Tuesday 28 July 2009

100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet




This delightful book arrived this morning from Amazon. It's absolutely gorgeous. Take a look - the flowers are so life like. There are 128 beautiful pages and it only cost £7.03. A real bargain!

My Dishcloth Pattern


A dishcloth should be large enough for its purpose, absorbent, mildly abrasive and quick to dry. This simple pattern in moss stitch, using double knitting cotton, moss stitch and large needles satisfies all these needs. Prettiness can be added by choosing pastel or vibrant colours to match your kitchen, but remember when bleached the colours will eventually fade.


LARGE CLOTH

Requires 1 x 50g ball 100% Cotton Yarn (Double knit)


Using 5mm needles cast on 65 stitches and knit 2 rows.


Row 1: k2, (k1,p1 to last 2 sts) K2

Row 2: K2, knit all purl sts and purl all knit stitches (single moss stitch) to last 2 stitches, Knit 2.


Repeat last 2 rows until 61 rows have been worked in pattern.


Knit 2 rows. Cast off.


SMALL CLOTH


Cast on 50 stitches and Knit 2 rows.


Work 46 row in moss stitch as given for larger cloth.


Knit 2 rows. Cast off.