Pumpkin Dishcloth

In the spirit of Halloween, here is a Pumpkin dishcloth that I made. This was done on a 12" double knitting board. With green, cast on the middle 6 pegs (6 on each side, 12 pegs total) and knit (single knit/1 over 1) 6 rows. Snip the green yarn, and with orange cast on 20 pegs (20 each side, 40 total) being sure to center the green. Knit off the 6 pegs with green and orange on them, and wrap the 20 pegs again. Knit 8 rows with orange. Then with black yarn, wrap pegs 5,6,7 & 8 (both sides) ...as well as 13,14,15 & 16 (both sides). Then wrap remaining pegs in orange, knit off. Do this a total of 4 rows. Snip black yarn, and knit another 5 rows with just orange. With black wrap pegs 9,10,11 & 12 (both sides), wrap remaing pegs with orange. Knit a total of 3 rows, snip black yarn. Knit 5 more rows with just orange, and bind off..weave in yarn ends...and WAAAA LA. A PUMPKIN DISHCLOTH! This cloth came out a nice smaller size, and makes a great cloth for a Halloween centerpiece on the dining room table. You could easily make it bigger by adding a few rows here and there, or adapt it to a dishcloth rake for a thinner one sided cloth.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

(These instructions are free for your personal use, and may not be sold or copied for any reason. If you wish to share the pattern, do so by posting a link and not the pattern itself. © Copyright October 2006 Janice L. Haley)

Baby Hats

Today I made two baby hats. The pink one is crocheted, and the blue is loom knit on the blue Knifty Knitter loom. They are getting sent to a woman on Lynn Markmans Yahoo group who is collecting them to be sent to a hospital near her. I thought it would be a nice change from all the dishcloths being made lately. LOL I LOVE making dishcloths. I also ordered a new fine gauge rake from Lynn Markmans knitting loom site. I be excited about that!

Pumpkin Surprise

I recieved the cutest surprise in the mail yesterday. A lovely "pumpkin surprise" from Nancy G. in the Addicted to Knit Dishcloths Yahoo group. She wanted to send me a belated birthday surprise. Is that not the sweetest thing?!??!? Here's a picture of my surprise. I think it will go right in the center of the dining room table as part of a Halloween centerpiece. THANK YOU Nancy for being so thoughtful.

Turkey Dishcloth

Today I also finished up a Turkey Dishcloth (needle knit). It came out really cute. What do you think? Not sure if this is the cloth I will use for a Thanksgiving cloth exchange or not. Right now I'm testing a few patterns, and will pick the favorite one. I was reminded how much of a novice needle knitter I am when looking up in a "how to" book...how to do yarn overs and knit togethers. We all need little reminders now and then. LOL You can find the pattern for this Turkey Dishcloth at here.

Watering Can cloth pic

Here is a picture of the watering can cloth I just finished up. It's a loom knit version of a needle knit pattern. You can view the loom knit pattern, and see a link to the needle knit original by scrolling down, or click on the Watering Can cloth link under "Free Patterns" to the right side of my blog. HAPPY LOOMING those dishcloths!!!