Wedding Washcloths - Materials

 

• Blue Sky Alpaca's Skinny Cotton, 100% organically grown cotton. 1 skein makes 2 washcloths. The colors here are Organic Clay 31, Pink 305 and Birch 30 (The Clay and the Birch are naturally occurring colors, in other words, undyed).
• US #5 knitting needles, straight or circular.
• A small crochet hook, like a size "E".

(This background fabric is from Moda's Net of Jewels line, designed by Joelle Hoverson. The color is "Diamond".)

Comments

[Susan L]

What is the biggest needle size you could feasibly use for this? I am a new knitter and find skinny needles kind of hard to use.

If the weave would be too loose with bigger needles, could you recommend a thicker yarn for bigger needles that is equally nice?

Thanks!

[purlbee]

Hi Susan,

It depends a lot on if you're a tight or a loose knitter, but my best guess would be that with the Skinny Cotton you could go up to a US size 6. If that still sounds too small or if you find that the knitting is too loose, then I would recommend using Blue Sky Cotton (http://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/721-Blue-Sky-Blue-Sky-Cotton) and a US #9 needle. With the Blue Sky Cotton your washcloths would be a little less crisp, but would be super soft and cuddly!

Thanks for your question and good luck!
Whitney