Calico Furball

Calico Furball was written up in December 2017 and tested later but never got to the revision stage.  So finally, taking a break from knitting and creating, I took another look at the pattern with a fresh eye. I made some improvements with the goal to make it easier to follow and less guess work for inexperience knitters.  With that, I redid some of the photos to accompany the new instructions.

It uses modular knitting technique by adding one triangle after another to form the square.  To give this piece a modern look, I avoid using the traditional edge border to tame the curling edges but instead use "selvedging" in such a way that the curling is within control and forming a near to cliff like border (above).  It also added in stitch patterns for the triangle to make the piece looks more interesting, not just visually, but also for the knitting experience.  The patterns are specially chosen to match each other in stitch length and height so as to maintain a square appearance.  Each triangle is knitted a bit different and thus so many pages in the pattern.  The surface texture is very rich and the ridges make it a good a scrubbing type dishcloth.  It is also suitable to be used as hot pad  / coaster.
 

 

It is written for one colour only, but do not let it stop your creativity.  Adding colours is possible (above), and to me, the lazy way out is to use variegate (above) or striped yarns (below) :)
 

 

Calico Furball is now available in my Ravelry store.

Happy knitting