car knitting for January

Blissful Moss Rib dishcloth by Terri Lee Royea using Bendigo Dk cotton. Fun pattern with only 2 pattern rows and very easy to remember. Same rows, just start with 5 knits on the right side and 3 knit sts on the wrong side. Makes a really nice reversible cloth or hand towel.

I keep this in the car for when I have to wait anywhere. No worries about a pattern or losing my place. My kind of car waiting room knitting!

place mats for birthday gift: "Apple Blossom"

Another Rhonda White pattern for Cheryl's birthday gift in June. She loved this yarn color when she saw it and so she will get 2 place mats. Pattern says about 12" wide. I don't like using this yarn, but it should make nice mats.

This pattern is a bit different than the other round one because there aren't any plain knit rows which could mean more interesting knitting OR more tinking...maybe a bit of each. :)

January start for a baby gift

Cheryl's grandson is due in Feb and this will be for bathtime at her house. 8 ply Bendigo cotton which is lovely to knit and use when finished. Color is light teal which I've used many times. Love this yarn and color.

This is a free pattern from Rhonda White. Easy and fun to do.

January starts as I begin

Hooray! Adrienne said we could post "start" pics as we begin which is so much easier for me to do. However, the finished items need to be posted at one time which will also be easy to do. :)

The MinKnits mystery fingerless gloves KAL started Jan 1st. You can still join if interested. See my Rav project page to click on group for info.

More coming. Blogger is choking on my next pic so will do one at a time.

I realized that I can weigh the finished little items and calculate the yardage based on yards/gram on the yarn skein label (or meters here and convert to yards). I will post all of that info on the final post for the month along with the finished goodies. :)