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A Pretty Capelet for Summer

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rose capeletI’m one of those people who needs a shawl or a sweater handy all year long because air conditioning in the south (even in my own home) is often too much for me to stand. So I’m loving this pretty little Summer Rose Capelet from FitzBirch Crafts.

It has a great scalloped edging but is otherwise a pretty simple knit that you can throw on over a summer dress to ward off the chill. The repeating stockinette/reverse stockinette bands are striking and easy to knit without a lot of effort. And of course the knit roses make a big statement without a lot of work.

What do you use to protect yourself from air conditioning?

[Photo via FitzBirch Crafts.]

Comments

  1. This is soooo cute and feminine – I have trouble keeping shawls where they blog, and I worry about looking like an old lady as I am now middle-aged with encroaching gray hair. This is youthful and unfussy – it’s definitely going on my to-make list!

  2. I follow Fitzbirch Crafts and its a great blog and I have just finished this and its great and looks fantastic.take a look at their site they have some lovely patterns that are so usable

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Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.