Knitted Dish Cloth

This is a easy dish cloth or hot pad to knit! 

It makes a fun gift coupled with the countertop spray!

You will need

1 skien cotton yarn
(I used Lily Sugar and Cream yarn)

knitting needles size 10.  (I actually used 7 and then just casted on a few more stitches.)

Cast on 4 stitches

Row 1: K, across

Row 2: K 2, yo K to the end of the row.

Repeat row 2 until there are 43 sts on needle.

Decrease rows: K 1, K 2 tog, yo, K 2 tog, K to the end.

Continue until 4 st remain.  Cast off remaining sts.

I add as many stitches as I can fit on my needles to increase the size a bit.  

Baby Ugg Booties

These fun booties are much easier to knit than you would think!  Give them a try!

Click on this tutorial first.  It will help with the materials you need the steps you will take. 

Size 3-6 months use size 4 and 5 needles

Size 9-12 months use size 5 and 6 needles

Start with yarn for bottom of bootie.

To begin:

cast on 26 Stitches and knit 1 row.

Row 1: k1, yf, k11, [yf, k1] twice, yf, k11, yf, k1.

Row 2, 4, 6, 8, 10: knit (when you reach the yf knit in the back of the stitch).

Row 3: k2, yf, k11, yf, k2, yf, k3, yf, k11, yf, k2.

Row 5: k3, yf, k11, [yf, k4] twice, yf, k11, yf, k3.

Row 7: k4, yf, k11, yf, k5, yf, k6, yf, k11, yf, k4

Row 9: k5, yf, k11, [yf, k7] twice, yf, k11, yf, k5.

Next 

Change to larger needles for main part of bootie.  Change color too if wanted.

Rows 11, 13, 15, 17: knit.

Rows 12, 14, 16, 18: purl.

Shape Instep

Row 1: k 29 , SKP, turn.

Row 2: sl 1, p 7, p 2 tog, turn.

Row 3: sl 1, k7, SKP, turn.

Row 4 -13: repeat rows 2 and 3 five times.

Row 14: repeat row 2.

Row 15: sl 1, k7, SKP, knit to the end of the row.

Row 16: p 21, p 2 tog, purl to the end of the row (35 stitches).

Next 

Work in st st ( knit 1 row, purl 1 row) for 2 ", ending with a purl row.

Then

Change to plush yarn and work 2 rows knit, then bind off in knit.

Finishing 

With Plush weave yarn under and over stitches on sides of booties and over the instep.  Sew bottom and back of booties shut with large eye needle and mattress stitch.

Click here to find suede yarn.  

Pink

I never cared much for pink until I had Halle Jane.  Now I can't get enough of it!

It's Monday, my cleaning and laundry day.  But I am posting because it's May, the end of May and it's been snowing all morning.

A few favorite's for the baby boy!

After looking hard for a great diaper bag I tripped across this fun one! What do you think?


I can't wait to see these on his sweet little head! I wish they looked as small in the picture as they really are!

You inspired me...

Now I don't know if I could make a hat for a baby girl without the cute ruffles at the bottom! This little hat was for sweet baby Jane. Don't you just love that name Jane? So simple and elegant too.

More knitting...

I made this hat for my new little nephew. It's bigger than what I would normally do for a newborn but it's hot right now! He probably won't get much use out of it till fall and he grows some. It's easy to do a fun stripe. To change colors just cut the yarn your working with and tie on a new color. Tie it up close to the needles and it will be hidden at the underside of the hat. Continue knitting until you are ready to change again. Here I did one row of white, bordering three rows of blue. Happy knitting!

Knitting

This self striping yarn is reason enough to take up knitting!  It is home made and hand painted.  You can find it here at mybootee.com.  This exact color may not be available anymore but she has many fun options to choose from!