Comments on: Because you can never take a metaphor too far.

By: toddandleah

toddandleah — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:37:49 +0000

Thanks for posting the links to the patterns. These are great! Going to put it on to the pile of things to knit by Christmas. As if I didn’t have enough projects going in that stack already

By: lizziejank

lizziejank — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:10:30 +0000

Good for you Luma – there isn’t anything tricky about sleeves, so I’m sure you’ll do great! Do keep us posted..

By: Luma

Luma — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:44:14 +0000

Rachel, just letting you know I’m progressing nicely on the sweater for Athan (short for Athanasius). Today I start the sleeves. I’ve never made sleeves before, but I am overcoming my fears. I’ll let you know how it goes.

By: lizziejank

lizziejank — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:51:52 +0000

Hakucho-
Well thanks to you for the pattern! I love both the texture and the basic repeat – perfect for tired, or even in the dark knitting!
Lynn -
I use peaches and creme or sugar and creme “kitchen cotton” – they are very cheap ($1.50) and readily available at WalMart, Michaels, JoAnns, and most knitting stores, so I am guessing that it is what you think of as “regular stuff”!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:44:24 +0000

Very very new knitter here; do you use any special kind of yarn for dishcloths, or just the regular stuff at craft stores?

By: hakucho

hakucho — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:53:26 +0000

I LOVE your dishcloths! So bright and cheerful and they will, I’m sure, make your dish washing much happier

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:19:59 +0000

I actually ripped it out and restarted it after reading this post. I made up a new pattern, and got about halfway done before I had to leave to go be fruitful at the office.

By: Luma

Luma — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:42:52 +0000

Woohoo! I figured out what I was doing wrong with those buttonholes. I stayed up working on the sweater last night, it felt so good not to give up on it.

Rachel, let me encourage you to finish Chloe’s sweater if possible, you’ll be so glad you did when you see her wearing it.

Good for you, Valerie! I’m sure you’ll finish it in no time.

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:29:00 +0000

That’s funny. Two nights ago I realized that I’d thrown my very last dishcloth into the laundry. Not having a dishwasher other than my own two hands, and needing to recover from the results of baking a wedding cake on Saturday, this was a bit of a crisis. I ended up using a towel to make it through a couple sinkfuls that evening…and I sat down and started crocheting a dishcloth!

By: lizziejank

lizziejank — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:05:49 +0000

Hey Aunt Monica -
The “clover tweed” pattern I got through ravelry, but it is published online here:

http://skullcharms.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-pattern-clover-tweed-dishcloth.html

And the “circles cloth” I also got through ravelry, but it is also online here:

http://hakucho.blogspot.com/2008/09/circle-cloth-pattern.html

Luma- I think that is so funny that you are stuck on the buttonhole band, because I just cranked out a sweater for Chloe (in a week maybe), but then had to do one half of the buttonband over like three or four times. I got too sick of the sweater and decided to crank out some Fall dishcloths that wouldn’t take any thinking instead! And here you are, casting button bands on my consicience! The truly ridiculous thing is that the sweater is all done – except a few ends to weave in and buttons to sew on, but I have just let it sit after all the agony! You have sufficiently kicked me into gear about it- maybe tomorrow!