On The Hook: One More Washcloth

This is the last one, I swear!

Since finally getting the hang of crochet, or more specifically doing double crochet (I'm still working up to trying other stitches!) I've been getting my practice in by crocheting washcloths for the whole family.

I'm the proud owner of a rainbow washcloth (it'll be two once I've woven in the ends of a second one), my son has a green one with blue stripes, my older daughter has a pink one with purple stripes, while my younger daughter's is purple with pink edging. The only washclothless member of the family is the Spousal Unit.

It was suggested that blue might be the best colour for him, but the cotton I'm trying to use up for these washcloths is getting rather depleted, so I have dark blue, light blue, and a little grey in reserve in case either of those run out.

Cool colours.

As the dark blue ball had the most remaining, I started with that, last Friday evening after finishing up the edge of Miss 1's washcloth. This was entirely the wrong time of day to be crocheting with a dark blue yarn! I do have a neck lamp which is just the thing for these scenarios, but it needs a charge and was in a room with a sleeping toddler; I wasn't about to risk waking her (which would severely hamper my crafting plans), so I muddled on. The first couple of rows were especially tricky, but then I found my rhythm and it was just the start and end of the rows where I was really squinting.

At this stage, I'm happy enough hooking along, I'm planning a stripe pattern for this one, but I'm not following any particular pattern. I'll just go along in the dark blue for a while, maybe about 10cm, then add in either light blue or dark grey, and see where the mood takes me.

Making progress.

I'll share how it goes.