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So you may already have read here about the decision to showcase our makes from the Yorkshire Spoolettes meet up a few weeks ago, arranged by Ali. I wrote about it here .Sadly, I had gone early to collect BM (Blog Manager) from work, when in the pub, they all decided to blog post whatever we had bought!
I laughed and laughed when I found out as I had bought a £2.00 ball of dishcloth cotton!! A colleague at school has just bought their first home so I thought a knitted dishcloth would be a good handmade gift…..they are the best dishcloths to own I think!
So BM and I had a think about what I could make instead of a dishcloth!
This made us laugh and laugh! Perhaps not!
I decided to stick with the original plan, and the dishcloth was made (actually I made 4!! )but knew it was going to be worthy of it’s own blog post! So as well as knitting, it had a pretty crotcheted edge too.
Here they are ready to distribute.
It was half term for us this week and also my birthday. Here is a coaster I got as a gift……very true!
I had a lovely birthday with my family.
This is the end of the dishcloth post!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Amanda 💝
Wonky Factor : 10/10 how can a dishcloth post not score the ultimate?
Dishcloth wool from Dewsbury market £2.00
I’ve had some cotton in my stash to make one of those net shopping bags for years. I never did never even thought of making a dishcloth, but that’s such a great idea!
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I have got repeat orders! You need to make yourself one!
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Great post! I love your dishcloths but am still a little disappointed you didn’t go for the crocheted swimsuit!!
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Hahahaha!! I did think of making a Barbie one!?! Would that have counted?
Maybe we should all sew one for the next meet up!?!? It could be at a Spa instead!?!
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I love spas!! Enough to wear a crocheted swimsuit? Mmm
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Hahahah
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The poshest dish cloths ever! 😀
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I sent my auntie one and she said it was too posh to use!! Ha!
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They are, bit like my peg bags….just for fancy 😃
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What lovely gifts 🎁
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Thanks Camilla! Everyone loves them!! Who would have thought they would be so popular! I think everyone will be getting them for Christmas!! Haha
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I haven’t made a dishcloth since I was a teenager… These are beautiful!
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Thanks!! Worthy of a blog post !!! Hahaha
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Belated Happy Birthday! What a crowd you had, but such a happy time with them all – know your time’s been hectic, but joyful! Very enjoyable post, but must ask if you could point out that pattern for your clothes. Over here no one knows about J-cloths, but I recall my gran & mum using store-bought similar-looking cloths. Would love to give one a try, after I locate the required yarn & pattern. (What does yarn need to be – just all cotton? That we have.) Lots of warm hugs & congrats! 🎈💕🌻
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Thanks Del! I just remembered we were going to chat!!! Aaagghh! Sorry. Will re arrange. It’s just cotton. I used size 7 needles and 30 stitches and knitted until it looked the right size!!! Then I crotcheted around the edge purely for the blog post!! Haha
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Thanks for all the details! Have been looking around on-line for cotton yarns as am not certain where there’s any locally, besides the big box stores (US phrase for Walmart & Target sort of stores). When you say “knitted” do you mean knit, purl, knit, purl? Or knit a row, purl a row? So Sorry! Am a very basic knitter, and not much of that, so I forget what’s what. Lol! Yes, we can chat whenever you’ve time!
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Just knit a row , knit a row and carry on. Perfect for first time knitters!
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Aye! Yes, very good for beginning knitters, and lazy ones like me. Lol!
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Love it. Have made some for myself before and they are amazing! But I made some in yello, turquoise and green so although they were fun colours to use in the kitchen, when they stained, I couldn’t bleach them clean. White/cream is a much better idea!
Also it might be a nice thought to make scrubbies for washing in the shower – they are supposed to be good for (exfoliation, dahling!) I’ve seen it on Pinterest, so it must be true!
Back to school tomorrow – hope you have a good half term. Only 5 weeks until Easter hols – yay!!
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4 weeks and 4 days!!!!!
Oh, haven’t seen about the shower idea!!! But can see how they could be a good idea…..especially in your colours! Not sure I’d feel right getting washed by a dishcloth!! Hahaha
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I’ve just started knitting my own dishcloths – very satisfying! The crochet edge on yours is a great idea.
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Yes, let’s start a dishcloth revolution! Our ancestors can’t have been wrong!!
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Absolutely! I’m not a great knitter but making these gives me a chance to experiment with different stitches and it doesn’t matter if they don’t come out quite right!
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Good plan!! Do you just use normal cotton in the different colours then? Mine was called craft cotton, is that different?
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Can’t believe you may have convinced me to knit dishcloths with this post Amanda! I’d be interested to hear how they last/hold up. Thinking that crochet edge might be a great, simple first attempt for me. Shame there was no bikini in the end though 😉
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Thank goodness there was no bikini in the end!!! Lol👙👙👙👙
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Can you believe I’ve never made a dishcloth? Everyone says how much better they are than the J-cloth type, so I really ought to. Love the way you’ve used props to photograph yours:)
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Yes I’m a convert and I delivered the first one yesterday and now so are they. Could be making a few more!! Lol
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Glad to see you got Yorkshire value for money from that one ball. Happy belated birthday K xXx
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Haha! True!
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