. This yarn is Claudia Hand Paints in Chocolate Cherry. I'm still waffling on this one. It's hard to tell here, I had to lighten the picture a bit to make the colors show up properly, but the colors are creating a sort of wide striping effect. I'm not sure I like the striping with this pattern. I did look at some of the projects on Ravelry and I see a lot of people have used stripy yarn. But..I'm still not sure. What do ya'll think?

Good idea!

Does anyone read Michelle's blog? She's fellow Las Vegan and crafter. We met through the Las Vegas Knitters group. She is a lovely person, inside and out. I enjoy reading her blog, she has some very interesting recipes and lots of good crafty stuff. A while back she started making reusable cloth pads. These might seem a little wierd to some people, my friend Nicki thinks they're "creepy". I think they're brilliant, so I made some.




These are all made from cotton flannel. The ones with the two different prints used are panty liners. The ones made from a single print are pads, they have two layers of terrycloth (recycled from old kitchen towels). They also have a pocket opening that allows the insertion of additional terrycloth layers.


These are the terrycloth inserts:


They all have snap closures. I was afraid the snaps would be uncomfortable, but I can't feel the snaps at all. I have used them (after the pics were taken) and am very happy with them. I've purchased a few more flannels and some fleece and I plan to make lots more. I'm planning to have enough of these to stop using the paper ones entirely. Just a little less trash in our landfills.