Dewdrop’s reflections

For Mother’s Day I whipped out a bunch of dishcloths for my mom and grandmothers.  Here’s the pattern and yarn details:

Waffle knit dishcloth in Peaches & Cream color #170 Winterberry – for my mom

Music notes cloth in Sugar’n Cream color #18083 Cornflower – for my mom (who loves music and plays the piano beautifully)

DW Darrell Waltrip dishcloth in Peaches & Cream color #170 Winterberry – for my mom

Springing up flowers dishcloth in Sugar’n Cream color #18083 Cornflower – for my Grandma Sharon

Waffle knit dishcloth in Sugar’n Cream color #02244 Landscape – for my Grandma Sharon

Ballband dishcloth in Sugar’n Cream color #21705 American Stripes and #00009 Bright Navy – I actually knit this one from the Mason-Dixon Knitting book (which I HIGHLY recommend to any knitter)

I ended up giving one grandmother and my m-i-l (who is not a fan of the knit/crochet dishcloth) different gifts, so the ballband dishcloth is sitting somewhere in my stash.  I haven’t decided yet who to give it to or if I’m going to end up keeping it for myself.

I also knit these two dishcloths to try out the pattern. I decided I don’t like it pattern as much as the waffle knit or DW one as a basic dishcloth pattern.  It’s very easy, but the cloths are small and, honestly, I just prefer the other ones better.  I gave them to people who commented on my sweater issue post/giveaway as thank-you’s.

Grandmother’s favorite dishcloth in Peaches & Cream #207 Bubblegum

This is my favorite block so far.  It was so fun to put together and I love the way it looks.  It makes me want to do a whole quilt of Dresdens.  Like on the cover of this book, which I picked up yesterday at Joann’s with my 50% off coupon.  I highly recommend it – based on just looking through it.  I obviously haven’t sewn anything from it yet.

I quilted in the ditch around the center circle and the outside of the flower, then a quarter inch out around the flower.

I took a shot of the back because that’s my favorite part of the quilting – how it looks on the back.  The picture doesn’t do it justice (stinkin’ camera).  I might go back and quilt in the ditch along the petals.  I haven’t decided yet if it needs it or not.

I’ve finished block number 5 as well, but I keep missing the sunny days to take pictures of it.  I’m not complaining, though.  I love these June Gloom cloudy days.  It almost makes the 100+ days coming later in the summer bearable.

One Everlasting Bagstopper.  Knitting finished last fall.  Handles added three months ago.  Pictures taken two months ago.  Blogged about now.  (Yeah, I know, I stink at this.)

I really like this yarn and this color, plus its a great pattern and super functional bag.  I need to put some kind of glue on the back of the ribbon though because I’m afraid I’m going to rip it to pieces.  It’s the kind that has all the little threads going across the back (I think its called jacquard, but I’m not sure).  I’ve had the ribbon in my stash for a couple of years, just waiting for the right project.

I finished this scarf months ago as well.  I posted about my first attempt to use this yarn here and an update on it (right before I finished the thing, actually) along with pattern details here.

This ended up being REALLY short.  As in less than 36-inches.  I figured I’ll save the thing for whenever that ONE (hehe) daughter of mine shows up.  It’ll be the perfect length for her.  Or maybe I’ll figure out something to do with it in the meantime.

This one’s just a gratuitious shot for me.  Scarf sushi rolls, my favorite!

I have a bunch of knitting FOs to show you all, I just either haven’t been able to post them yet because they’re gifts or, honestly, because I’ve forgotten about them.  So, here’s the first one.

My friend Jessica and I had a conversation about a year ago about how she’s had two babies and has NEVER BEEN GIVEN A KNIT BABY BLANKET.  Or crocheted.  No yarny goodness to wrap her precious newborn in.  I was, of course, shocked and immediately promised to knit her one the next time she had a baby.

So, a few months ago she had a beautiful baby girl, and I sent her her first knit blanket.  A little bit late, but that’s not my fault.  That baby just wanted to get here early!

I’m home.  And I brought Cami a present.

A North Idaho sunset, just for you.

I went “home” for a week.  I still think of my childhood home as “home,” even though I haven’t lived there for almost a decade.  I wonder if that will ever change.

I wish So Cal had sunsets like this.  Sigh.