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Free Dishcloth Patterns

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You all seem to like the dishcloth patterns we dig up, and of course, if they’re free, that’s all the better, so I went a-searchin’.

Probably the largest repository I found was here:

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php

They’ve got everything you can imagine, except the Red Wings. Hmmm, someone will have to design a Red Wings dish cloth, but don’t look here, no time for that.

I have a sweater that’s almost done (would have been a lot more done, if my 2 year old gd hadn’t gotten hold of it!) A scarf in the works and a hooded scarf/vest thing going. Oh and a pair of socks. Yeah, and don’t forget the vest that I had to start because I was in a mood that day and it was labeled experienced! (I’ll show them!) And that’s just what can be seen at a moments notice, I’m sure there are lots more.

So anyway, back to dishcloths, there is a wonderful Yahoo group called dishcloth of the week where they work on different techniques while making their cloths.

Here’s another website with  more dishcloths that anyone could ever knit:

http://pictureandpattern.blogspot.com/

You know what else I’ve found that has nothing to do with dishcloths? Facebook! What a fun little time waster that is! Look me up, if you mention craftgossip, I’ll be sure to friend you!

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Comments

  1. OK, there are lots of dishcloths but all of them are knitted, what about crochet ones? My knitting leaves something to be desired, I have knitted dishcloths cause that is something I can knit and actually use!

  2. The lady that is having trouble knitting, I learned from a neighbour. She saw instantly why my mother could not teach me. It was the needles. As soon as she gave me circular needles, I was hooked. Maybe that is the same thing that is troubling you. A tip to remove the curls in the cord, turn hot water tap on and run the cord from needle to needle. If this doesn’t work boil water and in a large saucepan place the needles for a short while.

  3. I am looking for a pattern for an Orca Whale .dishcloth Pattern does any one know where I can get one

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Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!