limedragon :)

A couple weeks ago, I was in the mood to knit a washcloth and Dave’s Garterlac Dishcloth fit the bill perfectly. I had some Peaches & Creme in a crazy rainbow-like colorway that I thought might work well with the entrelac squares.

Pretty fun, right? You can’t tell from the above picture, but I made the washcloth a bit larger, with four edge triangles. I thought I would run out of yarn near the end and apparently I was so focused on the “Will I have enough yarn?” issue that I stopped paying attention to the entrelac patterning.

I was relieved when I finished the last top triangle and pulled the last yard through the loop (yes, just that much left, it worked out perfectly) when I noticed that the sides didn’t seem to quite match up. The washcloth wasn’t square. Hmm… Then I saw IT.

I really laughed and laughed at this… I can’t believe I didn’t even notice while I was knitting the last couple tiers that something was awry. Now I have a lopsided, irregular Garterlac Dishcloth, but I love it anyway. It has personality!

By the way, this project gave me the perfect opportunity to utilize my new knitting backwards skills from Stitches Midwest. It took me a couple tries to figure out how to do the decreases. Picking up stitches backwards was awkward, in fact, I decided it was simpler to turn the fabric around.