Litterbox Creation

Finally I have this commemorating dishcloth done plenty of time ahead :)   Dissecting and recycling the theme from last year, this time the poppy comes with four (4) petals and a relief / 3D centre.   This dishcloth is done in bias knitting and with being more like a stockinette type of fabric, it remains in diamond shape.   The granite stitch in two (2) repeats makes up the border.   The most "designing" part is how to start the border at four (4) stitches and knit up in bias.   I am using a centre out approach, i.e., keeping the centre stitches the same and expands at the both left and right edges, the continuity of the border is tied up by the inside border of the edges. Also with the border, we set up a set of short rows on both sides to ease out the rippling due to stitch height differences.  We took the easy approach with the short rows with the start and end in the stockinette rows of the granite stitch.  Short rows according to patt...

Furballs say napping is good lol  The original name for this dishcloth was "Furballs' A for Apple", but of course, the lazy furballs at home objected.  After much discussion involving meowing back and forth and some human / cat fight mainly tummy rubbing and love bites, we finally settled with Furballs' A for Asleep . I designed this dishcloth to try out using granite stitch as edge border and to discover its characteristics.  This idea came as I knitted up the 8" x 8" sample for Furballs & the Granite Stone . Look at the right border edge of the dishcloth below - it looks like a vertical edge border to me. Now, I have to confess this kind of knit and purl picture dishcloth is not cupcake for me.  Baking real cupcake seems easier lol  It took me days to make up the "A" to my liking (please note that I did not say satisfaction lol) that fitted into the general size of a dishcloth.  Maybe it is time to learn to use those softwa...