Lion Brand Yarn is doing a 30 Days of Dishcloths promotion right now, which involves showing off its great collection of colorful dishcloth patterns as well as running a contest on Facebook.
The prize is 30 balls of Cotton … Read More ...
Free Knitting Pattern: The Hive Knit Dishcloth
Dishcloths and washcloths are great things to knit throughout the year because they’re really useful, and it’s nice to have made something that you use every day. But they’re especially nice to knit in the summer because cotton yarn is … Read More ...
Lily’s Washcloth Extravaganza is Back
Last summer Lily (the makers of Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn) did a series of new free washcloth patterns, both knit and crochet, that it promoted throughout the summer.
This time around I got a single email with several different … Read More ...
A Half Dozen (Or So) Hearts to Knit
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and for some reason I’ve been in denial about that fact. I guess I don’t want to believe we’re already a month and a half into this year!
But the good news is, … Read More ...
Spooky Free Halloween Patterns from Lily
Lily is known for being the maker of Sugar’n Cream, which is probably most popularly used for things like dishcloths and washcloths.
But that’s not the only thing you can use it for, as some recently released free patterns from … Read More ...
Summer Dishcloth Pattern
I guess it really is the end of summer, because it’s the final week of Lily’s 8 Weeks of Summer dishcloth pattern extravaganza.
The final week focuses on treats for the heat, and the knit dishcloth (link is to a … Read More ...
Knit List: Lion Brand Bonbons
This is one of those things that I started a long time ago and then I started freaking out about my book and decided I couldn’t knit anything else for a while so I abandoned the project and didn’t manage … Read More ...
Knitting Pattern Dishcloth – Summer Bikini
I’m not quite sure what to think about this week’s instalment of Lily’s summer dishcloth pattern extravaganza.
I knew the theme was “gone fishin’,” so I guess I expected something like the crochet cloth of the week (here’s the … Read More ...
Dishcloth Knitting Pattern – Sunflower
It’s week six out of eight of Lily’s summer dishcloth extravaganza, and this week’s theme is Flights of Floral Fancy.
The knit pattern this week is a sunflower dishcloth (that opens as a PDF) worked in the round with a … Read More ...
Dishcloth Knitting Pattern – Nautical Anchor
Another week of summer, another adorable dishcloth pattern from Lily. This week’s theme was Stitches Ahoy!, and the knit pattern (available as a PDF) is a basic square with an anchor worked as a stockinette stitch cable on a field … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Lily’s Washcloth of the Week
The summer washcloth extravaganze at Lily continues this week with a fruit theme. The free knitting pattern (opens as a PDF) is a circular watermelon washcloth, worked from the center out in shades of pink and green.
What I … Read More ...
Lily’s Dishcloth Extravaganza Continues
I’ve been in and out all week with my daughter home from school, so I missed sharing this with you earlier, but the free dishcloth pattern of the week from Lily’s 8 Weeks of Summer Dishcloth Extravaganza is now available.… Read More ...
Free Pattern: Bee Dishcloth
Lily’s 8 Weeks of Summer Dishcloth Extravaganza continues this week with patterns from the world of insects.
The knitting pattern is a black and yellow striped, bias knit cloth with white wings made to look like a bee. (These patterns … Read More ...
Lily’s 8 Weeks of Summer Dishcloth Extravaganza
Lily’s Sugar’n Cream yarn
is a classic cotton yarn and one that a lot of people use to knit washcloths, dishcloths and other durable kitchen and home items.
Lily is celebrating summer with eight weeks of free dishcloth patterns for … Read More ...
Free Knitting Pattern: Pierre de Coubertin’s Mustache
Now that the Fourth of July is over, the next big even ton the minds of Americans and many others around the world is the Olympics, which start three weeks from tomorrow (July 27).
The founder of the modern Olympics … Read More ...