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Cloth of the month | February 2009

February 1, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 6 comments

This Pattern makes a small cloth suitable for using as a baby washcloth, especially if knitted in a bamboo/cotton yarn.

February 2009

Baby Wavy Cloth

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

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.

This cloth is made up of around 8 wedges, exactly the same. 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!

Come back the week before Valentines Day for a special LOVE cloth… :)

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.com .

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

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Cloth of the month | January 2009 Revisited

January 7, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | No comments

I decided to try making the january cloth a little different by using two different coloured yarns. It turned out awesomely, and if you want to recreate one for yourself all you need to do is knit two rows with one colour, two rows with the other…

Looks fantastic!

You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.

Cloth of the month | January 2009

January 4, 2009 in Cloth of the Month, free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 10 comments

Mr Sew-Funky has come up with a brilliant idea for me to design a cloth for every month of 2009. I think it’s very achievable and have decided to grab his idea and run with it!

Please let me know if you make it, I love seeing my cloths popping up all over the internet… :)

And so, without further ado, I present to you the January 2009 Cloth!

Mock Cable Cloth | January 2009

Using 6mm needles and 100% worsted weight cotton yarn, cast on 16 stitches.

Row 1: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 2: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 2 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 3: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 4: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 5: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 6: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 4 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 7: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 8: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 9: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 10: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 6 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 11: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 12: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 13: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 14: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 8 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 15: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 16: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 8 stitches, turn.
Row 17: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 18: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 10 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 19: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 20: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 10 stitches, turn.
Row 21: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 22: Knit across row.

This cloth is made up of around 8 wedges, exactly the same. On the last wedge, you can either cast off on Row 23 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! :)

You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com.

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

knitting in Colours; Dishcloth calendar

December 12, 2008 in knitted dishcloths by Sew Funky | 7 comments

You may remember me being chosen to have one of my cloths (see above) in a calendar for 2009. Well, I just received the commission (US$160) for the pattern. Woohoo! :) It’s my first real creative sale, and its all very exciting.

Now, what to do with the money??

2 dishcloths sold! :D

November 4, 2008 in knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 2 comments

Remember these cloths from yesterday… Well, I just sold them for $4 each. YAHOO! Having a little dance here!

striped diagonal cloth

November 3, 2008 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 6 comments

Sometimes I get a little bored knitting the typical “granny’s diagonal dishcloth” and I also have a lot of half balls of cotton yarn to use. I decided to see what a striped diagonal cloth would look like.

This is an ordinary pattern using self striping yarn

I knitted a cloth up with magicline self striping yarn. It looks good. :)

Granny cloth with 2 different yarns…

I then knitted a diagonal cloth with 2 different yarns. One magicline self striping yarn and one plain DK cotton yarn. To keep the square shape and the uniformity of the pattern I used the below pattern:

Row 1: Knit both colours together
Row 2: Knit with just magicline
Row 3: Knit with just magicline
Row 4: Knit both colours together
Row 5: Knit with just plain cotton yarn
Row 6: Knit with just plain cotton yarn

Use these 6 rows and repeat until the cloth is finished.

I used this pattern which is widely available on the internet:

Granny Dishcloth
CO 3 sts
Increase Row: K1, yo (in the opposite direction – this prevents a hole when knit), Knit to the end of the row.
Repeat the Increase row until reaching a total of 43 sts. Knit 1 row even.
Decrease Row: K1, K2tog, Knit to the end of the row.
Repeat the Decrease row until reaching a total of 3 sts. BO all sts.

You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.

Cast Off Twirl

October 24, 2008 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 10 comments

In honour of finally getting the cast off my arm, I’ve designed a new cloth. I’ve called it the “Cast Off Twirl”, which should speak for itself!

Yay, I can knit again! Although I need to take it slower, or the pain comes back. Apparently I now have tendonitis, whatever that is…

Anyway, here it is, a new pattern from the sew-funky brain!

CAST OFF TWIRL

Materials: 1 ball worsted weight cotton yarn, size 4.5 mm needles. I used I used Anchor Magiclene for this cloth, which gave it a lovely effect. I also made it up by using the various cotton oddments that I have in my stash. It’s a great way to use them all up!

Instructions:
Cast on 15 stitches.
This cloth is made up of 10 wedges, all exactly the same. When you finish knitting a wedge, you just carry on knitting the next one. Then the edge is sewn together, the threads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)

Every wedge:
Row 1 & all odd rows: K.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last st, turn.
Row 4: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 6: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 8: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 10: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 12: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 14: Cast off 6 sts, K to end of row.

Repeat this wedge 9 more times, and then join the seams. :)

You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com.

© SewFunky 2009
http://sew-funky.com

Aimée’s amāta facecloth

September 5, 2008 in free patterns, gifts, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 16 comments

This cloth was designed for my almost 10 year old daughter. Her name means beloved and she sure lives up to her name! :) Aimée was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism when she was 5 years old. She currently attends a satellite class at a special school, and is doing very well there. So much so, that our sweet girl is going to be moved up a year at school and will be attending intermediate early! :)

Love was the first word she ever learned how to spell and is a word that would describe our little girl to a tee. She struggles, as do we, with her diagnosis. And yet, there is something other-worldly about our girl. She is at times able to be untouched by the world we live in. There is an innocence about her that I love.

Name meaning from wikipedia:

Aimee, or Aimée, is a female given name and a version of Amy. Both names come from Aimée, which means beloved/loved in French (for a female), from Old French amede, from Latin amāta, feminine singular past participle of amāre “to love”. The masculine form is Aimé.

By the way, purple is her favourite colour. Has been for forever, honestly I swear she’ll love you if you wear it. She is the purple spotter! :)

Anyway, without further ado, here is the pattern for the face cloth…

Aimée’s amāta

Materials: 1 ball worsted weight cotton yarn, size 4 mm needles. I used Lion Brand Yarn’s Lion Cotton, 147 Purple.

Instructions:
Cast on 18 stitches.
This cloth is made up of 6 wedges, all exactly the same. When you finish knitting a wedge, you just carry on knitting the next one. Then the edge is sewn together, the threads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)

Every wedge:
Row 1 : K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 2: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last st, turn.
Row 3: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 4: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 5: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 6: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 7: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 8: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 9: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.

Row 10: Cast off 4 stitches then K1, P2, K2, YO, K to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 11: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 12: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 13: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 14: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 7 sts, turn.
Row 15: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 16: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 8 sts, turn.
Row 17: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 18: Cast off 4 stitches then K1, P2, K2, YO, K to last 9 sts, turn.
Row 19: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 20: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 10 sts, turn.
Row 21: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 22: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 11 sts, turn.
Row 23: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 24: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 12 sts, turn.
Row 25: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 26: Cast off 4 sts, K across row.

You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com .

Hope’s Delight

August 21, 2008 in free patterns, knitted dishcloths, knitting by Sew Funky | 8 comments

I made this washcloth for my really neat daughter, Hope! She is turning 12 (eeek!) on Tuesday, and since knitting cloths is my addiction, I thought I’d design one just for her. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE! Love you to bits!!!

Hope’s Delight

Materials: 1 ball worsted weight cotton yarn, size 4 mm needles. I used Lion Brand Yarn’s Lion Cotton, 108 Morning Glory Blue. I think this would look FANTASTIC in variegated yarn, but I’ve yet to try it…

Every wedge:
Row 1 : K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 2: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last st, turn.
Row 3: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 4: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 5: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 6: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 7: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 8: Bind off 3 sts, then K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 9: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 10: P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 11: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 12: P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 13: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 14: Bind off 3 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last 7 sts, turn.
Row 15: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 16: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last 8 sts, turn.
Row 17: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 18: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K to last 9 sts, turn.
Row 19: K to last 6 sts, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.
Row 20: Bind off 3 sts, then K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 10 sts, turn.
Row 21: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 22: P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 11 sts, turn.
Row 23: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 24: P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, K to last 12 sts, turn.
Row 25: K to last 6 sts, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 26: Bind off 3 sts, K across row.