Daily Archives: June 20, 2006

Big Dotty

Big Dotty #2

 

Ok, so I don’t have all the fine points of this Blogging stuff down yet. I am working real hard on it. Somehow I wound up with two identical pictures and can’t figure out how to get rid of one of them. At least I am able to use the scanner to post pictures of my work. Yeah!!!!! That’s progress.


This is Big Dotty #2 using pattern from the Mason-Dixon Knitting Book.

This time I started off using size 10 1/2 Boye needles and switching to size 8’s when switching colors. Oh, the colors are P&C Bright Navy and some a scrap of yellow. It looks much neater than the first Big Dotty dishcloth.

 

Like I said earlier, this is an obsession…or is it an addiction?

 

 

Big Dotty # 1


This is a picture of my first attempt of making “Big Dotty” from the Mason Dixon Knitting book into a dishcloth. I used a size 8 Boye needle to start and Peaches & Cream Yarn. After the first several rows it dawned on me to use larger needles for the red rows. I changed to size 10 1/2 for them and the result was a better looking dishcloth.
The portion at the top is really the cast on edge and first few rows. This is not the best picure, but wil do for the moment.
As you can tell, I still practice making the sides look neat when carrying colors up the side…..Gee, I guess that’s an excuse for making more dishcloths. LOL!!

First Blog

June 20, 2006

My First Experience With A Blog

This is exciting!!! I have been thinking about doing this for a long time. The impetus for doing this is all of the knitting and crocheting I have been doing.

At the first of the year, I promised DH and DS I would not buy any more yarn this year until I had used up the equivalent of one 16 gallon tote of yarn…..I blew that one a long time ago, but am still concentrating on using what is on hand. Progress has been pretty good so far. I have only bought yarn a few times this year., which is not bad for me. the first couple of times it was on sale…The yarn called my name and said it was mine. LOL!!!
This last time, I went looking for some bright colored cotton yarn to go along with what is on hand. The motivation was knitting dishcloths. Yes…That’s right. I am knitting dishcloths. The Mason-Dixon Knitting book that I had requested from the library became available. It has some great patterns in it. A couple of them have caught my fancy…Actually, they have become an obsession.