September 2016

Seriously, what is this 30 degree hell, it's supposed to be knitwear season people.

04/10/2016

Wonderful Washcloths

While I try to think of a good Halloween pun to work into a cartoon, let's talk about last month's project.

There are a great number of knitted washcloth patterns in the world but I finally caved and knitted my own. As much as I hate to admit it the great Christmas knit 2016 is upon us and a small knitted item + a nice bar of soap (I went to Marseille this year so I have some very nice soaps) will make excellent gifts.

There was very little research involved before I chose to knit the cloths in cotton. I briefly considered linen yarn but after play with a couple of sample patches (cotton is blue, linen is green) I decided that the cotton yarn was a) much more attractive when knitted up b) a softer texture when wet c) much more easily available in d) more colours. That said I actually liked the slightly rougher texture of the wet linen patch (yay exfoliation) and may be making a quick and easy scrub mitt for myself.

I'm also really happy with how neatly the charts knitted up and feel the photo I used for the pattern doesn't really capture it so here are some close-ups.