Corrugated washcloths...

 This was a lovely relaxing pattern to knit, and
the washcloths are very functional and practical.

1 x 70gm ball of Sugar' n Cream cotton made a pair of cloths.

I used a pair 4.5mm (US 7) needles.

 

such a great pattern by Kate Schoren

You can find the pattern on her blog HERE 

and on Ravelry HERE

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The dish the washcloths are in is a sweet vintage treasure a friend found for me at a local market, I love the handles on the side.  It is Stamped on the reverse, Royal Staffordshire Pottery 'Honeyglaze' Made in England and numbered.

This is the design in the base of the dish. 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,

~ Gillian ♥

sets of three....

Three more waffle knit washcloths for the bathroom.

I made these lovelies over the past week while I have been working hard on my son's Dr Who scarf, it is such a big and repetitive project that I need little breaks from it to keep me motivated.

I find I burn out quickly from large projects sometimes but working small projects at the same time as larger ones seems to keep my spirits up and things tend to get finished that way!

That is where these little treasures have come in ;)

 The Dr Who scarf is now over 80% done

but these little sweeties are 100% ;)

and this equals a motivated me!

Of course this means the Dr Who scarf takes a little longer to finish,

but it also means the Dr Who scarf does get finished!

so a many rows of Dr Who scarf each night is rewarded with a few rows or rounds of fun & quick little project. 

This time for these little washcloths I used 4oz ball of Lily Sugar'n Cream & a pair of 4.5mm (US 7) needles for the washcloths, This made 3 washcloths and with the small amount of left over yarn I made some more little garter makeup remover pads using 4mm (US 6) needles.

using the same pattern as I did HERE

You can find the pattern for the waffle knit washcloths

by Debbie Andriulli

on Ravelry Here

or on her blog Homespun Living Blog Here

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my little bottles...

I love little vintage bottles, particularly green glass ones

I always wonder what was in them ;)

The little ink bottle is special as it was a little one I gave my Dad  with some vintage calligraphy pens once as a present (he always had beautiful handwriting and enjoyed calligraphy) - very special x

The Tall one is rather nice as it has measurements down the side, the photo doesn't pick that up too well....maybe it was a medicine bottle?

and the little one, also medicine bottle I think....I dug this one out of my garden as a child and have had it ever since :)

have a happy day

~ Gillian ♥

waffle knit dischloth + more gartering....

 Still working on more wash cloths for our bathroom

this pattern was mentioned in the book Down to Earth

The pattern is called Waffle Knit Dishcloth

by Debbie Andriulli

It is a simple 4 row repeat pattern, great fun!

You can find the pattern here on Ravelry

or on Debbie's blog Homespun Living Here

I worked mine up in more Lincraft Bamboozle

in two colours I have used for my previous wash cloths.

and on size 4mm needles (US 6)

Because the Bamboozle yarn is a DK weight my washers ended up being around 18cm x 18cm square, which is fine for a face washer in our home.

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To finish off the balls of bamboozle I made some little makeup remover pads,

I have made many of these over the past couple of years, and they have all been round crocheted ones but while in the knitting mood I thought I would work up some little garter stitch ones :)

 

Made using Lincraft Bamboozle and 4mm needles (US 6)

cast on 14 stitches

knit 23 rows
cast off.

= cute little garter squares

ready to cleanse, tone and wash to use again :)

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oh and do you like my pretty leaf dish?

I thought I might start to share some of my pretty collectables on my blog from time to time...

I have collected many pieces over the years and thought you might like to see some of them.

I love this one I picked it up at a Charity Shop for $4.00!

(I was pretty pleased with myself that day)

It is English Ware by Lancaster Sandland Ltd, Hanley England.

Well I hope you are having a happy day

~ Gillian ♥

garter stitch ♥

 Moving on with my knitting practice

This pattern caught my attention because of that

lovely garter stitch and the beautiful leaf shape...

 this was an excellent exercise for me,

reacquainting myself after many years with the following stitches k2tog, m1,ssk….

I made an error at some point in my green leaf (my first of the three)

somehow I ended up with an extra stitch at the point.

oh…and I think I was a little over zealous with the blocking of these poor little leaves ;)

the bamboozle yarn is much better to knit with than to crochet with,

so it was very nice to work with on this project.

I used all of the left over bamboozle yarn from my washcloths from last week

each leaf only took 0.3 skeins = 24.6 yards (22.5m) of the Bamboozle

I used 4.5mm needles (US 7)

the leaves do need a good blocking when finished.
after blocking mine measured approx 21cm x 15.5cm

You can find the pattern by Megan Goodacre

on Ravelry Here 

and on her website The Tricksy Knitter Here

the pattern also has a Stocking Stitch version of the leaf :)

Hope you are having a delightful day

~ Gillian ♥

3 little dishcloths....

 We are in our final week of school holidays this week

so all sorts of projects are happening all over our home...

from Ginger beer making to setting up a little aquarium with sea snails!

The kids and I have been busy and having lots of fun :)

This is one of the projects I have made this week -

another set of washcloths for our bathroom

 When you have a busy week...a simple project is best,

So this pattern by Amanda from Chalklegs

was a perfect on to pick up and put back down again when needed.

I used Lincraft Bamboozle (70% Bamboo, 30% Cotton)

and a 5mm hook

they measure approx 20cm x 20cm and so soft.

You can find the pattern on Ravelry Here

Have a happy day!

~ Gillian ♥

long trip in the car = crochet :)

 We are on school holidays here at the moment....

and last weekend we made the long trip up to Brisbane in the car

to help celebrate my Mother in Laws 70th B'day.

7ish hours in the car one way!

Most of my crochet projects are big ones at the moment,

too big to take in the front passenger seat ;)

 so I decided we needed some more washcloths.

This was a great car trip project,

as it was small to hold, little concentration needed.

I used Moda Vera Beetle 50% Cotton 50% Acrylic

Holding two strands together & 5mm hook

I love using this yarn,

the mix of 50% Cotton, 50% Acrylic makes it soft and durable

I know with the acrylic in the mix it isn’t quite as absorbent as 100%cotton when dry, but when wet the cloth works really well and keeps its shape beautifully over many, many washes.

The pattern is a free one from Bernat you can find it here

(you will need to sign in to access the pattern, but its a great site if you haven't already used it)

and the Ravelry page is here

Have a great day!

~ Gillian ♥

ps...I'm teaching myself to bake bread at the moment, if anyone knows of a good book on bread making please feel free to leave me book title & author in the comments :)

pretty washcloths.....

I recently made some more lovely soft washcloths

it was a very basic pattern using tr (uk terms)

that evolved as I crocheted the first one.

I love that about crochet......

once you learn a few stitches,

and you have tried a variety of patterns your confidence grows

and you feel more at ease to experiment and play :) I hope you can find some time this week to

Experiment & Play

~ Gillian ♥

sweet softness.....

I have been admiring the beautiful Crocheted washcloths around the blogging world for a little while now and have wanted to have a go at them myself.

Well I finally joined in on this sweet crochet trend and made my very first set of washcloths.

I found this beautiful pattern while perusing the Ravelry site
it is a very simple pattern to follow so they work up quite quickly.
I will be making a few more of these to tuck away into some Christmas gifts this year.
Thank you so much to Helda for sharing this lovely pattern
and for providing such easy to follow instructions.

The Pattern can be found on
helda's blog Heldasland

and also on Ravelry

I hope you are all having a lovely week ♥