Knit One, Purl Two

Actually, this is all knit, no purl.  But I think I did get a lesson in purl as well.  Two years ago, when I went for the first time to the knit shop, I made my first wash cloth.  Woo-Hoo.  Simple, I know.  But I love that little cloth.  Dish cloth really.  I still use it, but it has lost it's color.  I started another one, then put it aside, and in time forgot how to knit!!  After I began to crochet again recently, I found that dishcloth, still on the knitting needles, half way done.  So I dusted her off, and took it back with me last week to the knit shop for my Thursday, Noon Time Knit, and Torey refreshed my memory.   I finished that one I had begun two years before, and purchased a fun cotton yarn in fall colors to make more.

  I picked this yarn  because it reminded me of two of  my favorite fall things.  CaNdY CoRn and PumPKins!!!!  I also learned what a hank of yarn is, as opposed to a skein.  This was a hank.  Which is yarn that is not yet wound into a ball.  I watched as Torey put the hank onto the wooden contraption that then connected to the winder, and as it sits on a bobbin, it winds into a perfect shape.  Not a ball really, as it sits flat.  More like the way a ball of twine looks.  It was a like a pretty little cake when it came off the winder.  I was wishing I had my camera. 
So here is the dishcloth, taking shape now, as I am on the decrease and turning it into a square.

I love the flecks of purple and yellow in there.  And after only a couple of hours.....tada.....a soft, thick dishcloth that will take hundreds of washings.

Pretty with my fall dish towels.  On my not so pretty dated kitchen tile.  : (    And like a little cinnamon bun on my fall dishes.

I will be making bunches of these for gifts, as dishcloths, and bath cloths, with yummy soaps for the  holidays.
I can see that I will be needing to find space in my sewing room for my growing yarn collection!!!

I am SO happy it is Saturday!!!!   My husband comes home tonight. I have been alone for 8 nights now.  And I have discovered that as much as I enjoy some alone time, I do not enjoy 8 nights of it!!!   Yesterday I was at my wits end.   My Lil' Dumplin' Noah, locked my bathroom door, and closed it.  No one was in there, but I couldn't get it opened.  We were in a dash to get him to preschool, so I had to leave it and go.  But I tried all day to open it with that little wrench key that was in the medicine chest for just such an occasion, with no success!!!  Geez!  Finally, last night at about 7 p.m., when I was wanting to get in there for my shower, I took a set of eye glass screwdrivers, and after an hour of cursing trying, I got it open!!!!
Have a very happy weekend friends!!!!!