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Purly Lace Swiffer Cloth

March 17, 2010 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 2 comments

Using worsted weight cotton yarn and 4.5mm needles, cast on 70 stitches.

NOTE: Use stitch markers to mark last 20 stitches on each end. These are the sides of the swiffer cloth and will be sewn in when you’ve finished knitting the cloth.

Row 1 and all odd rows: k13, p1, k6, yo p2tog to last 20sts(15times), k6, p1, k13.

Row 2 and all even rows (right-side): p13, k7, p2tog yo to last 20sts(15times), k7, p13.

Knit until work measures 10cm (4 inches).

Cast off.

You’ll now notice how useful all those purl’s were. You should have a nice line to show you where to sew the side pockets of your brand spankling new swiffer cloth. Sew the pocket seams, sew in the yarn ends and WOOHOO there you go!

ZigZag Swiffer Cloth

March 10, 2010 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 5 comments

Using worsted weight cotton yarn (I used Anchor Magicline) and 4.5mm needles, cast on 70 stitches.

NOTE: Use stitch markers to mark last 13 stitches on each end. These are the sides of the swiffer cloth and will be sewn in when you’ve finished knitting the cloth.

Row 1: k13, p1, k9, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k13, p1, k13.

Row 2 and all even rows: p13, knit to last 13sts, p13.

Row 3: k13, p1, k10, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3,,yo k2tog x3, k12, p1, k13.

Row 5: k13, p1, k11, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k11, p1, k13.

Row 7: k13, p1, k12, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k10, p1, k13.

Row 9: k13, p1, k13, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k9, p1, k13.

Row 11: k13, p1, k14, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k8, p1, k13.

Row 13: k13, p1, k15, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k7, p1, k13.

Row 15: k13, p1, k14, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k8, p1, k13.

Row 17: k13, p1, k13, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k9, p1, k13.

Row 19: k13, p1, k12, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k10, p1, k13.

Row 21: k13, p1, k11, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k11, p1, k13.

Row 23: k13, p1, k10, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k12, p1, k13.

Row 25: k13, p1, k9, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k13, p1, k13.

Row 27: k13, p1, k8, yo k2tog x3, k3, yo k2tog, k3, yo k2tog x3, k14, p1, k13.

Cast off.

You’ll now notice how useful all those p1’s were. You should have a nice line to show you where to sew the side pockets of your brand spankling new swiffer cloth. Sew the pocket seams, sew in the yarn ends and WOOHOO there you go!

Heading off to mop the floor with my new swiffer cloth! :D

Zig-Zag Cloth Redux

February 12, 2010 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | No comments

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zigzag cloth

February 12, 2010 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 1 comment

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washcloth create-a-long

February 12, 2010 in knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 3 comments

When I spotted this on Melissa’s blog I knew I had to join. I haven’t really knitted/designed a new cloth for a while, and I felt like I had to get back on the horse again.

So last night this is what I came up with:

cloth-a-long | new designs

Three new designs! :) I’ll put the patterns up on the blog later today, as I have art group this morning.

Also, keep an eye out for my Friday Flicks post this afternoon. I’ll be recommending a great film to rent for the weekend!

Cloth of the month | May 2009

May 4, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 3 comments

Pretty Frill Cloth

Instructions:
Cast on 16 stitches using 4mm needles,using 2 strands of cotton yarn. I like to use an 8ply cotton yarn witha finger weight crochet cotton yarn.

This cloth is made up of 4wedges, all exactly the same. Then the edge is sewn together, thethreads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)

Every wedge:
Row 1: K across row.
Row 2: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last stitch (11 sts), turn.
Row 3: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 4: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last 2 stitches (11 sts), turn.
Row 5: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 6: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last 3 stitches (11 sts), turn.
Row 7: K across row.
Row 8: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, knit to last 4 stitches (9 sts), turn.
Row 9: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 10: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, knit to last 5 stitches (7 sts), turn.
Row 11: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 12: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, knit to last 6 stitches (5 sts), turn.
Row 13: K across row.
Row 14: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last 7 stitches (5 sts), turn.
Row 15: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 16: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last 8 stitches (5 sts), turn.
Row 17: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 18: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last 9 stitches (5 sts), turn.
Row 19: K across row.
Row 20: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, knit to last 10 stitches (3 sts), turn.
Row 21: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 22: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, knit to last 11 stitches (1 sts), turn.
Row 23: K to last 3 sts, P1, K1, P1.
Row 24: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, turn.
Row 25: K across row.
Row 26: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K1, turn.
Row 27: K3, P1, K1, P1.
Row 28: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K3, turn.
Row 29: K5, P1, K1, P1.
Row 30: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K5, turn.
Row 31: K across row.
Row 32: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K5, turn.
Row 33: K7, P1, K1, P1.
Row 34: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K5, turn.
Row 35: K7, P1, K1, P1.
Row 36: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K5, turn.
Row 37: K across row.
Row 38: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K7, turn.
Row 39: K9, P1, K1, P1.
Row 40: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K9, turn.
Row 41: K11, P1, K1, P1.
Row 42: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K11, turn.
Row 43: K across row.
Row 44: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K11, turn.
Row 45: K13, P1, K1, P1.
Row 46: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K11, turn.
Row 47: K13, P1, K1, P1.
Row 46: K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, K to end of row.

For easy printing, I know how hard it can be to print from a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com .

© SewFunky 2009
http://www.sew-funky.com

Cloth of the month | April 2009

April 6, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 2 comments

Instructions:
Cast on 15 stitches using 5 or 6mm needles, using 2 strands of cotton yarn. I like to use an 8ply cotton yarn with a finger weight crochet cotton yarn.

This cloth is made up of 4 wedges, all exactly the same. Then the edge is sewn together, the threads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)

Every wedge:
Row 1: M1 (by knitting into the front and back of the first stitch) K across to last st, turn.
Row 2: K across row.
Row 3: M1, K across to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 4: K across row.
Row 5: M1, K across to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 6: K across row.
Row 7: M1, K across to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 8: K across row.
Row 9: M1, K across to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 10: K across row.
Row 11: M1, K across to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 12: K across row.
Row 13: M1, K across to last 7 sts, turn.
Row 14: K across row.
Row 15: M1, K across to last 8 sts, turn.
Row 16: K across row.
Row 17: M1, K across to last 9 sts, turn.
Row 18: K across row.
Row 19: M1, K across to last 10 sts, turn.
Row 20: K across row.
Row 21: M1, K across to last 11 sts, turn.
Row 22: K across row.
Row 23: M1, K across to last 12 sts, turn.
Row 24: K across row.
Row 25: K2tog, K across to last 11 sts, turn.
Row 26: K across row.
Row 27: K2tog, K across to last 10 sts, turn.
Row 28: K across row.
Row 29: K2tog, K across to last 9 sts, turn.
Row 30: K across row.
Row 31: K2tog, K across to last 8 sts, turn.
Row 32: K across row.
Row 33: K2tog, K across to last 7 sts, turn.
Row 34: K across row.
Row 35: K2tog, K across to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 36: K across row.
Row 37: K2tog, K across to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 38: K across row.
Row 39: K2tog, K across to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 40: K across row.
Row 41: K2tog, K across to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 42: K across row.
Row 43: K2tog, K across to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 44: K across row.
Row 45: K2tog, K across to last 1 sts, turn.
Row 46: K across row.

Begin at row 1 again if making another wedge or cast off the 15 stitches you have left on your needles. :)

For easy printing, I know how hard it can be to print from a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com .

© SewFunky 2009
http://www.sew-funky.com

pot scrubbing…

March 6, 2009 in crochet, frugal, knitted dishcloths by Sew Funky | 8 comments

Boy, do I hate scrubbing pots! But, when you cook your dog’s food think, stuck to the bottom rice! You know that someone’s gonna have to clean the gunk, and in my house it’s probably going to be me…

In the interest of being frugal and handmade, last year I made a knitted pot scrubber. Boy it was hard on the fingers, and I never want to knit one again! I never knew knitting could hurt so much! It’s the tulle – you see.

So I decided that I would try crocheting one… It’s super easy, and works even better than the knitted one!

I just crocheted a little circle with some cotton yarn and some strips of tulle – it’s not so pretty, and bare in mind this is my first one!

I don’t think I could write out the pattern, because I’m no crochet expert, but it’s a fairly basic circle. :)

Now, I’m off to scrub that pot!

Cloth of the month | March 2009

March 4, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths by Sew Funky | 1 comment

I decided to deviate from my usual circular short row cloths this month, and I’ve made a octagonal cloth. It is similar to the average granny cloth to knit up. Very easy!

March Cloth

Octagonal Cloth

I used a bamboo yarn that I picked up from Spotlight… It knits up looking like army camo! I used 4mm needles.

CO 21 sts.
*Knit one row.
then; increase at each end of the next row, by knitting into the front and back of first and last stitches.*
Repeat until you have 45 stitches on your needles.
Knit 30 rows without increasing or decreasing.
*then; decrease at each end of row, by knitting two stitches together.
Next row; knit row.*
Repeat until you have 21 stitches on your needles.
Bind off and sew in the ends.

For easy printing, I know how hard it can be to printfrom a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com .

the LOVE cloth

February 9, 2009 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 3 comments

To celebrate love day, I’ve designed a special cloth.

Just because I want to, and because I can! :)

Using 4mm needles and 100% worsted weight cotton yarn, cast on 12 stitches.

Wedge 1 use red yarn:
Row 1 & all odd stitches: K until last 3 stitches, P2, K1.
Row 2: K3, YO, K until last stitch, turn.
Row 4: K3, YO, K until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 6: K3, YO, K until last 3 stitches, turn.
Row 8: K3, YO, K2tog, K until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 10: K3, K2tog, K until last 5 stitches, turn.
Row 12: K3, K2 tog, K until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 14: K3, K2tog, K to end of row.

Wedge 2 use pink or white yarn:
Row 1 & all odd stitches: K until last 3 stitches, P2, K1.
Row 2: K until last stitch, turn.
Row 4: K until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 6: K until last 3 stitches, turn.
Row 8: K until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 10: K until last 5 stitches, turn.
Row 12: K until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 14: K to end of row.

This cloth is made up of 9 wedges. Begin with wedge one, then knit wedge two, then wedge one twice, wedge two, wedge one twice, wedge two, ending by doing wedge one once more. On the last wedge, you can either cast off on Row 14 or using kitchener stitch knit the last row and the cast on row together, making sure you have the right sides together. Then sew up the circle in the middle, sew in the loose threads and you’re done!

I based the cloth on the February Baby Wavy cloth. And you can make it to that pattern if you want the wedges to be shaped like petals all around. See the pic below:

And to make it even easier to print, I know how hard it can be to print from a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.