I didn't expect this.
I never had anything against people who knit dishcloths, I just never really got it myself. Why would I knit something I was purposefully going to get dirty and nasty? (and yes, I do knit socks--worn on the feet, get dirty, get worn out....I see the double standard there, I'm just ignoring it).
Then late last week, I had the urge. I don't know if it was flipping through Mason Dixon Knitting again or just getting frustrated with the total craptasticness of every dishrag I have ever purchased. They never seem absorbent or scrubby enough for me.
You know where this is going, right?
I knit one...then another
then another.
Its madness, I tell you. I couldn't stop. I even went deep into the reaches of long forgotten knitting and pulled out two washcloths I never use to repurpose as dishcloths.
This cute little flowered one from Weekend Knitting..
and this other one from Mason Dixon...
I don't know how I never realized it at the time but this last one is totally wonky. I think I somehow managed to knit an extra section so its a little umm...not flat. Oh well though...its just a dishcloth.
The February Lady sweater is still coming along though the rapid dishcloth knitting has gotten in the way a tad.
So..do you knit dishcloths? In my new found passion for these things, I've been doing a lot of looking on Ravelry and found all sorts of householdy type knitting--like a reusable swiffer cloth modeled on the ballband dishcloth--genius, I tell you!!