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Yarn Along ~ Dishcloth Giveaway, Lime Crochet Spa Cloth, and Coco’s Candy Shop

Posted on by Deborah

Linking up with Ginny for Yarn Along and over at Wool on Sundays ~

 

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Good Morning ~ Another Yarn Along!

I finished my pinky/coral dishcloth from last week’s Yarn Along! Hooray! And I started on another one with this variegated yarn. I can never decide which I like better. Solids or variegated. I’ll think one and then I’ll start with new yarn and think, “Well, this variegated is super fun,” or “The solid colors come out so pretty!”

I suppose it doesn’t matter and I don’t have to have a favorite. This way I can just like them all best!!

I thought it would be fun to give these dishcloths away. A very, simple spur-of-the-moment giveaway! If you’d like to be entered, just leave any comment on this post!

I’ll choose a name Friday morning. So, I guess we’ll say that the giveaway ends Friday, July 10, 2015 at 8 a.m. Central Time. 🙂

UPDATE: Giveaway has ended and the winner is Audra. Hooray!

I will mail them out once I have the second one completed.

My very first ever giveaway here at A Delightful Glow was for hand-knitted dishcloths. You can read it from the archives over here and see the colors of the dishcloths in that post. I always enjoy seeing all the variety of yarn.

There’s a picture of one of my newly finished dishcloths in a sink of sudsy water for its first time use over here in my Monday post.

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This is my daughter’s crochet project. She’d done some crocheting, but was wanting to learn more about it. This summer she started working on it more and learning more of the stitches. I’ve never crocheted anything ever or even tried.

She told me yesterday she can now do a half double crochet. She is more accomplished than I am!! 🙂

The project she is working on is called a Spa Cloth! I would say the lovely limey green makes a good spa cloth!

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I’ve been reading a bit of this book ~ Understanding Exposure. I actually heard about it from Ginny’s blog. I haven’t gotten too far in it, but I love to take pictures and I’m enjoying trying to learn a little more about photography.

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I threw this picture in too. I love, love children’s books and we have a basket of them in the living room. My Grandma had this book when I was a kid and I loved it. I was thrilled when I found this one at a thrift store when my own kiddos were small. I still love it! Probably partly because I’ve long thought an old-fashioned candy shop would be terribly fun to operate. Glass jars full of candy ~so pretty!

“Will you come? Will You come?

Shouted Kerry and Kay?

Will you come with us now?

On a trip for the day?

We will do many things that are fun things to do!

And we want to do all these things now with you!”

I can quote some of it and I’ve always loved rhyming books for kids’ read-alouds.

Books and yarn ~ so enjoying talking about both! What are you reading?

 

Disclosure stuff and terms and all that because of giveaway ~

  • I will notify the winner by e-mail. I’ll never sell or give away your e-mail.
  • The winner will have one week to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected.
  • Recipient must be 18 years of age or older and live in the United States.
  • Dishcloths will be mailed to the winner.
  • Void where prohibited by law.
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50 thoughts on “Yarn Along ~ Dishcloth Giveaway, Lime Crochet Spa Cloth, and Coco’s Candy Shop”

  1. My girls learned how to crochet on those dishcloths! 🙂 For my summer reading, I am trying to stay away from anything too “heavy” and have attacked my pile of books for fun with gusto! 🙂

  2. Your dish cloths look great and congrats to your daughter learning to crochet! I love children’s books too – finding a book remembered from childhood is like meeting up with an old friend 🙂

    1. Yes!!! Books can be very, dear, old friends ~ and well loved I might add!

      I’m excited to see my daughter’s crochet projects.

  3. Maybe one of these in days in all my spare time I will learn how to make these dishcloths. I do so love them!! Maybe I can talk Kaylee into learning how to make them!

    1. Yes, you should get her to learn! My daughter does some awesome stuff for me! 🙂 If you really want to learn, making the dishcloths is simple. It feels awkward at first and takes a bit of practice like anything in life.

  4. Thank you so much for this giveaway, it is inspiring and very compassionate! I love your websites and your lovely, yet simple, approach to life!

    1. Oh, thank-you! That is such a sweet compliment. Over the past two years, I’ve had different things happen or different books I’ve read that keep bringing me back to these words….simple, smallness, savor, stillness, giving, gratitude and grace. Many lessons to be learned as long as we live!

    1. I can’t decide if I want to try crocheting or not. Obviously, I haven’t wanted to, too badly! I do really enjoy knitting the dishcloths.

  6. I have tried knitting and crocheting. I’m not very good at either and end up frustrated before whatever project is completed. I have several unfinished projects and maybe a few spools of yarn I can’t figure out how to use! I am jealous of your obvious talent. It is very sweet of you to give away another set! Thank you for the opportunity to win and have a great day.

    1. It is not fun to try something and just end up feeling frustrated. Knitting felt awkward to me at first, but my Mother encouraged me to stick with it and keep trying and it was better after I finished my first dishcloth. I’ve never tried anything harder!! The dishcloths are pretty simple, once you get the feel. Not sure I’d call it talent on my end… 😉

      I don’t know if you have little kids in your life, but my kids loved to use yarn for all kinds of things when they were small. They would ask for string and I finally got smart and bought four different colors and skeins of yarn and put it where they could get it. They loved it! My dining room chairs always had yarn tied to them from some fort or something. {It did get a little old sometimes!} They would tie it around the necks of their stuffed animals to make a leash and on and on… This might be a use for your unused spools!

    1. I can’t vouch for crocheting, but knitting isn’t that hard to learn. It feels awkward at first and takes some practice ~ kinda like learning to ride a bike, maybe! 🙂

    2. I’m betting if you love crafty stuff, you’d soon take to knitting or crocheting. My daughter loves crafty stuff too.

  9. I love these dishcloths – have crocheted and knitted many. These are terrific give-aways! I am not often on the receiving end though! 🙂

  10. I think reading and crafts are two hobbies everyone at all ages should do if not feverishly, often. Open your imagination and brain to good things.

  12. These are beautiful and they look like they would last a long time!

  14. I am reading the Scarlet and Black – the true story of Monsignor O’Flahity but my kids are reading Splat the Cat books.

  16. I love that pink/coral color! It would make a wonderful splash of color in my kitchen! Good luck to all that have entered to win!

  18. These are the best dish cloths. My gram always gave each of my family members a stack of these at Christmas and we all loved getting them. It has been almost 10 years since I have received a new set. It is nice to see you making them and enjoying them.

  24. I love hand knitted dish cloths. They just seem so very home-y to me! I especially love the ones with variegated yarn!

  26. They are so cute! I used to love to crochet but i have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia so it kills my fingers to try now. I miss it! Projects like these turn out so nice, love you color choices. Thank you for sharing!

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