photo from HEREI really want to knit a few dishcloths. Have you noticed that they seem very popular of late?
It would be the perfect way to use up leftover wool, and try new patterns. I am picturing a whole sampler worth of sqaures stacked in the kitchen ready to go!
I have a ton of wool, mostly in 8ply which would be perfect, the only thing is from my seemingly hundreds of balls of wool in all there pretty colours, they are just that, WOOL.
Do dishcloths have to be cotton?
I suspect that if they were wool they would quick mat up and felt. I reckon that cotton is the go, or maybe acrylic, or possibly you could try machine washable wools. Hmmm, the more I think about it, the more I think cotton.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the cotton is great. Wool tends to fluff and pill (and smell a bit funny when it's wet). I love wool for wearing as it is lovely and soft, but that isn't really what you want in a dishcloth.
ReplyDeleteI think the wool would hold the moisture for longer too, whereas the cotton will dry quicker?
ReplyDeleteI've been using bamboo / cotton blends for face washers and find it dries really quick - not sure how it would stand up to the rigours of dishcloth use though?
Before I 'got' the whole knitted dishcloth thing, I was knitting dishcloth patterns with wool with the intention of ending up with enough to make into a blanket. So you could still knit them with wool and practice different patterns (my original motivation) but end up with a blanket! I agree with the others that cotton is better for a proper dishcloth that's designed to get wet :-)
ReplyDeletenot sure about wool but I have crochet some with left over acrylic 8 ply for the whole practice reason... they work well enough too though DP is uncertain about using them for some reason ... too nice/good
ReplyDeleteBuy a ball or two from Bendi - I am knitting up a heap of black ones at the moment to use as toilet cloths - I am hoping to colour code some more for different things (and you though you were slightly OCD:)
ReplyDeleteI have a wool one which I did for practice, and it is not as good as the cotton. It gets smelly and stays wet for ages, which the cotton doesn't do at all. HTH
ReplyDeleteAcrylic is the best for dishcloths as you can always chuck them in nappysan to kill off the bugs! If you use somewhat nasty/abrasive acrylic, the dishcloth becomes a brilliant scourer!
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