[Nfb-krafters-korner] Dishcloths

[Terry Powers]

They also make nice center pieces on like a coffee table, with flowers or a
candy dish on top.

Terry P.


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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dishcloths

I am one of those people who uses them as dish rags. They clean so much
better than a traditional dish rag. I use inexpensive yarn. There are some
that I would not use as a dish rag but most I do.

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Deborah Armstrong via Nfb-krafters-korner <
nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> In answer to the questions, these dishcloths are designed to be 
> decorative. You don't scrub your kitchen with the good ones, just the 
> ones where you made mistakes. The idea is that you have something 
> useful as a finished product while you practice.
>
>
> Once you create a pretty one, you can hang it in the guest bathroom 
> when guests are expected, or give it to an overnight guest who needs a 
> morning shower. "Washcloth" is the more appropriate term.
>
>
> Pretty cloths can also be used to wrap gifts -- say a jar of homemade 
> spice mix wrapped in a pretty dishcloth.
>
>
> Keep knitting the pattern and it becomes a bathroom or kitchen towel. 
> If it's lovely, then gift it; if not, you can use it to clean up 
> messes and at least it's more attractive than a stained old rag which 
> to sighted folks can appear dirty and unsanitary even if it's clean!
>
>
> Several of my mistakes have replaced old rags in my cleaning bag; I 
> can keep them on the edge of the sink and know I don't have a rag 
> sitting out that looks filthy to sighted guests.
>
>
> You use 100% cotton; there are varieties that are cheaply made and 
> some super quality ones at the fancy yarn shops. I'd start with cotton 
> that's $6 or less a skein, and move up to pricey stuff once I got the 
> stitch pattern down.
>
>
> The material is more durable as the price increases. Cotton is 
> absorbent and washes well. Do not use acrylic or wool for washcloths!
>
>
> --Debee
>
>
>
> On 9/2/2016 7:59 AM, Dorothea Martin via Nfb-krafters-korner wrote:
>
>> Hello, Bernice,
>> I have often wondered the same thing about working hard on a dish 
>> cloth and then using it to clean the cereal off the sides of the 
>> bowl. What I did once was to get one of those stitch dictionaries, in 
>> my case, "Adventures in Knitting now on the BARD, and knit samples 
>> the same size, sew them together and give it away as a blanket or 
>> bedspread. For my first crochet project I made coasters and then a 
>> sock for those small bottles of water that I carried around all 
>> summer. The sock kept me from wet pocket syndrome that I used to get 
>> because I would leave the house with a nice, frozen bottle.
>> Dotty Martin
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