I had computer issues, to the video showing how to decrease to make the tab to hang the towel on the oven door is lost in cyber world. I do explain how to do this in the video.
Here, we are going to learn how to finish our oven towel and create a bind-off buttonhole.
These are the stitches used for the patterning of our towel:
Moss Stitch
Row 1. {K2, P2} across
Row 2. {P2, K2} across
Row 3. {P2, K2} across
Row 4. {K2, P2} across
Seed Stitch
Row 1. {K1,
P1} across
Row 2. {P1, K1}across
This is a very pretty towel to hang on your oven. It is easy to make but will take some time. Links to pattern and materials are listed below:
Yarns:
The Dixie Oven Towel is a beautiful addition to your kitchen. It has three knit patterns in the towel that are made up of combinations of knit and purl stitches and easy enough for a beginning knitter to accomplish. The pattern can be found here.
While making these towels for my own kitchen, I used a new and fun stitch/row counter. They are available at Amazon in the link here. They fit on a finger and can be used by pressing a large silver button to advance the number of rows finished. I liked this counter because of it's ease of use; it only takes one finger to advance as opposed to the twist counters that require both hands. This way, I didn't need to put my knitting down to keep count of my rows. They come in a package of four and are a nice price compared to some of the larger knitting companies that sell one per package.
The same pattern can be used to make dish cloths to wash dishes, also. I cast on 20 fewer stitches to make the dish cloth. Cast on 44 for dishcloth and 64 for oven towel.
Here is a list of yarns with links for where you can purchase them.
Hobbii has a nice collection of bamboo/cotton yarns. They also have other beautiful yarns. Check this site out.
Terra Yarns This is the brown towel featured in the picture at the beginning of the video. It is stiff when working up, but once it is washed, it is soft and drapes beautifully.
Buttons I used from Amazon. You can use any button you like. These are wooden and are a size 40 mm.
Happy Knitting ~ Jae ~
Video to be published at a latter date!
