…getting back into it…

…three weeks vacation (from work AND renovating) kickstarts craftiness…
and somehow i didn’t want to pick up any unfinished business, and instead started knitting dishcloths for my new kitchen…. The classic ballband dishcloth of course, this time knitted in Paris from Garnstudio. 4 mm needles.

hit by dishcloth mania – dischcloth #1

check out what i managed to produce last week end (ok, i know it’s not that impressive, but i haven’t been into it for a while…):

yarn: mandarin classic (ran out of white, finished off with beige )
hook: 4,5 mm
finished size: 20 x 20 cm
pattern: here

hit by dishcloth mania – dischcloth #2

yarn: mandarin classic
needles: 3,5 mm
finished size: 18 x 18 cm (a bit small)
pattern : striped dishcloth linked from knittingpatterncentral (site down at the moment)

hit by dishcloth mania – dischcloth #3

yarn: mandarin classic
needles: 3,5 mm
finished size: 21 x 21 cm
pattern: flying geese
i did change the pattern a bit, mine don’t look like flying geese…
and this last one is of course my favorite because it’s reversible!! (anyone know any reversible patterns, let me know – i like’em!)
closeup:

another ballband

i eagerly joined the christmas-present-along at hobbyboden, but little did i know how hard it was actually getting anything done before the end of the month! but thank you, ballband, quick and simple!

Yarn: Mandarin classic
Needles: 3,5 mm

second garterlac dishcloth finished

 
 
 

garterlac dishcloth

discovered these dishcloths at criminy jickets blog the other day, and am on my way with the second one! i so like that they look pretty on both sides
 

 
yarn: two strands of safran from garnstudio
colours: green/pink – orange/pink
needles: top one 5 mm - bottom one 4 mm
size: top one: 22 cm wide - bottom one 20 cm x 20 cm
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ballband dishcloth

yarn: safran from garnstudio
colours: #30 (turquoise) / #29 (orange)
needles: 3 1/2
gauge: 22 stiches / 10 cm
finished size: 17 cm x 17 cm
 
one dishcloth finished in an evening. don’t like that it has a “wrong” side though… pattern from the book mason-dixon knitting, but you can also find a similar free pattern here.