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Knit a Good Trouble Cowl to Support BLM – Black Lives Matter

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It’s the perfect time to knit a giant cowl, and this is a great one if you also want to send a little money to a good cause.

The Good Trouble Cowl, designed by Karen Clements of Knit1Designs and modeled by GG in her signature orange, is a fundraiser for Black Lives Matter in Jefferson County, Washington.

Once you have donated you can access the cowl, which is worked in the round in one piece in an openwork rib pattern and jumbo yarn, so it knits up in no time, whether you make yours in orange or your favorite color.

The pattern has already raised more than $3,000 and Karen says the pattern and fundraiser will remain on her site as long as her site exists.

[Photo: Karen Clements.]

Looking for more Black Lives Matter Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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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.