The First Cloth

I originally knit this for my mother after seeing that her dishcloths were falling apart. She had crocheted a bunch of them about 10 years ago. Well, they are currently strings being held together by the occasional loop and knot. They obviously got used a lot. So of course new dishcloths were in order.

Ravelry.com is my go to site to find patterns for pretty much everything. This was no exception. After a little bit of searching, I spied this little beauty. I immediately dug into my stash and got started.

Let me tell you, I love this pattern. It is a super easy to memorize 4 row repeat. After looking at the pattern for 1 cloth, I made 3 more without ever looking at the pattern again. So like I said, super easy.
It isn't tedious or fiddly in any way. So I would have to say that the actual knitting of this dishcloth ranks really high.

The look of the cloth is also a winner in my book. I like how there are panels of stockinet and then the lacey panels. The tension doesn't change from the stockinet to the lace so that the cloth stays pretty square and flat. No wonky shapes here. I will admit that they are not perfectly square. Especially since I don't really see the point in blocking them. They are dishcloths after all.

 

 





As far as using these goes they work really well (duh). The tension is not too tight. They are not too stiff of a fabric as far as worsted weight cotton yarn goes. I also don't like when a cloth is too lacey with tons of huge holes. But since these are simple small eyelets that is not an issue at all.  

 

Overall I have to admit that I love this cloth. I think that they are great for everyday use, but pretty enough to make as gifts. 

So It Begins...

This blog is going to be all about finding the perfect knit (or even perhaps crochet) wash cloth. When I got married a little over 5 years ago I was gifted many washcloths and dishcloths. However, after so much use, they are starting to fall apart.

Because I now know how to knit (that was something I didn't learn to do until after getting married) I decided that instead of buying more, I will knit replacements. I plan on knitting up different patterns of cloths and then will review each cloth based on the actual knitting and how well it works as a cloth. I will be using these as both washcloths and dishcloths. (I do plan on separating them, a single cloth won't be used for both.)

Please join me in my quest to find the perfect washcloth.