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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Friday Night and Saturday night Sew In

Friday night this week was Friday Night Sew In  - I was happy to join in and spend the evening with like minded crafters from around the globe.
It had been a busy week and I hadn't had a chance to prep anything for my evenings in my comfy chair so I've been knitting some more dishclothes. I had made some last year from cotton yarn that had been sitting around for a while. I wanted to keep knitting until I used it all up.
They don't look too bad......in this photo —
Nor in this photo —
But in this photo you see that I have created probably the ugliest dishcloth ever created 😔
Haha as I ran out of one cotton I added another and just kept on knitting until the end.
Definitely not one for the gift box, however I am sure my kitchen bench is not going to mind being wiped down by an ugly cloth!
On the positive side, this is all I have left from four skeins of the cotton yarn.
I knitted all of these cloths with two strands of yarn using *this pattern* which I found in Ravelry.

On Saturday I made sure I did some preparation so that I had something to do in the evening! 
I'm back to working on the Sip Tea and EPP mystery project that was run on Instagram in January. No longer a mystery, it's a lovely little sewing folder. 
This was how far I'd got —
After machine sewing it together yesterday afternoon, last night I sewed the opening up and attached the rosette.
There are a few more decorative features to add so I will continue on with it tonight.
(This was a free sewalong designed by @stitchingnotes and @nordiccrafter (on Instagram). They now have a detailed pattern available which I ended up purchasing to save back and forthing between all the posts. It's available *here* or *here*.)
Thank you Wendy for hosting us this weekend ♥
I have a bit of time left this afternoon before the evening rolls in so I hope to cut some Bear and Popstar blocks for the week's sewing. 
We have had a heavy rain warning for today/tonight but so far no rain has come although there has been a lot of wind. We really need a decent rain so we are hoping something will happen.
I've been starting my dinner prep a bit early so that I can cook up a pot of apples while the meal cooks. A bottle of stewed fruit a night keeps up with the windfalls and makes it less of a task for me.
So with all that in mind,
'til next time,
happy stitches,

12 comments:

  1. love the little sewing project.......

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  2. I knitted a dishcloth yesterday too.

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  3. Well I rather like the way the dishcloth fades from one colour to the next. Such a pretty sewing pouch, a nice sewalong. xx

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  4. Your epp project is looking really sweet. Both of those IGers have such beautiful feeds.

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  5. I am sure your dishes will not mind what colour the cloth is. They look fine to me.
    Great to see other projects getting a turn, too.
    Hope the warning is downgraded for you!!! Take care.

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  6. Great to have used up the yarn for your dishcloth…
    Cute sewing pouch.

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  7. I wish I had a pot full of apples to cook, my apple tree failed me that I planted about 5 years ago and is now cut down. Now I have to buy apples to make chunky applesauce or pies.

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  8. Hi Raewyn your dishcloths turned out great and will be perfect for the kitchen,lovely sewing pouch ,well done on your beautiful work 💕

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  9. I'm sure an ugly dishcloth works as well as a non ugly one!

    great to get that sewing folder to an almost finish.

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  10. Lovely little sewing pouch.... your beauty challenged dishcloth will work just as good as any other!! haha... I do the same with my left over yarn...
    Hugz

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  11. Raewyn - I have read about on-line sewing groups, and thought about them off and on. Thanks for the mention of Friday Night Sew-in. I will have to check it out! I love the sewing bag, and those dishcloths are prettier than the yucky sponges we keep around here WAY TOO LONG!

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