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Dishcloth Exchange! :-D

So week 1 is a discussion of your favorite patterns. My favorite dishcloth pattern is the one in my profile pic (a better shot is on my Ravelry account). :-) I don't really make many dishcloths...so I don't have a bunch that I love, but I will give it a shot!

I really like the way the Pi Openwork Dishcloth looks. Other than that...well, I like the weave look in the NMCRS Basketweave Baby Blanket from Wishing I Was Knitting At The Lake. I like the idea of entrelac but I've never actually attempted. I enjoy argyle a lot, but again have never made it....oh, and illusion knitting...I think that's pretty rad. I've been thinking about taking a swing at that.

I like KarWar's Lace Cloth as well, but something a little tougher and a tad bit more practical...though of course we all love pretty things, practical or not. ;-)

But enough of that! I found out who my partner is in the exchange...and after some careful studying and a LOT of thinking and searching, I've found a pattern AND I went to the LYS and bought some sweet yarn for my partner's dishcloth! Yay! Productive day for me. :-) I'm hoping to get it done soon so (just in case) it doesn't work out the first time, I'll have plenty of time to redo it. But I'm not telling what it is or even what color it is! Just that I think I will end up making one for myself too. ;-D

I ALSO bought my US 17 needles for a project I have waiting in the wings, and I bought some beautiful Regalia Silk for a scarf I want to make for a friend of mine. Either for her birthday or Christmas...kinda depending on my timeline. ;-) Did some yarn-groping for a fairly long time today to find these gems in the store...my first time visiting the locally-owned shop, and definitely not my last! The US 17's, by the way, are HUGE. I can't even imagine what else I will ever possibly make on them....except those chunky fuzzy scarves, and I NEVER wear or give those, so...not those.

Apparently there is a big 'Knitting in Public' movement in my town this weekend at the local farmer's market. I'm a little bummed because I can't go---I'm leaving town to drive north to Spokane to visit a friend. I'm trying to find a group of similar knitters in the Moscow area so I can have some knit-friends...I never go out to find people so vigorously, but I keep thinking that it would sure be nice to have people that I could meet with for coffee and knit. :-P Maybe I'll just keep knitting in public and they will find me. :-)

The blanket restart is going well...I'm one row away from finishing my first pattern repeat since the restart, and that's some good progress as far as I'm concerned. Getting one repeat done a week seems like a fairly reasonable goal...it's 190 stitches 11 times...that's over 2000 stitches a week on that silly blanket. I have other short-term projects to attempt, so I figure with a pace like that I should be good to get the thing done in the next few months (which is soon enough for me, as I am in no rush).

That's it for the knitting world...and since that's my primary use for this blog, I'd call that an end to my entry. :-)