Using What's on Hand

I haven't picked up a hook in two days, until an hour ago. After my usual Friday morning charity crafting session, I left the ladies, came home, and finished edging a baby blanket for the needy moms we supply. I wasn't sure what I wanted to start next.

Meanwhile, I had begun to get tied up with some work I've just begun doing - writing brief online articles for a service who supplies people who order them for web content. I've been a writer half my 70 years, and then some. This is a new type of writing and I've been on a slight learning curve. I've also been enjoying it. So, my time is being absorbed by yet another task. This one is a little different because I desperately need the income from it, no matter that it is very small.

So, tonight, I needed to clear my head before tackling my next web-content article-for-hire. I noticed a little container where I had been tossing scraps of cotton worsted from a while back when I worked up several sets of my beverage cozies. I have them in my Etsy shop, plus I have the free pattern here.

I gathered the smallest of the scraps, anywhere from 6" to a foot or more, and started tying them together, and winding the strand into a ball. Then I began a corner-to-corner square that I will use for a dishcloth, just for me. I love using scrap cotton worsted for dishcloths and little dish scrubbies. I purposely tie them with about 1/4" to 1/2" showing. These knots give the piece a shaggy look, plus they are great for scrubbing. When I've finished this one, I'll post a photo. I have to find a few more scraps. If I don't find any small ones, I'll take some that are still too small for major projects and I'll cut them to 12" lengths, and use those to tie, just so I have more scrubby bumps in the cloth.