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 ;-)
