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New colors, new patterns, new self striping or self patterning yarns….  Where’s all of this going? Well, if you’ve been following my ramblings, you know that I’m now among the ranks of those proudly known as “avid sock knitters”! And I do things like commemorate important events in my  life with a purchase of sock yarn that will remind me of said event.

And now where is this going? Well, I’m glad you asked. Just a month or so ago, I bought myself a new motorcycle. Well, ok, it’s not new, but it’s new to me and since it’s mine and I paid for it, I can call it new. But, alas, I have not found the PERFECT yarn with which to commemorate this event… until now! Behold:

StepCoctail_115_1Not only are these super cool, they’re a pretty close color match to my *new* bike! (Oh, they come in other colors too, just in case you were wondering).

Hmmmm, my credit card is itching and fingers are reaching……

Hurry, go here before I get it all…..http://www.simplysockyarn.com/servlet/Categories?category=SOCK+YARN%3AAustermann,+Step+Cocktail

Looking for more knitted socks designs and patterns to keep you warm this winter? Check out these knitted sock patterns on Etsy.

Comments

  1. Love the sock yarn! Congrats on your new bike! Too bad they don’t have an RED…cause that’s the color of MY new bike!

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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.