In the beginning

What are my thoughts? Well, I thought, why not create a blog and blab to others about my mundane day to day activities. Maybe it will prompt me to be more creative, or more interesting if I must blog about it.

For my first entry, I actually wanted to post a knitting pattern, since the only ones who may come here and read this stuff are my fellow members of Ravelry. I decided to create a dishcloth pattern as my first try at creating a knitting project from scratch. Well, at least taking elements of other patterns and modifying it to a point to which I could call it my own. And here are my results:

October Haunted House Dishcloth

Instructions

Using Needle size US 7, CO 40 sts.

Top Border:

Row 1 & 3: *k1, p1; rep from * across
Row 2 & 4: *p1, k1; rep from * across

Main Pattern:

Row 1, 3 & 5: (K1,P1) twice, K32, (K1,P1) twice
Row 2 & 4: (P1, K1) twice, P32, (P1, K1) twice
Row 6: (P1, K1) twice, P11, K5, P16, (P1, K1) twice
Row 7: (K1, P1) twice, K15, P1, K3, P3, K10, (K1, P1) twice
Row 8: (P1, K1) twice, P9, K2, P11, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 9: (K1, P1) twice, K7, P1, K6, P1, K7, P2, K8, (K1, P1) twice
Row 10: (P1, K1) twice, P8, K2, P6, K3, P5, K2, P6, (P1, K1) twice
Row 11: (K1, P1) twice, K5, P1, K7, P3, K7, P2, K7, (K1, P1) twice
Row 12: (P1, K1) twice, P7, K2, P6, K5, P6, K1, P5, (P1, K1) twice
Row 13: (K1, P1) twice, K13, P1, K1, P1, K8, P2, K6, (K1, P1) twice
Row 14: (P1, K1) twice, P6, K2, P8, K1, P1, K1, P13, (P1, K1) twice
Row 15: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P1, K4, P3, K4, P1, K3, P2, K6, (K1, P1) twice
Row 16: (P1, K1) twice, P5, K2, P4, K2, P3, K1, P1, K1, P3, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 17: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K3, P1, K1, P1, K3, P2, K4, P2, K5, (K1, P1) twice
Row 18: (P1, K1) twice, P5, K2, P3, K4, P2, K3, P2, K4, P7, (P1, K1) twice
Row 19: (K1, P1) twice, K7, P5, K5, P5, K3, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 20: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P3, K12, P1, K2, P7, (P1, K1) twice
Row 21: (K1, P1) twice, K6, P3, K1, P13, K2, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 22: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P2, K17, P6, (P1, K1) twice
Row 23: (K1, P1) twice, K5, P4, K1, P14, K1, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 24: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P4, K11, P1, K1, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 25: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P8, K1, P1, K1, P2, K4, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 26: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P4, K2, P1, K1, P1, K8, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 27: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P4, K1, P1, K1, P2, K4, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 28: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P4, K2, P1, K1, P1, K4, P2, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 29: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P4, K1, P1, K1, P2, K4, P3, K4, (K1, P1) twice
Row 30: (P1, K1) twice, P4, K3, P4, K9, P2, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 31: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P4, K1, P1, K1, P2, K4, P2, K5, (K1, P1) twice
Row 32: (P1, K1) twice, P5, K2, P4, K2, P1, K1, P1, K4, P2, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 33: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P4, K1, P1, K1, P2, K4, P2, K5, (K1, P1) twice
Row 34: (P1, K1) twice, P6, K2, P3, K2, P1, K1, P1, K4, P2, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 35: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P4, K1, P1, K1, P2, K3, P2, K6, (K1, P1) twice
Row 36: (P1, K1) twice, P6, K2, P3, K9, P2, K2, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 37: (K1, P1) twice, K8, P2, K2, P9, K2, P2, K7, (K1, P1) twice
Row 38: (P1, K1) twice, P7, K2, P2, K13, P8, (P1, K1) twice
Row 39: (K1, P1) twice, K22, P2, K8, (K1, P1) twice
Row 40: (P1, K1) twice, P8, K2, P8, K1, P13, (P1, K1) twice
Row 41: (K1, P1) twice, K14, P1, K6, P2, K9, (K1, P1) twice
Row 42: (P1, K1) twice, P10, K3, P3, K1, P15, (P1, K1) twice
Row 43: (K1, P1) twice, K16, P5, K11, (K1, P1) twice
Row 44, 46, & 48: (P1, K1) twice, P32, (P1, K1) twice
Row 45 & 47: (K1, P1) twice, K32, (K1, P1) twice

Bottom Border:
Repeat Top Border pattern above