more on the blog stalking

Someone once told me I "tangent well." And then he laughed. I don't know if he meant it as a good thing?

I paid a visit to Miss Scarlett where I saw her garterlac dishcloth. Even though it's still an UFO (there's a reason for that), I had so much fun doing entrelac with my Lady Eleanor and then my lampshade / knitting bag. And, well, since that baby sweater I was working on down there somehow sprouted an extra button hole--requiring I frog back and fix it--and I didn't really feel like retrieving it from the corner where I threw it doing that...a dishcloth (or three) seemed just the thing.

So I followed Miss Scarlett's link on over to visit Criminy Jickets. Where I promptly forgot I came for the garterlac dishcloth pattern. This guy, Dave, is a total hoot (did I really just say "hoot?" I don't think I've ever used that word to describe someone before). I read his entire blog, start to finish. And I clicked on some links (see that button for the International Scarf Exchange --shit, I owe some emails for that!--over in the side bar?) and got lost a few times but I finally added him to my list so I could find my way back. And I finally remembered the dishcloth pattern...

Em saw me making these and she wanted to make some. There she goes again, copying me...I hid the pattern.

Kait's friend, Ashley, saw them and she wants one. I promised her all three. How many dish/washcloths does one household need? The fun is in the making anyway.

And they are a lot of fun. Plus they're a brilliant use of the variegated yarns...not a color pool in sight. Woo hoo!

Note that one is still in progress. That's because the cotton and dishcloths and garter stitch reminded me of (OK, you got me...I was on a roll but now I really am lost because I can't for the life of me remember who's blog I'm remembering) someone having fun making bibs from Mason Dixon Knitting .

So. I didn't have the book (I looked at it when it first came out but, sheesh!, it was a little over my budget at the time). thus didn't have the pattern. How hard can a bib be? And what is the difference between a dishcloth and a bib anyway? My mom and stepdad tuck paper toweling under their chins for bibs (to keep their nice clothes from errant drips at mealtime...which is what bibs are for, right...yeah, it's weird for grown ups to do that, right?). But a real bib has ties or straps to go around the neck. So I went down a couple needle sizes (from 7's to 4's to get it a bit smaller and firmer) and added some straps and a button.

Voila, a bib!

Of course, making that bib reminded me of the Baby Kimonos--from Mason * Dixon Knitting-- in Stephanie's blog. And right about the time I thought of those, Kait asked for a few bucks to get her and Abi something at Starbucks because they were going to the mall. And that seemed like a crystal clear sign that I really needed Mason * Dixon Knitting...because the mall Starbucks is inside Barnes and Noble. You know?