Here is the problem with knitting loads of dishcloths …. your kitchen drawer will be full and you will need to cull the herd. The next problem is that the dishcloths that will be culled are simply worn a bit, they have faded. No rips, holes or any other insult. Old and faded is their only crime. Do you have no heart? Is there ice water in your veins??? poor old cloth.

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Although blogging might be slowing down, my love affair with Rinaldo is still smoldering. What, you don’t know about me and Rinaldo?? Let’s just say, we have a history.  Rinaldo is a computer geek extraordinaire and has decided that I need more GB.  I think the GB stands for good lovin’.  I know it’s a B and not an L, but in computer talk it’s Good Lovin’!

thanks Nancy Rinaldo!! ;)

I have an uber personal question. Can I see the backside of your garterlac dishcloth? I’ve tried to make that so many times but keep giving up because the back looked funny. I want to see what the back of somebody else’s looks like. Please???????????

Kris left this comment on yesterday’s post. So here it is ……

tips on picking up stitches:

• always have the right side of your work facing you. Picking up stitches leads to a ridge and you will want that ridge to end up on the wrong side. Picking up with the right side facing you will make sure that it happens.
• when picking up, insert the needle/hook (I use a crochet hook to pick up stitches) under both strands of the edge stitch. Inserting it under just one may lead to a lacy little hole, which is usually not the effect you are going for.
• I did tweak this pattern a bit. The way this is knit, certain sections will end up with stitches being picked up with the wrong side facing. And this will lead to the ridge being on the right side. Whenever this was going to happen, I simply twisted the work around, and did a backward sort of pick up (from left to right instead of the usual right to left) and that put the ridge on the wrong side where it belongs.

I hope that last bit made sense. If I knit another of these, I will take pictures as I go along.

I am not too proud to show you my latest knitting efforts. I even put all the details on my Ravelry page – but really, does anyone out there not know the details?

ballband dishcloth made all the rage by the Mason Dixon Ladies

yarn: Peaches and Creme

well, maybe I am a little proud
Garterlac dishcloth