Don’t let me hear you say life is taking you nowhere
January 9, 2007
Ok, I have to confess something, I’m not even though my first week of Project365 and I’m find it HARD! Ugh. I take plenty of pictures, it’s just that most of them are of my knitting or my dogs. I keep forgetting to take my camera with me when I walk or to the grocery store. Plus the other thing I’m doing, and I’m not sure you’re supposed to but heck, I guess I can make my own rules, is pick a photo that isn’t necessarily the best one I took that day, but the one that be represents that day. Do you have any idea how hard that was at 9 pm last night when I realized I had not take ONE picture! ahhhhh!
The first finished knits of 2007! My second Mason Dixon hand towel. I used cotton for this time, I used the linen the book calls for on the first one and while I like the yarn, I didnt’ really like it as a towel. I’m saving the rest of it for something else so suggestions are welcome. I think I started this in August, and just picked it up after Christmas to finish it. I’m much happier with it and I will actually use it. It ended up 15 x 20 inches. I would have liked to do one more repeat of the pattern but was running low and yarn and didn’t want to risk it.
I know technically socks aren’t finished until they are both done. But since this was my very first sock I’m showing it! Ta Da! There are some mistakes but I learned a lot and I’m definitely glad I used Lion Brand for the first pair, they’ll be great around the house socks.
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Robin | January 9, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Project 365 sounds like a neat idea – I like the documentation aspect of it. It would be hard to pick a picture that summed up a day, though. The socks look nice!
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Shannon | January 9, 2007 at 5:08 pm
The towel is great.
I knew that 365 project was oging to be challenging. I think I’d realize how boring I am.
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Linda | January 9, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Hi, I’m visiting from the Mason*Dixon KAL. Your towel is beautiful, as is your sock. Didn’t know Lion Brand made a sock yarn. I keep looking at this towel pattern and then I think about how long it would take me to knit it and what my family would probably use it for. Good luck with your project.
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Sheepish Annie | January 9, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Dontcha just loooove the Mason*Dixon book?? I did the Chevron Stripes towel as a Christmas gift and it really came out well. I agree with you on the cotton…a much better towel!
Nice job on the sock. Beware! It is a very addictive kind of knitting.
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Carol | January 9, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Great sock. Now,t he important question, have you cast on for the second sock yet??? If not, so do immediately. This will avoid the dreaded “second sock syndrome”. On a different note, what kind of cotton did you use for the towel? Dishcloth cotton?
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Bobbi | January 10, 2007 at 7:27 am
Carol – I have cast on for the second sock. I’ll admit it was hard, I since this was my learning sock I wanted to work on something well pretty, but I know I could use a bit more practice so I cast on for the second one last night. But I”m already looking for patterns for my next pair!
For the towel I did use dish cloth cotton, but I don’t know the brand it was a cone I grabbed somewhere (I think Michaels) earlier this year. The band is long gone, but I’m pretty sure it’s not PnC or SnC
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tab | January 10, 2007 at 10:00 am
BEAUTIFUL!! Doug’s grandma gave us a knitted washcloth with our Christmas gifts and I love it. I want more of them!! Your sock is lovely.
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turtlegirl76 | January 10, 2007 at 1:53 pm
The towel looks great! Love the color of it. And yay! You’ve been assimilated into the world of socks!
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Michele | January 14, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Love your cotton towel! What yarn did you use?
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anno | March 6, 2007 at 12:59 am
yes please, about the cotton? I really want to knit up a few of these towels for a gift and I can’t afford the linen. what cotton did you use?
(sorry, was wandring through the KAL at mason dixon knitting hoping to find useful info on subs and you’re the first post I found that had done the towels.. please reply to me directly somehow if you get a chance and/or notice this comment, because lord knows it’ll be a miracle if my trail of breadcrumbs leads me back here.
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