Dishcloth KAL/CAL

[charoks]

Needed to use some of my cotton yarn and this thread inspired me. Made some washcloths for my daughter. She's 4 & LOVES pink. The top two are knit waffle stitch, and the other is crochet.

IMG_20120404_141020 by charoks, on Flickr

[tjwjlove]

I love you work. GREAT JOB. I love pink too. I know your daughter will love them. I have 2 daughters, and I make stuff for them, they love it. I makes me feel good, to know I made something special for them.

[Shandeh]

Pretty pink cloths!

[mommom]

Well I decided to try one of the chrysanthemum dishcloths while I'm helping out my mother-in-law with some of the yarn I'm using for a mermaid tears purse for my daughter and granddaughter.

Dishcloth1.jpg

She loves it! But she says it's too pretty to use as a dishcloth so here's what it's being used for.

dishcloth2.jpg

[tjwjlove]

Love your color choices. I don't blame her, it is to pretty to use in the kitchen. That's a great idea.

[zhanie]

Who thought dishcloths could be so pretty?

[Shandeh]

Well I decided to try one of the chrysanthemum dishcloths while I'm helping out my mother-in-law with some of the yarn I'm using for a mermaid tears purse for my daughter and granddaughter.

Dishcloth1.jpg

She loves it! But she says it's too pretty to use as a dishcloth so here's what it's being used for.

dishcloth2.jpg

So nice! It looks beautiful as a decoration.

[Ennjay]

Finished all of the rows! Now to figure out how to take the washcloth off the needle without unraveling it!

Looks beautiful!
Casting off or Binding Off has a couple different options.
If you're like me, the bind off could be too tight. I'm STILL working on making my bind offs looser, even after several years of knitting.

Here is a good bind off video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0plhuwVF4j0

You can do it!

Maybe bind off with a larger needle?

[mommom]

:helpme: Please... I tried to start a Chrysanthemum dishcloth and I'm not sure it is going correctly. I'm at round 6 and it looks like a big flopsy curly mess. Could you tell me, please, if by the end it will somehow flatten out and actually look like the picture? I resisted the urge to take it apart last night thinking I would come here and ask first if I should continue along my path.

I found some great videos by Mikey, that show how to make the chrysanthemum.

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLMGnzRbjk
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Ezl53plPQ
Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IZmkkAF_lY

Thank goodness for Mikey!!! I had a problem understanding the last round so I googled for a video and found Mikey's.

[Shandeh]

Finished all of the rows! Now to figure out how to take the washcloth off the needle without unraveling it!

Looks beautiful!
Casting off or Binding Off has a couple different options.
If you're like me, the bind off could be too tight. I'm STILL working on making my bind offs looser, even after several years of knitting.

Here is a good bind off video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0plhuwVF4j0

You can do it!

Maybe bind off with a larger needle?

Doesn't help me, but it helps some people.