An Easy Blanket to Knit This Weekend

I’ve really been wanting to get back to a couple of simple, stash busting afghans I’ve had on the needles for a really long time. I want them to be done, but I don’t have the patience to stay with them until they are done. And I’m really thinking hard about solving the problem by starting another afghan that would be worked with several strands of yarn held together for more-instant gratification.

The Knit Multi-Colored Blanket from Smiling Colors is a project like that. Worked with two strands of Sheep(ish), which is already kind of heavy for a worsted yarn on its own, this project is mostly Stockinette with some Garter ridges to break it up a bit. And it’s worked in big blocks of color so it adds some cheer to a room without a lot of effort.

As written this is a great throw size (or even a baby blanket), but you could make yours even bigger if you wanted a larger blanket. Either way it’s a great project to remind those of us in the northern part of the world that cooler weather will be here soon.

What are you working on this weekend? I’m actually doing a simple scarf for my daughter, and maybe some knitting for me since it’s my birthday weekend!

[Photo via Smiling Colors.]

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.

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