Knit & Crochet Dishcloths

On our Honeymoon we went to breweries annnnnnd quilt / yarn stores!  hehehe  At one really cool shop in Colorado I bought some beautiful yellow organic cotton yarn.  I intend to use it to make facecloths and baby washcloths for gifts.

I've never really made any before so I bought some (much cheaper) Bernat cotton yarn on sale at JoAnns.  I wanted to try out patterns before using my 'good yarn'.  

On our mini roadtrip last weekend I crocheted/knitted a few.

What do you think?

They were all pretty easy, but I learned that I crochet faster than I knit. huh.

 

 The one above seems to be the 'favorite' of people who make these.  It's called Grandmother's Favorite and can be found here on ravelry.  This knits up really quick.  I mistakenly did it first with a size 6 needle.  It was a little small and just too tight to knit.  I made another using a size 8 and it worked much better.  I think I could even use a 10 and still be happy with it.  It's soooo soft.  I'm excited to try it out!

 

The orange one is crochet.  It has an 'x' in it that makes it a bit nubby.  You can get the pattern here on ravelry.  It's a decent sized washcloth.  It's also pretty thick.

I would make it again for sure!

This is definitely the pattern that I'm going to use for the baby washcloths.  It's call the "Oh So Soft Baby Washcloth" and you can find it here on ravelry.  It's crochet and soooo fast.  I think it's pretty, and not too stretchy.  It also has just enough 'nub' and thickness to it.  I gifted this one to my sister and she's going to report back.  I made another one really quickly (out of the organic yellow yarn) and gifted it to another friend who is also going to report back.  {I gave it to her right after I finished it... so sorry there's no picture!}  I'm interested to hear how much they shrink in the wash.

 I think I liked making this one the best too... that's why it gets more pictures.

Close up!

I also made one more.  The picture didn't turn out during the day, and so that's why this one was taken at night!  It it very nubby. 

 

 {nubby close up}

It's so cute!!  I do wonder how the 'nubs' will hold up over time.  This one is also crochet, and you can find the pattern here on ravelry.  This is my husband's favorite.

And there is my 'study in dish/washcloths'.

What are your favorite cloths?  Knit or crochet?  =)

Thanks for stopping by!

July FNSI{the car}

Here's my Friday Night Sew In {the car}. We drove from Kansas City to Champaign yesterday so I had a lot of time to finish my baby sock. It was my goal!!! I finished it and started another one. A couple weeks ago I set out to make some baby socks. Ravelry is the greatest!!! (Is there a quilt website like this??? If so, please tell me!!)

I've since gone through three different patterns in search of the easiest. =) I ripped this sock out quite a few times. I finally found a pattern I like. The heel turn is REALLY easy.


I got so excited that I was 'doing it right' that I did too many "knit, wrap, and turns" and had to undo a bunch. Of course, I didn't undo all of them so I have a beautiful hole in my sock (maybe it was meant to be lacy?)

It is a ribbed pattern, and at the end of the sock I figured out how to NOT make the ribs too wide where the DPNs meet. I did some online research. We'll see how the next one works.

Other than those things I feel like it was mostly successful. The toe is a bit pointy for my liking, but I think I know how to fix that for the next one. This yarn was just some cheap stuff I bought at Walmart. I have the nice stuff saved for when I can really get the pattern right. I knitted them using 4 DPNs size 2.

Sock Number Two!!

ALSO, Over the trip I knitted a bunch of booties that I LOVE. Here is the great bootie Pattern that I used!! The booties are gifts so I can't post them just yet!

Duck / Bunny

My sister and my husband's sister both graduated from college on the same weekend. The drive was a bit long and the ceremonies were great! I have been to many graduations in my time and so I brought a little project to do while the names were being read. I saw this great knitted toy on my friend A's blog and just had to make one!!! It proved to be the perfect little project for the car (and the graduation ceremonies!) The pattern is free at Spud & Chloe. It is a reversible knitted toy! One side is a duck and the other is a bunny!

The Bunny

The Duck

Hat / Scarf set

I found this FABULOUS yarn on sale and couldn't resist. How cute!?!?!
(The hat is crochet and the scarf is knitted.)

Baby Blanket

A bit of the color detail and pattern.

The whole blanket.


I made this baby blanket for my cousin. She hasn't received it yet, and good thing she doesn't know about my blog! This is THE SOFTEST yarn I have ever encountered. It's called Tinkerbell and can find it at Yarnmarket. The pattern came from a little booklet that I borrowed from a friend because I couldn't find it to purchase online. (She made the blanket for another friend of mine.) It was a pattern from the company that makes the yarn.