Dishcloth cottony January 4, 2008
The other night I beat down a bit of insomnia with the help of some yarn and a few minutes on Ravelry* I wanted to find something to use up some of the ton of cotton I acquired a while ago since it not suitable for amigurumi sushi as I had originally hoped. I took a look at my queue and immediately cast on for a Pear Apple cozy. About an hour later i had this:
I already used it to take an Asian Pear to work, and it survived my bag without even a single bruise. [My Ravelry project page]
I found a few other projects that I plan to make to help me work through all of the cotton:
Re-usable swiffer cozy
I can’t believe I missed this when it was a whiplash entry… Green Mountain Mama modified the ballband dishcloth pattern to button on to her Swiffer. Since the cotton is machine washable, you don’t need to buy disposable swiffer cloths any more.
Photos from grnmtnmama’s flickr stream
Bath Puff
This one is for the crocheters out there… Instead of a weird plastic-y bath puff, how about a handmade cotton one? And if you choose your colors carefully, it might look a bit like a brain (which i find totally cool)…
Picture courtesy of Pania’s flickr stream
And there is also the old standby – Dishcloths. I like to make boring ones like the ones my mom used to buy in Amish country. But I am willing to try out something a little more exciting like round spirally ones.
Any way you look at it, my cotton stash will be shrinking.
*I’m not sure I ever officially mentioned that I am on Ravelry as girlontherocks (friend me and I’ll friend you back!). I’ve been on since june, but I was so impatient while on the waiting list. I was fully jealous of everyone that would blog about how they just got in. So I secretly vowed to not mention it here. But now since the wait is only a few days long, I’m okay to talk about it.
You have a neat crafty blog. I have a Blythe doll, too, and I think your Blythe Halloween costume is so creative and creepy.
All three of these patterns are great. I’ll be heading over to Ravelry to put them in my queue (I’m pippicandy over there). I’ve been on a mission to replace as many disposable/plastic/commercially manufactured items with reusable/handmade items as possible. Your post just gave my efforts a big boost!
This is great — thanks for sharing! One of my other blog friends just posted a big item about Swiffers and ideas for reusable Swiffer covers, so I’m going to make sure she knows about this pattern, too. Cheers!
That fruit cozy is pretty nifty! Hmm. I wonder if it would protect kiwis…
Mmmmm, brains.
I made that bath puff, and it just wouldn’t dry out between showers. (And I didn’t want to have to throw it in the dryer after every shower.)
It was super cute, though, and the person who made the pattern seems to have had luck with it, so it might just be my poorly-ventilated bathroom.
I love the fruit cosy!