Dish cloths!

I made my first set of dish cloths right before Christmas. I used Sugar and Cream cotton (see previous post for photos of the yarn) and a spin on a pattern I purchased called 'Cotton Dishcloths Tutorial Twill Textile Design'. 

I warped 80 ends in an 8 dpi heddle, just over 8 feet in length. On each side of each dishcloth I wove an inch with thinner crochet thread as weft for a slimmer turned-under hem on the non-selvedge ends and a peace of junk yard between. I straight-stitched with my sewing machine on both sides of the junk yarn pieces, then removed them, cut there, and turned under and stitched the ends. On the 3rd and 4th sets I pressed the hems well ahead which made it easier. 

I squeaked out 7 dishcloths in this first set and gave them as gifts to Eric and Kathy, Eli and Bri, Kathy's mother Betty, Mike's sisters Amy and Marla, and my friends Amy and Sue.

I made this set in early January.

I made 2 sets in mid January because Marla was wanting 10 (she offered $5 each, I charged $3.50 each). On these sets I carefully measured 9" in length not counting the inch for turning under and they shrank to 7.5-8 inches of finished length. I do them a little longer another time. In addition to Marla's 10, we saved some and will give one each to Tara/Isaac and Mariah/Greg.