The County Fair

This week was our local county fair. What fun we had. It's at the new fair grounds. The weather was nice, and the rides were fun. Frazier and I both entered 2 things in the Homemakers Extension Club Art Show.

Frazier won not only a FIRST PLACE blue ribbon, but the big purple GRAND CHAMPION ribbon for this self portrait he drew. The picture was a combo drawing/painting. He also won a third place for this wooden plane he made out of some scrap wood. We are so very proud of him!!!

I won a blue ribbon for my crocheted dishcloth dress, and for the loom knit Swan Dishcloth.



WHAT A SUCCESSFUL ART FAIR!!!

Watering Can Dishcloth

A couple of people have requested that I go ahead and post my loom knit version of the Watering Can dishcloth. So here it is.

Loom Knit Watering Can Dishcloth
Cast on 35 stitches
Row 1: purl
Row 2: knit
Row 3: purl
Row 4: knit
Row 5: purl
Row 6: knit
Row 7: p4, k27, p4
Row 8: knit
Row 9: p4, k27, p4
Row 10: knit
Row 11: p4, k27, p4
Row 12: knit
Row 13: p4, k5, p11, k11, p4
Row 14: knit
Row 15: p4, k5, p11, k11, p4
Row 16: knit
Row 17: p4, k5, p11, k11, p4
Row 18: knit
Row 19: p4, k5, p12, k10, p4
Row 20: knit
Row 21: p4, k4, p14, k9, p4
Row 22: knit
Row 23: p4, k3, p1, k1, p14, k8, p4
Row 24: knit
Row 25: p4, k2, p1, k2, p16, k6, p4
Row 26: knit
Row 27: p4, k1, p1, k3, p11, k3, p3, k1, p2, k2, p4
Row 28: knit
Row 29: p4, k1, p1, k3, p11, k6, p4, k1, p4
Row 30: knit
Row 31: p4, k1, p1, k3, p11, k7, p2, k2, p4
Row 32: knit
Row 33: p4, k1, p15, k11, p4
Row 34: knit
Row 35: p4, k5, p1, k9, p1, k11, p4
Row 36: knit
Row 37: p4, k5, p1, k9, p1, k11, p4
Row 38: knit
Row 39: p4, k6, p1, k7, p1, k12, p4
Row 40: knit
Row 41: p4, k7, p1, k5, p1, k13, p4
Row 42: knit
Row 43: p4, k8, p5, k14, p4
Row 44: knit
Row 45: p4, k27, p4
Row 46: knit
Row 47: p4, k27, p4
Row 48: knit
Row 49: p4, k27, p4
Row 50: knit
Row 51: purl
Row 52: knit
Row 53: purl
Row 54: knit
Row 55: purl
Row 56: knit
Row 57: purl

Bind off loosely with the crochet method, using one chain stitch in between each loom loop. Weave in ends with yarn needle.

Melissa’s Garden Watering Can Knitted Dishcloth
© Copyright July 30, 2004 Designed, knit & scanned by Melissa Bergland Burnham

Converted to Loom Knit pattern by Janice Haley
© Copyright July 2006

My First Original Dishcloth Design

O/k it was decided.....my next project is creating my own original dishcloth design. I spent a day charting and writing it out. Started looming it last night, and hope to have it done later today. A lot of time and effort went in to creating this original design, so I'm excited to see how this turns out.

looking for a new idea

I was surfing some of the looming blogs and saw where Lisa has already done the Watering Can cloth. You can see it on Lisa's blog. I didn't realize someone had already done this one....so now I'm looking for a new idea. I'm glad the looming hadn't started on this project yet, but I did already have it written out...it will just go in the "file". LOL Now what to do what to do. I'm off to surf some knitting patterns now. Who knows, maybe I will write my own pattern.

Heart Coaster

I got a little side tracked when starting to work on the Watering Can dishcloth, and wanted to try something else first. Here is what I came up with. It's a heart coaster. Here is the pattern. Please let me know what you think of this little beauty. It was such a fast project to make, I would love to come up with some other coaster patterns.

Cast on 16
Row 1: purl
Row 2: knit
Row 3: purl
Row 4: knit
Row 5: p2, k12, p2
Row 6: knit
Row 7: p2, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p2
Row 8: knit
Row 9: p2, k2, p8, k2, p2
Row 10: knit
Row 11: p2, k2, p8, k2, p2
Row 12: knit
Row 13: p2, k3, p6, k3, p2
Row 14: knit
Row 15: p2, k4, p4, k4, p2
Row 16: knit
Row 17: p2, k5, p2, k5, p2
Row 18: knit
Row 19: p2, k12, p2
Row 20: knit
Row 21: purl
Row 22: knit
Row 23: purl

This pattern is free for your personal use, and may not be sold for any reason.
© Copyright July 2006 ~ Janice Haley

Next Project

These dishcloths are sure addictive!!! I just finished the chick cloth and am way excited to do another. My next project will be to convert the Watering Can Dishcloth on Melissa's site to a loom knit pattern. That one looks really cute needle knit. I did one last year....now to do a loomed version. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I LOVE DISHCLOTHS! I also need to do some work on the green blanket for Frazier.

Chick Dishcloth

I finished the chick dishcloth last night. It came out cute. This scan picture of it doesn't really do it justice. I got the needle knit pattern from Melissa's site and coverted it to loom knit. Here is the loom knit pattern.

Cast on 35 stitches.
Row 1: purl
Row 2: knit
Row 3: purl
Row 4: knit
Row 5: purl
Row 6: knit
Row 7: p4, k27, p4
Row 8: knit
Row 9: p4, k27, p4
Row 10: knit
Row 11: p4, k27, p4
Row 12: knit
Row 13: p4, k27, p4
Row 14: knit
Row 15: p4, k11, p2, k1, p2, k11, p4
Row 16: knit
Row 17: p4, k13, p1, k1, p1, k11, p4
Row 18: knit
Row 19: p4, k14, p1, k1, p1, k10, p4
Row 20: knit
Row 21: p4, k10, p8, k9, p4
Row 22: knit
Row 23: p4, k9, p10, k8, p4
Row 24: knit
Row 25: p4, k8, p12, k7, p4
Row 26: knit
Row 27: p4, k8, p13, k6, p4
Row 28: knit
Row 29: p4, k8, p10, k9, p4
Row 30: knit
Row 31: p4, k6, p7, k14, p4
Row 32: knit
Row 33: p4, k8, p5, k14, p4
Row 34: knit
Row 35: p4, k9, p3, k15, p4
Row 36: knit
Row 37: p4, k27, p4
Row 38: knit
Row 39: p4, k27, p4
Row 40: knit
Row 41: p4, k27, p4
Row 42: knit
Row 43: p4, k27, p4
Row 44: knit
Row 45: purl
Row 46: knit
Row 47: purl
Row 48: knit
Row 49: purl
Row 50: knit

Bind off loosely with the crochet method, using one chain stitch in between each loom loop. Weave in ends with yarn needle.

Melissa's Little Chick Knit Dishcloth © Copyright March 20, 2004Designed, knit & scanned by Melissa Bergland Burnham

Pattern converted to loom knit by Janice Haley
© Copyright July 2006

my next project

My next project will be converting a needle knit pattern to a loomed pattern for the first time. I've got it all written out now. Next it's testing it. I'm anxious to see how it works out. When I know...you'll know. ;-)

PawPrint dishcloth

Today I did the PawPrint cloth. It's a needle knit cloth done by Rhonda White that was converted to a loom pattern by Linda P.. I had fun doing this cloth. It's a pretty simple pattern to follow. I would definately recomend anyone of any skill level try this cloth.

looming withdrawl

I have looming WiThDrAwL! Things have been a bit busy the last few days, and I haven't had the liesure time to sit and loom. Tonight hopefully that will change. The plan is to sit and relax, and work on a Paw Print dishcloth. You know you are addicted to looming, or whatever craft, when you've been away from it for a couple of days, and you get really anxious to get back to it.

I NEEDS ME SOME LOOMIN! :-)

Swan Dishcloth

I finished my first dishcloth on the new rake. It's a swan cloth! Cat converted the needle knit pattern to a loom knit pattern. The needle knit pattern can be found on Melissa's webiste. The loom knit conversion pattern can be found in the file section of my YAHOO group Looming Dishcloths. THANK YOU Cat for translating patterns, and sharing them with us all! I had a lot of fun working with my new rake...which can be found on Cathy's blog. Now to decide what cloth to try next. I'd like to do a couple of patterns by other people to get the hang of looming cloths, then try to create my own one day soon. This picture is a scan of my finished cloth.

My new dishcloth rake is here!!!

YIPPEEEE YAHOOO my new dishcloth rake is here. I can't wait to play this afternoon. It's a very nice looking rake. Love the nylon pegs. I ordered it from Loomin Cat's Haven. Her hubby makes them. Nice work Mr. Cat!

crafting blog links

I would like to add a section here for links to other crafty blogs. If you have one to share, please email indianajanice@yahoo.com or post it here in the comments, and I will gladly post your link. THANKS!