Dishcloths for Class Reunion

Dish/wash cloths

Knitting these dish/washcloths is a joyful experience, thinking of my classmates and our lives fifty years ago. Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High school are located in Greenwich Village, New York City and that is where I went to the upper level school.

Patterns came from various sources. Not being good at being consistent, my designs evolved and blossomed and I was challenged to make sense of what I was doing.

That is life, though, twists and turns, and making sense out of where you are going. I feel freer to do this exploring now that I'm living with chronic illness.

What does knitting teach us?

Knitting Joy

The last six months have been tough with health issues. Though on oxygen, I went horseback riding a week ago in Harriman State Park, Idaho, not far from Yellowstone.

Judy's Dishcloths

We rode in gentle rain, the horses don't mind. A female moose lifted her head from drinking when she heard us. Among the trees we spotted a pelican on the lake and a heron. No trumpeter swans. Were they nesting? Or not yet arrived?

The mosquitoes are enormous and plentiful, fed by the torrents of rain we are having. I was thankful for the rain gear covering. The horses weren't so lucky.

Knitting is my sweet companion. During the last six months, I had the joy of knitting 26 dish/washcloths for classmates coming to our 50th high school reunion in Greenwich Village, NYC. Not going to the reunion myself, I am thrilled that I could send these simple gifts.

I took pictures with my cell phone and am learning how to download and place on my posts. Here is one, I hope to give you others.

My third oldest granddaughter asked me to knit her an afghan. She chose the colors and the sequence and left to me the designs. I started it almost a year ago. I'm stuck on the next to the last square, one of two kitties.

I found a photograph of two kitties and outlined them on graph paper.

HELP how do I chart the outline for knitting?