Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Tennessee Vols Dishcloth


Wow! It's been so long since I've posted on here that I had to go through some serious hoops before I could even sign in to this thing!

Anyway, I've been knitting as much as I can - and I survived my first year of law school! Whoo hoo! I'm celebrating by taking summer courses. What? Huh?? Anyway, I've been more than a little homesick. The other day I was looking at my bright orange cotton yarn, and a few hours later - I had this! It isn't perfect, but it really reminds me of home, and that's all that matters.

In case anyone is interested, here's the pattern:

Materials:

Size 7 (4.5mm) needles

Sugar n’ Cream Hot Orange

Sugar n’ Cream White

To begin, wind a few bobbles of yarn in both white & orange. It will make life so much easier! I recommend two small ones of orange (for the small spots under the top of the T), two medium ones of orange (for the outer edges), one medium one of white (for the middle), and two smaller ones of white (for the outer edges of the T).

CO 45 with orange

Rows 1-6: Knit 3 garter ridges

Row 7: K5, P35, K5

Row 8: K45

Row 9: K5, P35, K5

Row 10: K45

Row 11: K5, P35, K5

Row 12: K13, (white) K19, (orange) K13

Row 13: K5, P8, (white) P19, (orange) P8, K5

Row 14-17: Repeat rows 12 & 13

Row 18: K15, (white) K15, (orange) K15

Row 19: K5, P12, (white) P11, (orange) P12, K5

Row 20: K19, (white) K7, (orange) K19

Row 21: K5, P14, (white) P7, (orange) P14, K5

Rows 22-38: Repeat rows 20 & 21

Row 39: K8, (white) K3, (orange) K8, (white) K7, (orange) K8, (white) K3, (orange) K8

Row 40: K5, P3, (white) P3, (orange) P8, (white) P7, (orange) P8, (white) P3, (orange) P3, K5

Row 41: K8, (white) K5, (orange) K6, (white) K7, (orange) K6, (white) K5, (orange) K8

Row 42: K5, P3, (white) P7, (orange) P4, (white) P7, (orange) P4, (white) P7, (orange) P3, K5

Row 43: K8, (white) K29, (orange) K8

Row 44: K5, P3, (white) P29, (orange) P3, K5

Row 45-52: Repeat rows 43 & 44

Row 53: K45

Row 54: K5, P35, K5

Row 55-56: Repeat 53-54

Row 57-62: K45

Cast Off

5 comments:

RebeccaMom said...

I love this! great pattern :) thanks!

Little B Photography said...

Thanks so much for sharing this! I LOVE it!

Anonymous said...

I know this was a long time ago but, I am curious about the color. I am having to buy orange yarn online and apparently, what you see is definitely not what you get. Are you happy with this color? When I went online to at the website, it does not look anything like TN orange at all. I have bought like 6 different kinds already and am just frustrated to no end.

Anonymous said...

YOU ARE A LIFESAVER I wanted to knit something for my Vols-loving in-laws for Christmas but didn't know where to start so THANK YOU THANK YOU for having this already figured out! :D

Tamster said...

I wanted to use your pattern to create a baby blanket, any suggestions on how to enlarge it?

Thank YOU!