This is what the mailman brought me yesterday...Tea's giveaway package that I was gifted from her recent contest. Am I lucky or what? Inside the package was this awesome tote bag that Tea made, a bar of her homemade, vanilla scented, herbal antibacterial soap and a packet of lovely notecards. The soap has such a delightful scent...I just love the scent. I'd love to keep it in my pocket so I can smell it all day long. I have allergies so when I buy soap I usually go for the unscented ones, but this a very light scent which is not overpowering like some soaps can be.Now to show you the tote. It's Tea's very own paper bag tote design:
It's the perfect size to use for taking a sock project with me on the go. I love it. Cute chicken patterned fabric...hard to see I know. Look inside...
She lined it. How awesome is that? I'm amazed at her seamstress abilities. Perfection...one word! I wish I could sew like that. Thank you Tea so much for everything!! You certainly are one very talented lady :)Now back to my knitting . If you know me from reading my blog, you probably already know that I often get inspired by what others do. In this case look what the circle socks made me do:
I knit up a bunch of "circle" cloths, using the stitch pattern from the circle socks. It took a little adapting to convert the knitted in the round pattern to a flat knit in addition to changing the counts a bit to make it work with a heavier gauge cotton yarn, as opposed to the thinner sock weight yarn.I'm really happy with the results. I always judge a "good" cloth by seeing if I can't stop with just one...I just have to try more and different color combos. Just can't help myself!! I love the texture of this cloth. I think it would be great as a dishcloth and as a washcloth. Doesn't look like exactly like a ballband, but I would say it might be somewhat of a close cousin because of the texture and the fact it is a slip stitch cloth!
Here's more photos of my new favorite cloth.
It even works with the Sugar 'n Cream self striping yarn:
Oh...the possibilities....Hope everyone is having a good week. Gee, this week sure flew by. Never ever is there enough time to do everything I want, especially the fun things. Must work on that ;)
Happy Knitting everyone :)
ooooo you won. i love winning a little contest - that bag IS adorable :) and the dishcloths really did work well with the circle sock pattern, they look so skwooshy! ;) have a great weekend
ReplyDeleteI made a honeycomb stitch like those circles once but it was a cable, same effect though. I'd love to make these squisshy cloths they look great.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the goodies. Tea is so talented and I love those bags of hers.
ReplyDeleteYour new cloth is AWESOME!! I love it! I love how the different colors work up.
Hugs!
Those cloths are WAY cool! Love them
ReplyDeleteWow you lucked out for sure! What great goodies - I love that bag and the fabric. Those dishcloths look great! They look really soft and squishy and thick! You're very clever to be adapting stitch patterns and such all the time!
ReplyDeleteYou sure are lucky this season!!! Love, love, love your wonderful circle-sock cloths! You are very prolific :) I think I want to try your idea for those dishcloths, too!
ReplyDeletethe circle sock clothes are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI like the look of the two solid colors together. I can see why you're excited about the new pattern, great work!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that cloth! I can definitely see myself becomming addicted. Now, of course, I just have to go decide on the perfect color so I can make one myself....
ReplyDeleteAnd you deserve them everyone!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture of those cloths! Can't blame you for making so many of them. Will you be offering the pattern? I'd love to try making one of those.
How many stitches did you cast on?
ReplyDeleteYour cloths are just beautiful!! What great work, you are such a talented knitter.
ReplyDeleteTea,
ReplyDeleteYes, I'll post the pattern as soon as I get a chance :)
Lindy,
I cast on 46 stitches. If you can wait I'll post the pattern soon :)
I dropped over from Aunt Kathy's and Tea's places!!
ReplyDeleteAnd am I glad that I did!!
First of all, I got to see the great prizes from Tea!! Love her bags--they're just awesome, aren't they!!
And then--to stumble upon these dishcloths!! They are spectacular!! Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em!!
I can't wait until you post the pattern!! My youngest will be visiting from Texas next month and she always raids my dishcloths. She'll be surprised to see some of these in there!!
Beth
Lovely gift bag you've got there. Too bad we can't smell the soap over the internet.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your new dishcloth! They turned out fabulous!
Congrats on winning...what a cool gift. Oh.......I do wish you could come and sit myside and teach me to do some of these fancier stitches. I love seeing your goodies.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend.
Sandy
What a great package! And love the clothes - great job adapting them.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great package - the bag is amazing! Love the clothes - really nice.
ReplyDeletePop over, nominated you for the blogs I love to read award.
ReplyDeleteSandy
Simply beautiful cloths! You're inspiring!
ReplyDeletewhat neat cloths! i love that you go and try out all the different combinations and styles with them, too. : )
ReplyDeletei love the garter stitch photo on your header! i love garter stitch, and the photo of it is wonderful on the top of your blog! also love all of your knitting!
ReplyDeleteI love the new dishcloth pattern, and all of the colors you choose make really make the textures pop.
ReplyDeleteThe gifts are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI really love the dish cloths! I'm not a good enough knitter to do something like that ... but I love looking at the pictures! :-)
Lesley Ann
What a nice package you received! That bag is cute and perfect for those small projects, nothing to snag, stands up on its own, and no "crinkly" noises like real paper bags. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteThose are great dishcloths you made. Very colorful, and the texture looks great for all purpose household use.
congrats on your prizes! I love the cloths... very nice indeed. Look plenty scrubby as well
ReplyDeleteThose are totally cool clothes! Maybe you can share the pattern with us?
ReplyDeleteI viewed your flikr and saw the circle cloth verison 1. If possible will be please post the pattern?
ReplyDeleteChar
Char,
ReplyDeleteThe pattern is essentially the same -- you just do it a little differently.
You can read all about the variations of the circle cloth in this blog post:
http://hakucho.blogspot.com/2008/10/circle-cloth-variation-on-square-side.html
I have also added "how to" info to the flickr photo comment section for each of the two variations. Hope this helps.
Ooo, lucky you! I love Toni's blog - I think that's how I found your blog...or vice versa ;) I also love your circle cloths. I'm gonna try one and the circle socks pattern. You inspire me!
ReplyDeleteI also want to try a toilet roll cover in the circle pattern.