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Knittting Pattern- 4th of July American Flag Dishcloth

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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 the stripes and Moss Stitch to make the stars, though there aren’t as many as are on the real American flag.

This cloth is really lovely knit in red, but I’m sure it would be great in white and blue as well, or you could even try a red, white and blue multicolored yarn.

Either way, this is a fun little project that will be useful throughout the summer when flags are flying high and we have lot sof summer barbecues to clean up after.

The pattern is available on both etsy and Ravelry and costs $1.89 either place.

[Photo: Designs by Emily.]

Comments

  1. Why is it not okay to kneel but it is okay to use the American flag as a rag to wash dishes? This is not an item for decoration. It is an item to be revered. We keep it from touching the floor, we don’t fly other flags higher, we are proud to see it flying on a tall flagpole. This is not a way to honor combat losses or to show pride in our country.

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Knit a Log Cabin Blanket with All Your Scraps

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn. 

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small. 

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches. 

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come. 

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you. 

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?). 

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry. 

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns. 

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]