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dishcloths and scrubby made for the swap August 2016 In early August, Kathyb organized a dishcloth swap, and fourteen people joined in the fun. The swap guidelines required each person to make and send two dishcloths. One or two small trinkets could also be included in the package. I sent two cloths, a tulle scrubby, and some knitting notions to my swap partner - Betsy ( The Simple Life of a Queen ). Thanks, Kathyb for the fun and easy swap. The pattern I used is no longer available online, but it uses the Double Woven Stitch - YouTube has a tutorial for completing the stitch  here . Double Woven Dishcloth   made with US size 7 or 8 needles one ball of cotton dishcloth yarn Cast on 38 stitches or any multiple of four Rows 1-4:   Knit across Row 5:  K3, P32, K3 Row 6:  K6, *sl 2 wyif, move yarn to back, K2; repeat from * to last               4 stitches; K4 Row 7:  K3, P32, K3 Row 8:  K4...

Gallatin Scarf April 2016 During Show and Tell at the March Fiber Guild meeting, I saw Jeni V's finished Gallatin Scarf and knew that I had to knit the pattern. The pattern is free on Ravelry and it is a fun knit. Pattern: Gallatin Scarf by Kris Basta (Ravelry link) Gallatin Scarf by Kris Basta (non-Ravelry link) Needles:  US size 10.5 Yarn: Universal Yarn (Echo Twist)  84% acrylic and 16% wool Note: the pattern calls for worsted weight yarn. The Echo Twist was a very light worsted almost sport, so my scarf is not quite as large as the ones on the Ravelry site. The top photo represents the true color of the yarn.

source Have you noticed all the adult coloring books on the magazine racks and in craft catalogs? I love to color but haven't purchased any of the books. I prefer to color with crayons and many of the drawings in the books are too detailed for crayons: colored pencils work the best. Last week, I discovered the free printable (shown above) for Valentine's Day cards on The Craft Patch . I downloaded the files and will try coloring it with crayons. Should you want to join the "coloring trend," the free PDF for the cards can be found here . Craftsy is offering a free, eleven page adult coloring book here  - be patient, it's a big file, but the prints are good quality. Craftsy is a very nice site where you can find patterns (quilts, crochet, knitting, sewing, etc.) and purchase supplies and kits. The site offers free and for-purchase patterns. Any patterns you downloaded are also saved on their server on an account that you create which is nice, too. Lovekn...

I finished knitting Susan's Woven Stripes blanket last week. The edges of my blanket were quite ruffled (probably due to the acrylic yarn I used); however, I followed  WoolWinder's tip  to "kill" the acrylic. The blanket now has a nice drape and shape. Directions on how to kill acrylic can be found here . Thank you, Bonnie for helping me set up a Google Document page to share the pattern. Your directions worked perfectly. Update : at WoolWinder's request, here is a view of the back.