We have spent the summer really enjoying knitting up Knitspot favorites in cottons. Many of us have fallen in love with Anne’s stitch patterns in cottons, that blankets and sweaters have been cast on. Many also realized cotton is not just for summer. It’s great for year-round wear. It’s great for baby knits. It’s great for people that live in hotter climates or winter somewhere sunny.
I just finished a fab housewarming gift – I’m a Soft Touch
and paired it with soap from my favorite artist – Ida Belle. This will not be my last face cloth.
The pattern has three different choices for stitch patterns, so I’m definitely making them all. Depending on the final size you want, you can easily get all three out of one skein of sport weight cotton.
My mom is always knitting cotton dishcloths during car rides for her gift box. She loves to give them as hostess gifts. I must say they are one of my favorite things my mom has made me. I feel how much she cares for me every time I use them. I love feeling the hadnknit stitches as I scrub our dishes. And they wear amazingly!
I’m thinking the next things I need to do (well, other than finish my Zig Zag Mitts) is cast on a blanket. I LOVE cotton blankets and the feel of the organic cotton is just too good for words. And if you’re thinking along the same lines, I have great news – we have lots more yarn in stock!
We’ve even scored some of the most coveted color – Fifo – in fingering, sport, and worsted (above)! This is the rarest mauve color of color grown cotton and the yarn Anne chose to kick off the Passion Knitting club. Anne designed Banjo (details on ravelry here) to bring out the features of this unique fiber.
in Anne’s words…
When I saw my first cake of Fifo, I was reminded very much of vintage cotton fabrics I’d seen in everyday vintage quilts and old work clothing—a tough, tightly spun fiber, worn soft with age and use, the colors dulled a bit from many washes. It brought to mind that quintessential item of work clothing—the workman’s bandana. I thought that emulating a bandana print in our first purple club project could be a lot of fun, making for a versatile piece that could be used as a shawl, head covering, table topper, curtain, scarf— whatever you like it to be.
We have extra skeins of this yarn for clubbies here,
or we still have a limited number of Passion club memberships left. Join us now here and we will get this yarn right out for your exclusive pattern, plus you get three more future packages of lovely purple surprises. And pretty, pretty patterns! Already for July Anne threw in a bonus pattern – Hobo Square – and there’s so much more fun in store!
If you’ve fallen in love with the rare shade of Fifo, may I suggest the fingering
for a lace shawl, cowl, or sweater?
or Sprössling
would be darling in cotton! And back to the blanket topic, Anne has patterns ranging from fingering to worsted. Once Barb started knitting up blanket swatches in cotton, it got my wheels turning!
My particular favorite gift giving pattern right now is Roger That.
And you could pair it with a Slouch Potato hat! Wouldn’t that be the best gift for someone heading off to college? Or make the small blanket and the smallest hat for a toddler? I just finished a Slouch Potato for Padraig in MCN
and I can’t get over the cuteness of this hat on him! I need to get another on the needles in cotton.
If you want to see everyone’s WIPs and FOs, check out the cotton KAL thread on ravelry. Stunning things are flying off the needles!
I’ll be back soon to report on Michigan Fiber Festival. Join us this weekend in Allegan, Michigan. It’s a great show and we’re bringing so much Bare Naked Wools yarn we had to rent one of these…
4 thoughts on “Hooked on Cotton”
I’m picturing all those blanket swatches Barb has knitted sewn together to make a wonderful blanket too! Love all those different shades.
Thank you for the daily dose of cuteness! I love the slouchy hat patterns. Every time I read one of your (or Anne’s) posts, I want to start a dozen projects which I can’t possibly finish. Yarn dieting is about as much fun as food dieting–not so much! Have a vreat day!
Yummy pictures as always…have a great show!
The cotton really knits up nice……someday I’ll have a cotton blanket. I should start it now and have it handy….eventually it would get done. Have a great show….miss being there but nice in South Carolina.
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