Crochet A Face Cloth

To crochet a face cloth you really need a nice soft cotton. I have used a soft cotton in all of the face cloths below. I buy lot's of left overs from other peoples stashes and I never knew up until recently what I was going to use this cotton stuff for. I am learning all of the time about different fibres and what they are better used for, the latest lessons have been about dish cloths and face cloths.

I know quite a bit about the different stitch patterns that are around and I just had to have a little think and do some research to find a st that I would like to use.

The latest st I have tried is the woven stitch and it is easy on the eye and also a soft grain for the face as a face cloth.

The first 2 face cloths which are made with the woven stitch and an 8 ply cotton, worked up very quick.

Woven stitch face cloth.

Woven stitch face cloth.

Mitired square face cloth.

Griddle/ Up and Down stitch face cloth.

Griddle/ Up and Down stitch face cloth.

The griddle stitch (up and down st) is an old favourite of mine, but I do prefer the woven stitch pattern in the first 2 face cloths. I found a couple of Illustrations on line that may help with the stitch patterns for you.

Crochet And Feel Good

Once I had finished this small duo, I did feel good!

A plea came from a crochet friend to help a 3 year old little boy named Aaron, who has cancer. We were told of his favourite colours, which were green and yellow, we were also asked for a 12 inch square to go into the making of an afghan for Aaron. Of course this was all voluntary. I had been wanting to make a mitered square and I also find this type of square eye catching. I also thought if he likes green, he probably likes frogs, so I made him a frog hat too. I used my pattern for the floppy brimmed boys army hat, I did not have a size 3. Using the size 2 as a guide, I just went up a half a hook size and added an extra round of increase. I left off the brim and made a band around the hat that can be folded or unfolded, I thought this would cover any difference in sizing, not knowing the size of Aarons head.

Once I had completed this little project for Aaron, I did feel good about myself knowing this was going to a good cause.

Another Seraphina Shawl

Here is another Seraphina Shawl that I made, I took my time with this one and made it over about 4 days, whilst I was dabbling in other projects. It reminds me of the tortoiseshell cat. I was using up some yarn that I did not really care for. I wondered if any one out there would really like it. But along comes my Sister-in-Law and loved it, so I gave it to her. The link to the pattern and the other Seraphana Shawl is here.