Cotton Dish Cloths

I don't think I have the skill to knit my way into a sweater but that doesn't stop me from fooling around with the craft. I've made the odd scarf, odd being the key word.  I have a problem with tension so it looked like an hour glass, too tight, too loose, too tight and so on.  I do like the feel of knitting, the clicking of the needles reminds me of the "chirping of the sparrows', the sound made by shuffling Mahjong tiles. 

I do like knitting cotton dishcloths.  Long ago, I discovered them at a craft sale and started making my own ever since.  They seem more forgiving, probably due to their small size.  I can almost manage to finish one without dropping a stitch and making a hole.  I've tried a few patterns, mostly simple squares.  I can knit as long as nothing happens, if I drop a stitch, I'm not able to figure out how to make it right and that means either unraveling it all or accepting the hole.  Every dishcloth I knit seems to have one hole.  I just can't seem to knit any kind of perfection.  I guess like me they're flawed and therefore special!  If anyone asks, I say I do it purposely, the hole represents a place to put my finger to hang on to the cloth.  

I held a rug hooking workshop at the studio a few years back and Bette Young gave me this round dishcloth instruction.  I screwed it up six million times and she fixed it for me....the patience of Job that woman!  It was definitely challenging for me with all the counting and being distracted.  I like the roundness of this design.  I've posted the knitting instructions as a picture file if you wish to copy and paste it to print off. 

I have a fabulous Martha Washington side table that holds all of my hooking tools and knitting supplies.  The sides each have flip up tops that expose deep pockets that take the  length of the knitting needles nicely.  The front drawers are perfect for hooks and whipping needles, thread and all the notions needed for crafts.