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Knitting Monogamy. Your Opinion…

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Whew! A whole day without internet; how did the pioneers survive? Most likely they started new projects. A lot of my knitting time is spent thinking about the next project, or the next yarn. Arguing wth myself over whether to start <another> new project or put the time into finishing the last one. And these arguments always end the same way. I make a final declaration to myself that no new projects will be started until the last one is done. With the exception of….. Yeah, that’s where it gets me. “The only project I have is very memory intensive and I need something to knit at the doctor’s office this afternoon”. It’s worth mentioning that NEVER do I have only one project going so the above statement is just a trap to fall in, which I usually do.
So my 12.31.08 resolution was to finish the slippers,(done, and shown above. Seriously, I HEART these slippers, warm, cozy, soft and waterproof!), Mossi Cardi (done, don’t like, at all!), and the Denim Sweater Jacket. 2 out of 3 ain’t bad eh?
And then, and only then would I cast on for another project. Except for my grandson’s birthday is coming up and I want to do an illusion scarf for him with U. of Mich colors, and I found the cutest frog dishcloth pattern for my granddaughter, and, and , and.

So, what do all of you do about project monogamy? Work on only one thing at a time? Or throw it all to the wind and cast on whenever startitis rears it’s head?

Well, you do what I do, and just cast on for yet another project, like this ULTRA COOL bag I found on Flickr. It’s called a Freeform Floral Bag. Perfect for spring!

So, tonight is Knit Nite again. I’ll take the Denim Sweater Jacket and I’ll take my wheel. Nothing else. No other ideas. No other needles. No patterns. Nothing, just the current project and my wheel. That’s all!

Comments

  1. I like to think that knitting monogomy keeps me accountable. And out of the LYS!

    If I am honest about my knitting, there’s one big project, then one oh-my-emergency-gift-or-distraction knitting.

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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.