Showing posts with label washcloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label washcloth. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Knitted Bouclé Linen and Silk Washcloths...Plus New Bowls!

                            A friend of mine has been knitting cotton washcloths, lately...


                          ...so I decided to try a similar project using bouclé linen...


                                                             ...and silk yarn!


                                               I knitted them on the diagonal...


                            ...and, when done, wove the ends in as well as I could.

                    (Please remember that my knitting skills are still very rudimentary!) :)


                                 The linen bouclé one has a rough, textured surface...

                                       ...perfect for 'scrubby' use in the kitchen...


                                        ...but I'm keeping the softer, silk one...

                                                  ...for use as a face cloth!


                                       *************************************************

                                           When I was in the UK this spring...

                                ...I indulged my fairly serious 'bowl addiction'...

                          ...with these vintage, handmade and thrift shop dishes.


                                I also found a mug to add to my Moomin collection...

                                                   ...in fabulous orange!! :)


Monday, January 27, 2014

Experimental Knitted Projects

 I knitted a long rectangle...


                                                              ...from hairy synthetic yarn...

                                      

                                                  ...stitched it together at the short ends...


                                                      ...and a narrow infinity scarf was born!


                                                          Using silk yarn in two colors...                                                            


                                         ...I tried to puzzle out how to change colors, mid-project...

                                          ...but gave up when the piece was only washcloth sized!

                                              (P.S. Tying knots may not be the best route!)  :)


                                                         Using yarn made with 94% wool...


                                      ...but blended with some sort of stretchy, synthetic fibers...

                                      

                                                       ...I fashioned another infinity scarf.


                                               It won't surprise any of my regular readers...

                                       ...that the way I approach my nascent knitting projects...

                     ...is just as experimental a method as the one I used when I was a beginning feltmaker! :)

                                   Using yarns of different materials and thicknesses from my stash...

                                                       ...and using a straight 'knit' stitch...

                                     ..I'm seeing what kinds of functional objects I can make...

                                                   ...from different sized balls of yarn!

                                                      Next time: the joy of blocking. :)