SNOWY SHABBAT

I thought the rain last night would melt the snow we got yesterday; but instead, I woke up to another 3 inches gathered throughout the day 😊

(https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/02/and-snow-came.html)

So, I stayed put.

Anything that has to be done in town will just have to wait until next week – word is the snow will be gone by then, as a warmer temperature and a rainstorm is rolling in Sunday evening.

I watched the snow fall all day long while I finished up a new kitchen towel design …

Skylights shaded with falling snow. Bathroom

Kitchen skylight.

Oriental Maple flocked by Mother Nature; and snow covered daffodils/hens-chicks sedum. Dining room window.

Birdhouse, birdfeeder with snowy roofs - little chickadee eating wet seed. LV window.

I put a handful of raisins and crancherries in a baggie of bird seed, and refilled the feeder for my feathered friends.

I couldn't resist making my mark ... LOL

Flocked evergreen. Livingroom window.

Around 11:30 AM, I glanced up from my knitting, and noticed the Iris planter at the street end of my garden area, was losing it’s 2-inch ‘collar’ – it was too top-heavy and couldn’t stay atop the thin lip of the planter.

By 4 PM, it had slid to the snowy ground.

Snowflakes are quite a bit bigger now ... quarter size; 11:44 AM.

Coming down pretty steadily, and adding inches; 11:47 AM.

MOD fnished Mallard Kitchen Towel Set.

Finished just before Shabbat kicked in 😉

I’m going to stop all activity now until Saturday evening; and spent tonight snuggled in Bob's recliner & blanket; to finish the novel I put aside 3 days ago to get my kitchen stocked with newly designed/worked up kitchen towels (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/02/mod-denim-tulip-kitchen-towel.html, https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/02/mod-vandyke-spring-kitchen-towel.html, https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/02/mod-shortie-in-pink-valentine-kitchen.html & https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/02/mod-mallards-kitchen-towel-set.html).

MOD MALLARDS Kitchen Towel Set

I thought I’d try something a little different with this kitchen towel design – adding an afghan stitch/cross stitch insert along the hemline. The dishcloth is easily found online: Grandma’s Favorite Dishcloth. 

MOD Mallard Kitchen Towel Set.

Cotton yarn in colors of choice MC (I chose Crown Jewels Ombre) & CC (Beach Grass).

# 10-1/2 knitting needles

#J/10 crochet hook

#H Afghan Hook

 

With MC, CO 73 sts & P 1 row.

Continue in MC, working 4 rows st. st: EO MC

Row 5: With CC color, and Afghan hook, pick up each st across row.

Row 6: With yarn at back of work, yo and draw hook through first st, *yo and draw hook through next 2 sts*: rpt from * to * to end of row.

Row 7: With yarn at back of work, insert hook through vertical loop of second st in previous row, yo and draw through one loop – continue making loops in the same way to end of row.

Row 8: Rpt row 6

Repeat rows 7 & 8 for a total of 12 rows afghan stitch pattern; drop CC and attach MC.

Hemline with afghan sts insert.

Afghan insert completed. Ready for cross st motiif; the insert will be stiff.

Pick up sts with knitting needle, and continue in st. st. with MC for a total of 61 rows from beginning hemline.

Begin towel topper decreases as follows: P 2 tog – P 3 tog across row to last 2 sts: end P 2 sts.

Change from knitting needles to crochet hook and work in sc as follows: dec 1 st EA end until 8 sts remain.

Sc for 13 rows.

Sl st x5; ch 6 and sl st in same sp; sl at to end. Turn.

Dc x12 in chain loop; EO.

Sew button in place and weave in loose ends.

Embroider duck motif across crochet insert, equally spacing across insert.

Draw motif grid & loosely outline Duck shape on insert.

Space shapes across insert; embroider duck motifs.

MOD Desert Sunrise Dish Towel

I like using antique patterns, so while looking through my pattern book I saw this knit ‘Honeycomb Tweed’ pattern and thought it would work for my new dish towel design; and the colors are in keeping with my desert theme ;-)

I am liking the softness of the towels I design, and the texture patterns I am using. I am searching my various pattern books to find usable patterns that will be able to reflect desert colors without causing a jumbled mess of tangled yarn in the back of the towels … this pattern is keeper :-D

MOD Desert Sunrise Dish Towel

Cotton yarn: 3-oz. ‘Blue Jeans’ (MC) & 3-oz. ‘Over the Rainbow’ (CC)

#10-1/2 Knitting Needles

#J/10 crochet hook

With MC, cast on 73 sts; Purl 1 row.

Row 2: Continue with MC and repeat the following - *K 1, slip next st purlwise*; end with a K 1.

Row 3: Continue with MC and P 1 row; drop MC and attack CC.

Row 4: With CC, K 2 and repeat the following - *slip 1 st purlwise, K 1*; end with K 2.

Row 5: Continue with CC and P 1 row drop CC and attach MC.

Repeat rows 2 thru 5 for a total of 118 rows pattern.

Finish towel as follows: With Mc, K 1 row/Purl 1 row/slip stitch across each stitch and end off … OR continue with MC and single crochet around entire towel, working 2 sc in each towel corner. The crochet edge will help the towel lay flatter with less edge curl.