MOD KNIT AUTUMN KITCHEN TOWEL SET

I started this set way back in July, and I finally finished it up :-D

It took a while to finish because I got bored with it, and working on it kinda dragged along until I tied the last knot. I like to complete a project within a week’s time … if it takes longer than that, I get bored and put it off when I move onto something else. That is what happened with this set – I DO LIKE the way it turned out, but the designing of it and the working of it up took more time that I anticipated.

When I started the set, I didn’t know what I would design: I just knew I wanted a fall themed towel set. I wanted to knit it myself because the towels to buy in the stores seem made out of plastic materials that do not wick up moistures at all; they just smear water on surfaces (including hands), without actually doing what a towel is supposed to do. So, I thought I would design my own kitchen towel sets that WILL wick up wetness.

I browsed Pinterest for some Fall themed graphs; and finally found one I liked, and think will work with the variegated cotton yarn I would be using for the background – then I drew it out scaled, on paper I had ‘graphed’:

Autumn kitchen towel colored graph chart.

Then, I thumbed through my pattern books ‘til I was happy a detailed hemline pattern I thought would fit with the towel …

Autumn kitchen towel hemline detail. Knit.

I used a size 9 needle & cotton yarn: 1 skien MC, scraps for leaves, and a skien for contrast hemline and crochet topper.

I worked my towel to graph demensions; it is larger than a regular kitchen towel ... and that is what I want.

And it started coming together as I knitted along ;-)

Knit Autumn Kitchen Towel hemline detail.

Branch detail; Duplicate Stitch used.

Leaves & Lettering detail: Duplicate Stitch embellishment; same towel - different lighting.

Ready for the crochet topper to be added.

ALL THAT was done a while ago – but I was picky about the button to use: I wanted something “woodsy” to go with the pattern. One day, last week, I was cleaning my crafting area … AND FOUND IT! To be honestly truthful, I had forgotten I even had the button I stumbled across. LOL

But as soon as I saw it, I KNEW it was THE button for my completed towel ;-)

And I made a dishcloth to match:

  

Finished! I am happy with the way it turned out.

On laundry day, when the towels are washed and dried, I will put the summer towels in storage until next summer – and bring the Fall towels sets out for use this year; I made several new kitchen towel sets last fall while Bob was in the hospital (I knitted them up while he slept) – and now I have 2 new ones to add to those this year.

When I worked on last year's patterned towels, I was hoping Bob would be coming home, and I couldn't wait to show them to him: he always liked my designs. But, Bob didn't come back to our home - instead, he was called Home.

But, I believe he can still see me ... and likes these designs too ;-)