Dishcloth Monday!

This week’s dishcloth is #15 from the book Dishcloths In the Round.  It is really an easy one but looks pretty when finished.  And as a bonus it will dry quickly.  The matching scrubby I didn’t use the pattern that I have been using.  I just did my own thing. 

This is the second dishcloth that I have made from this book and I have been pleased with both of them.  I love to search for free patterns online to make, but I also love to have good pattern books to look through and make things with.  And I really love it when I have find them for super cheap on half.com or even better at a thrift store.  I have gotten them for as low as sixty-nine cents.  You really can’t beat that

12 Afghans in 2012! #5

The fifth afghan completed for this year is made from a great pattern called Down in the Valley.  The pattern was super easy to follow.  I used Loops & Threads Charisma for mine and added a reverse single crochet border.  It’s soft and cuddly.  I love this one

Loops & Threads Charisma is sooo nice to work with!

Dishcloth Monday!

Okay, this has been a busy week for me.  I did get a dishcloth done, but no scrubby.  This one came out smaller than I would like and if I made it a second time I would use a larger hook and maybe do another round.

I used a pattern from the Bernat website called Flower Dishcloth .  It’s kind of cute and very easy to make.  I’ll have to get that matching scrubby made soon

12 Afghans in 2012! #4

My fourth afghan is another simple granny that I made for my third daughter.  I used two 12 inch squares made from the Winter Rose Sampler Square  that I slip stitched together.  Then I worked a granny around the two squares alternating a random scrap color with black.  I think it turned out pretty.  My little girl loves it too.

Dishcloth Monday :)

The cloth that I made this week comes from the book Dishcloths in the Round.  There are 17 patterns in the book and all of them are really pretty. The book is pretty inexpensive and I know that I will use these patterns again and again.  I made #5 for this week in a lavendar color.  I was unaware that the skein I picked up was a scented yarn, the scent is actually pretty strong when you work with it.  If I were to buy it again I would choose a different scent.  The lavendar smelled like soap although I am sure they were trying for a lavendar scent, which I am not keen on anyway.  Hopefully the soapy scent goes away over time.  I also made the matching scrubby for it using Suzetta’s pattern.  I gave the petals picots so that it would match the cloth better.

And since I promised a free pattern each week.  Here is a pretty free pattern to try:  Round N Ridgy Dishcloth.  This pattern looks really neat and I think the ridges would make it wonderful for scrubbing!