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    4 days ago

    I’m going to be such an ass because it’s the wrong comm but you’re twisting your stitches. On the other hand, fab colours and a dishcloth is a dishcloth.

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      2 days ago

      I usually give the nicer ones away.

      I’m pretty sure the way I perl is illegal, and would offend anyone, continental or English.

      I’m putting this in a little free library I think.

      I have this “default” pattern that I do while watching tv. Sometimes mess up terribly, but just keep going because I don’t use paper towels at all and this is my substitute.

      It’s a very nice, cheap hobby. Dollar tree often has some okay cotton, it splits a lot but not impossible to deal with. Hot water cleaning cycle, which is necessary for cleaning things anyway, tends to tighten the cotton such that the gaps are really tightly bound.

      Idk - I think this is a great double sided pattern. The back half has like garter/back of stockinette ridges for deep scrubbing, the front side looks pretty and has those softer length ridges for small, delicate detail work in scrubbing.

      Do a multiple of three + 1

      S1, p2, k1 repeat

      S1, k2, p1, repeat

      Knit all

      Perl all

      I’m stealing this, but it’s from a blog post I read years ago 😅

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        2 days ago

        Knitting is such a comforting hobby. My time killers are socks, relatively small and formulaic projects.

        Patty Lions has a blog where she shows different techniques and ways to knit. There is her article about twisted stitches. Once again, for dish cloths it really doesn’t matter if the stitches are twisted or not but you may find it’s actually easier to knit non-twisted.

        Happy knitting and cooking!