Monday, August 28, 2006

My Mason-Dixon ball band dishtowel is finished!

My ball band dishtowel is finally finished. I've been working on it for awhile now. You definitely do not get the instant gratification of knitting a dishcloth when knitting a towel, but it is definitely worth the extra effort. I can't wait to try it out. This will be great for doing all my hand washing of dishes and pots and pans. It's nice and big and I really think it will be very absorbant. I cast on 90 stitches and made 33 ball bands in total. That's twice the width of of a dishcloth and about 2 and 1/2 times the length, which equals about five dishcloths. The yarn I used was Peaches and Cream shaded pastels (pink, blue and mint green) and white. Now I can concentrate on bigger and better things.

4 comments:

  1. Wow - I love the Mason-Dixon pattern book and have made the burp towel and bib set for a friend having a little one. I love the dish clothes too and have been thinking I need to make one. Your dish towel is wonderful. How many stiches did you cast on?

    Tracie

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  2. I cast on 90 stitches. This makes a big towel 19x23". Some where I read ( after I made mine, but can't remember where) you can cast on a multiple of 6 and make a towel any size you want.
    Good luck with your towel. I know I love mine for my side board. No more terry cloth for me!

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  3. Thanks for the info hakucho.

    Tracie

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  4. Love it!
    Please tell me how many balls of cotton you used for main color and the background color.
    thanks!

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