Patterns, projects and techniques
As the holiday season approaches, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about gift knitting. Handmade gifts are always special and thoughtful, and nothing beats the warmth and love that goes into a knitted item. This collection of a dozen … Read More ...
The worst thing to me about big holiday meals is cleaning up after. There are always more dishes than can possibly fit in the dishwasher (or you used the good china that can’t be washed in the machine), not to … Read More ...
Washcloths and dishcloths and hotpads are really fun projects to knit, both because they are small and because they are a great way to try new techniques (also, having something you made that you can use every day is pretty … Read More ...
With Memorial Day and the Fourth of July coming up, it seemed a good time to share a somewhat patriotic knitting project.
The American Flag Knit Dishcloth by Designs by Emily uses alternating rows of knits and purls to make … Read More ...
There’s something about the change in the weather that makes people want a fresh start, which means spring cleaning, clearing and decluttering.
Why not also knit up some new things to help you with your spring cleaning?
DROPS has a … Read More ...
If you’re a person who likes to knit dishcloths, this collection of eight Easter-themed cloths from KrisKnits is something you’ll want to see.
The patterns include three different egg designs, a basket of eggs, a cross, a bunny, a chick … Read More ...
In my scrolling through Pinterest the other day, I saw a pin of a cute butterfly washcloth knitting pattern that led me to a treasure trove of dishcloth knitting patterns.
The collection at Designs by Emily features more than … Read More ...
I love the look of log cabin knitting and shared a simple log cabin dishcloth design last year. I’m thinking hard about doing a full blanket this year, but if you’ve never tried the technique you might want to start … Read More ...
If you’ve been reading this site for long, you may remember I participated in an almost-year-long blog hop related to knit washcloths/dishcloths last year.
The ladies behind that effort are back again with a year-long blanket sampler project, and the … Read More ...
The other day I shared some holiday-themed washcloths/dishcloths you could knit as a gift, but what if you don’t want to make something that can only be used a month or so out of the year?
Today I bring … Read More ...
When it starts getting down to the wire on holidays (or other gift-giving occasions) and I feel like I want to give something handmade but don’t have time for a big project, I love to add a little knit something … Read More ...
We’ve just about made it to the end of the Knitted Kitchen blog hop. We’ve decided to take off the month of December because doesn’t everyone have enough to do in December?
I decided to make my last contribution the … Read More ...
We’re nearing the end of our year of Knitted Kitchen projects (we all have enough to do in December, right?) so these last couple of projects from me are going to show off ways to use up scraps you might … Read More ...
It’s time again for my installment of the Knitted Kitchen Blog Hop. If you’ve just joining us, several knitting bloggers have gotten together this year to present a new dishcloth/washcloth knitting pattern every week through the end of November. You … Read More ...
I came across this pattern on Pinterest the other day and thought it was pretty cool so I wanted to share.
The vortex (six) dishcloth by Rebecca Hudson is sort of like a shifty log cabin block, combining picked up … Read More ...