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Dish Cloth 43 - Easter

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Cast on 60 stitches and knit 6 rows, and then pattern. Start and end all rows with 3 k. When the cloth has the desired length, knit 6 rows and bind off. Pattern : 1.row: 1 p, 2 k, 1 p. 2 k 2.row: 1 p, 3 k, 1 p, 1 k 3.row: 2 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k 4.row: 5 k, 1 p 5.row: 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p 6.row: as row 4 7.row: as row 3 8.row: as row 2 X X X X 8 X X 7 X X X X X 6 X X X 5 X X X X X 4 X X 3 X X X X 2 X X 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. Danish

Happy Easter.

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Even though the weather doesn't indicate it's Easter, there is a  bit of the spring in the little green  cress sprouts.This fine container with Easter chicks, Easter Bunny and cress for the the Easter table is a present from one of my grandchildren. Lovely - and happy Easter! 🥚🥚🐇 🐤🐥🐣- and today the sun is shining on the snow. Danish

Dish Cloth 42

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This dish cloth is knitted with residue yarn. Notice that all uneven rows (right side) starts and ends with 1 k, and then you knit the pattern * * in between. All even rows (wrong side) starts and ends with 1 p, and then you knit the pattern * * in between Cast on 62 stitches and knit 4 rows ribbing: 1.row ribbing: 1 k,* 2 k, 2 p * 1 k 2.row ribbing: 1 p, *2 k, 2 p * 1 p 3.row ribbing: as row 1 4.row ribbing: as row 2 Change color and knit pattern:. 1.row: 1 k * slip 2 stitches knit-wise , 2 k * 1 k (When you slip stitches knit-wise the thread shall be behind the stitches) 2.row: 1 p * 2 p, slip 2 stitches purl-wise * 1 p (When you slip stitches purl-wise the thread shall be in front of the stitches) 3.row: knit 4.row: 1 p  *2 p, 2 k * 1 p 5.row: 1 k * 2 p, 2 k * 1 k 6.row: 1 p  *2 p, 2 k * 1 p Change color. 7.row: 1 k * 2 k, slip 2 stitches knit-wise * 1 k (When you slip stitches knit-wise the thread shall be behind the stitches)

Spring??

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Woke up to this beautiful view, but it is spring! The last days the snow had melted and winter aconite and snowdrops have lit up the garden. The daffodils and hyacinths are on their way too, but now everything is covered in snow. I don't think it will be possible to do gardening this Easter. Danish

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place - Alan Bradley

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The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by  Alan Bradley This  is the 9th book in the Flavia de Luce series. I have read them all with great pleasure, as it is very original crime novels. That is among other due to the detective  and knowledgeable chemist - when the series begin - 11 year old Flavia. She is interested in poison in all its varieties. She lives in the beginning with two older sisters (Feely and Daffy), the father and their "servants" Dogger (her father's best friend ) and Mrs. Mullet (housekeeper and cook, not particular capable of either). They all live in the run down estate, Buckshaw and they are always in need of money. In the 9th volume the family is on a boat trip on the river. Flavia is sitting with a hand  in the water and grabs what she thinks is a fish, but shows to be a body. Flavia is now 12 years old(? I should think she is older, as she was 11 years old in the first novel) and the relationship with her sisters  develops for the better 

Dish Cloth 41

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Cast on 60 stitches and knit 4 rows and then pattern. When the cloth has the desired length knit 4 rows and bind off. 1.row: 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 5 k, 1 p, 1 k 2.row: 1 k, 7 p, 1 k, 1 p 3.row:: as row 1 4.row: 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 3 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 5.row: 2 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k 6.row: 2 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 3 p 7.row: 4 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 3 k 8.row: as row 6 9.row: as row 5 10.row: as row 4 X X X X 10 X X X X 9 X X X 8 X X 7 X X X 6 X X X X 5 X X X X 4 X X X 3 X X 2 X X X 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. Danish

Still me - Jojo Moyes

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Still me by  Jojo Moyes . Now I got hold of the  3rd volume in the series i about Lou. The two first books in the series are: Me Before You  - 1 After You - 2 Louisa Clark has gone to New York to work as a personal assistant for the wife in the very wealthy Gopnik-family. The boyfriend, Sam, is still in England. We follow Louisa's struggle to make a a new living in a new country, and to make her long distance relationship with Sam work. The novel is a nice reunion, and I recommend reading the books in the right order. Me Before You is hard to surpass, but anyway it is  nice  again to be with Lou in her struggle to make out who she really is, and what she wants with her life. Danish

Dish Cloth 40

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Cast on 60 stitches and knit 6 rows and then pattern. When the cloth has the desired length knit 6 rows and bind off. Pattern: 1.row: knit 2.row: 2 p, 3 k, 3 p, 3 k, 1 p 3.row: 1 p, 1 k, 3 p, 1 k, 3 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k 4.row: 1 p, 2 k, 1 p, 2 k, 1 p, 2 k, 1 p, 2 k 5.row: 3 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 3 p, 1 k 6.row: as row 2 7.row: knit 8.row: as row 2 9.row: as row 5 10.row: as row 4 11.row:as row 3 12.row: as row 2 X X X X X X 12 X X X X X X X X 11 X X X X X X X X 10 X X X X X X X X 9 X X X X X X 8 7 X X X X X X 6 X X X X X X X X 5 X X X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X 2 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. Danish