The latest pattern from the Monthly Dishcloths KAL was a right puzzler. Knit from the bottom up and with red as the recommended color, I guessed everything from a candied apple to a lighthouse.
It’s the dress-with-a-heart logo from the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. What a nice surprise!
Meanwhile, I’ve turned the heel on my first doubled yarn sock:
These would be coming along quicker if I had any size 6 dpns other than Pony Pearl. I love the look and feel of them and sometimes the blunt ends are helpful with snaggy yarns, but to my mind they weigh too much. I hate heavy needles! I tried to switch over to my new Balene 11″ circular needle, but it’s too long. For the heel flap I was able to use another set of new needles: 10″ Plymouth Bamboo straights – very nice indeed!
These are being knit with one strand of solid blue (Fortissima Cotton) and one strand of varigated (KnitPicks Dancing in Swing). I like the way they’re knitting together. The elastic in Dancing counteracts some of the cotton’s lack of stretchiness.
That dishcloth is great. I’d really like to make one in red.