I’m so tired of finding my cotton hand towels on the floor! Bah!
So… I configured a pattern for a BUTTONED hand towel! Yay!
Anyway, here it is, along with 2 face cloths. [B][I]The set [/I][/B]used 2 skeins of Reynold’s Saucy Cotton which, BTW, machine washes and dries very nicely!
If you would like to duplicate the pattern, I’ve posted exactly what I did (the entire pattern) in my Ravelry project folder. Of course, when using a different cotton, the measurements will differ. [B] CLICK HERE
And here it is, all buttoned up on my towel bar: [/B][B][/B]
They aren’t peach color…the lighting in the bathroom sucks.
If I had a DO-OVER…I would have knit the face cloths a bit smaller…and that would have given me enough yarn to work the petite crochet border on the top, turned-down edge of the towel.
Hind-sight is 20/20, eh?
I might knit some more of these sets. Nice project when the grandchildren are over and it’s MOVIE TIME for a week!
I love it! Perfect idea! I have a problem in our half bath with the towels ending up on the floor as well. Especially because the towel bar itself rolls. This is a great solution
Oh, those are way too pretty to really use. If so, believe whoever did would be the one to end up on the floor :fingerwag:;however, such a treat to see these in a guest bath.
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I bet you could come a pattern for a drool bib that buttoned.
After I saw those darling blankets for your grand baby, I thought I would be seeing some extra special baby togs next.
You seem to choose the nicest patterns for your sweaters. :mrgreen:
I love it. The set is very pretty. Now I want to make some for my guest bathrooms as well. I don’t know how to crochet for the border though…hmm guess I could add that to my to-do list. Like I have time for any more!
If you know how to crochet a simple “chain”, you can do this edging.
Basically, you create a loop on your crochet hook…then begin by poking it into a bound-off stitch on the face cloth (I personally start at a corner)…grab the working yarn, pull it through…chain 4…skipping the next 2 bound-off stitches on the face cloth, inserting the hook into the 3rd bound-off stitch…grab the working yarn, pull it through…chain 4…skip the next 2 bound-off stitches on the face cloth…etc.
The fact that you’re chaining 4 to every 2 bind-offs creates the scallop look.
You can modify my formula to create a more dramatic scallop, or, a flatter scallop by manipulating how many you “chain” and how many you “skip”. Every time I do this simple little edging I play around with it to see what I prefer. There’s no hard and fast rule. I’m not a crochet gal, but I do like this simple edge. It’s easy and not too show-offy for a knitted item. I almost left my edges plain, but decided to doll them up a little!
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