Sugar ‘n Cream Cornflower Blue
US 7
Rodney the Rooster

While we were there, Tony’s aunt put in a request for a green cloth. She didn’t get one at Christmas (stupid gift kerfluffle) so I was ready to make her one. I cast on while we were still at Gramma’s, but didn’t finish before they left. I mailed it to her when I was finished. I called it Key Lime Pie, because that’s what we have for Easter dessert, but then I realized that was the actual name of the yarn.

Peaches and Creme Key Lime Pie
US 7
DW Pattern
CO 50 16 repeats

Bernat Cottontots in
Jelly Bean, Lime Berry, Koolade, and Lemon Berry
US 9
Cast on 40 knit 60 rows

Hill is my Sunday School class helper and a fellow Shoaler. She is a great girl. She is a senior in High School looking at college and waiting to hear acceptances. She has gotten one, but it is her third choice. Selfishly I would like her to go to a college that is nearby, but I also want her to go to the best place for her.

I sketched this design out in my Stitch ‘n Bitch journal and then whipped it out. I only needed to TINK once, when I decided I wanted to change colors at a different point. I thought it came out very nicely.

When I finished the one for the girl I thought it looked like Neapolitan ice cream.  And since she is Italian, I thought that was fitting.  I used blue, green and brown for the boy and then racked my brain to think of a name.  In the end the best I could come up with was Mediterranean Boy.  So there we are.  Now I just have to find a time to drop them off.

So the other day when I was reading her blog and she pointed to her new sock knitting bags I took a look. The pink and green one called out to me. It had a wrist loop and a clip to attach it to a belt loop or bag. It has a thread feed on the inside that snaps so you can take the project out before it is done. It is so pretty.

So I emailed Amy and asked to be the owner of bag #2 called Charm. She wrote back and said not only could I have it, but it would be okay if I knit dishcloths out of it instead of socks!! It came on Saturday (less than a week!) and is sooooo beautiful. I have been carrying it around with me all week. It has a pink, brown, and white DW dishcloth in it. It is big enough for two cotton balls and the needles don’t stick out. The drawstring keeps everything nicely inside.

Thank you Amy!

This one is really big (60×40), but soft and lovely in Pistachio and Pecan.

This one is lovely and just the right size (50×40) in Strawberry and Macadamia.

I also finished one in Blueberry and Almond.  I haven’t photographed it yet.

I am giving my sister some dishcloths I made for her this summer.

My sister’s “little guy” is getting a Knifty Knitter scarf and hat set.

My mom is supposed to get some dishcloths with “scrubby” yarn.

I was also going to make a few dim sum and egg rolls, but I don’t think that is going to happen.

All the washcloths were made with Bernat Cottontots on size 9 needles.

Sarah’s were made with Very Berry, Strawberry, Grape Berry, and Pretty in Pink.

For Chloe’s I used Strawberry, Grape and Lemon Berry.

Some or all of these will be hers.  A basket weave in Strawberry.  A sun in Lemonberry.  A flower in Lemonberry.  A plain Grape cloth. A heart in Strawberry.

Yes, this is my first knitting post, and yes it is a pretty arbitrary way to start. But I need to start or it will never happen.