What I Knit on My Summer Vacation

This entry could be subtitled What a difference a yarn makes ! When we recently traveled to KY for vacation, the weather was brutally hot. I don't endure hot very well so I was exceedingly grateful that our cabin was air conditioned : ) I went on one cave tour at Mammoth Cave Park but I had ample opportunity to sit and knit. It was the perfect project in my cabin with no TV, radio or computer to blog!!
I am working on dish cloths and all of these patterns can be found here You'll notice that several are purple and it is not because I like purple; it is that my niece who is getting married has a favorite color and it's purple. Of course the heart dishcloth is for her. I am putting several into a bag along with some Dawn dishwashing soap. I am also knitting some dishcloths for the daughter of a friend who is getting married and also as gifts for a prize basket.

The pattern in this dishcloth is a horizontal zigzag but it is hardly visible with the variations in color in the yarn. It is still a pretty dishcloth but the next one shows the pattern so much better.

Here is the same pattern in a solid color. The zigzags are very apparent here.

This pattern has descending triangles and I knit this one on the way home. The pattern repeats every 6 rows and I discovered that I could knit the 6 rows in 40 miles going ???MPH : ) It's difficult to make out the triangles.

Here is the same pattern in a solid color and the triangles jump out at you.