Comments on: Where has the winter gone? http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/ whatever interests me this week.... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Robbyn http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-95 Robbyn Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-95 I love these things :) And I also like to use them to test out stitch patterns. But I also use the cloths - they're wonderful in the bath or the shower. Recently I bought (as an experiment) some Petit Mandarin Egyptian cotton. Fingering weight and I worked it doubled on #3 wooden needles. It is the most luxurious feeling cloth! AHHHHH!!! I couldn't have purashed a finished product half so fine for the price I paid for the yarn! I've also made a couple of cloths that I'm going to present to a friend this afternoon in hopes of making a convert. Knitted washcloths rock :) I love these things :) And I also like to use them to test out stitch patterns. But I also use the cloths - they’re wonderful in the bath or the shower.

Recently I bought (as an experiment) some Petit Mandarin Egyptian cotton. Fingering weight and I worked it doubled on #3 wooden needles. It is the most luxurious feeling cloth! AHHHHH!!! I couldn’t have purashed a finished product half so fine for the price I paid for the yarn!

I’ve also made a couple of cloths that I’m going to present to a friend this afternoon in hopes of making a convert. Knitted washcloths rock :)

]]> By: Larry http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-96 Larry Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-96 I became a washcloth addict at Christmas this year. Can't get enough of them. I finished one just yesterday. People who know me think this is weird. I became a washcloth addict at Christmas this year. Can’t get enough of them. I finished one just yesterday. People who know me think this is weird.

]]> By: Shetha http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-97 Shetha Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaiser.org/knitblog/2003/01/22/where-has-the-winter-gone/#comment-97 I, too, have loved washcloths as a project. Instead, though, I sew them up and make them into little soap bags, because I also make soap as a hobby. If I hadn't done a washcloth called tiny cables, I would have never understood how cables work. And on the weather front... our bulbs are starting to put out flower buds. There are bulb buds coming out from places we didn't even know that bulbs were planted (it's our first winter/spring in this house). I also saw on accuweather that the beginning of February might bring snow to Portland. I'm very skeptical though. I'll believe it when I see it (and I'll be very sad for all the bulbs -- hopefully I can cover them). I, too, have loved washcloths as a project. Instead, though, I sew them up and make them into little soap bags, because I also make soap as a hobby. If I hadn’t done a washcloth called tiny cables, I would have never understood how cables work.

And on the weather front… our bulbs are starting to put out flower buds. There are bulb buds coming out from places we didn’t even know that bulbs were planted (it’s our first winter/spring in this house). I also saw on accuweather that the beginning of February might bring snow to Portland. I’m very skeptical though. I’ll believe it when I see it (and I’ll be very sad for all the bulbs — hopefully I can cover them).

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