Dishcloth KAL/CAL

[lialab]

I'm making this post from my phone, so I can't post links.
Tomorrow, I will update it with links and photos.


Today, I was out teaching piano lessons, and stopped by a thrift store. I found an old video for a dollar that I always loved to watch. So nice to find one of my favorite movies for a great price! "Heaven Can Wait", starring Warren Beatty. Watched it while knitting tonight. What a treat!

Funny movie and I like the way he plays his clarinet

[Shandeh]

Funny movie and I like the way he plays his clarinet

It is VERY funny! And I remember how "in love" I was with Warren Beatty when I saw it at the tender age of 13. My heart would just LEAP when he was on the screen.

It was fun to watch it again.....even though now I'm an old sourpuss.

[Shichemell]

I found some Scrubby yarn at Michael’s today, and their regular handicrafter cotton was on sale for $1.50 for 42.5g skein, so I’m in for making some dishcloths.

This popcorn stitch thing is slowing me down, though, so dishcloths will have to wait a bit.

[karenarp]

The funniest thing happened.
This week I couldn't work on my Mystery clues very well so I have been working on other items. After several dishcloths I got bored so found some scrubby patterns. And I didn't like the way they worked up, so I created my own scrubby pattern using bobbles. Which is sort of a different popcorn type stitch. I ended up using a ball of yarn that was donated to me so no idea whatsoever what it is. I think it is acrylic, which would be good cuz my hubby wanted it for his tool kit to clean machines with, and I wanted it to be extra scrubby and faster drying, which cotton sometimes cannot be. Here is my photo. PM me if you want to know how I made it.
*EDIT*
Photo uploaded

[Shandeh]

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

Do you have a link to the photo?
I will try to post it here for you.

[karenarp]

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

Do you have a link to the photo?
I will try to post it here for you.

I load them from my computer, not the net. So no link
Easier if I take the photo with my phone then send to email and load from there.
Thank you though

[Shandeh]

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

Do you have a link to the photo?
I will try to post it here for you.

I load them from my computer, not the net. So no link
Easier if I take the photo with my phone then send to email and load from there.
Thank you though

One option would be to upload to Flickr, and post the Flickr link here.
The first 200 photos in Flickr are free.

[Shandeh]

More than halfway done with my mitered dishcloth!

Mitered Dishcloth by Shandeh, on Flickr

Here's the free pattern: http://www.bernat.com/pattern.php?PID=2384

[karenarp]

That is such a pretty colour Shandeh!
If knitting didn't take me so long I could try that! Once the mystery's are done I think I just will! I have a bunch of knit dishcloth books I bought a few years back when I tried learning to knit that I also plan on working on. I have Handicrafter cotton coming out of my ears here!

Which brings me to a new question that may get lost in this topic.
I don't see it often, but how do you read knitting charts? Thanks to the CAL I am slowly figuring out how to read crochet charts. Something I never figured I would be able to do. I cannot read just the chart, but I am getting better at it. Hoping by time the CAL is finished I will be able to see the pattern for the chart easily. Last times KAL used charts, and once this KAL is finished I wanted to make last one, but if I cannot read the charts I won't have much luck

[Shandeh]

That is such a pretty colour Shandeh!
If knitting didn't take me so long I could try that! Once the mystery's are done I think I just will! I have a bunch of knit dishcloth books I bought a few years back when I tried learning to knit that I also plan on working on. I have Handicrafter cotton coming out of my ears here!

Thanks! I'm using Bernat Handicrafter in Mod Green. My mom loves green, so this should make her happy. Just in time for St Patrick's Day too!

Which brings me to a new question that may get lost in this topic.
I don't see it often, but how do you read knitting charts? Thanks to the CAL I am slowly figuring out how to read crochet charts. Something I never figured I would be able to do. I cannot read just the chart, but I am getting better at it. Hoping by time the CAL is finished I will be able to see the pattern for the chart easily. Last times KAL used charts, and once this KAL is finished I wanted to make last one, but if I cannot read the charts I won't have much luck

Knitting Charts are not that bad, because you read them one row at a time, from bottom to top.
So, as you work a row of knitting, you will work each stitch as it appears on the chart. Your first row will go from right to left on the bottom of the chart. Your next row (if you turn your work to the other side) will got from left to right. If you work in the round, all your rows will be read from right to left, so they will look just like the stitches you are making.

Here's a good article on Reading Knitting Charts I just found on Knitty. It should help a little.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATcharts.html

Here's another: http://www.smart-knit-crocheting.com/kn ... harts.html

Once you follow a chart once, you'll know how to do it. Start with something simple.

There are colorwork charts for changing colors.
There are also cable charts for adding cables to your knitting.
And there are lacework charts for doing different stitches as you knit.

I think the easiest to start with would be colorwork, with just 2 colors. Just find a simple heart or star chart, and knit a little coaster or afghan square with it. Your knitted rows would be read from right to left, and your purl rows would be read left to right.