by Kathleen Cubley June 18, 2019 1 min read

Kelley debuted these patterns on her Facebook Live show, Technique Tuesday. Join her every Tuesday at 9:30 am Pacific on our Facebook feed. If you're not a fan yet, we'd love to have you!

Soap in a Sack

Yarn: Universal Bamboo Pop

Needles: US 2 40-inch circulars

Use Judy's Magic Cast-On to cast on 24 stitches (12 stitches on each needle).

Join to work in the round, using the Magic Loop technique.

Rounds 1 and 2: *K2, P2* to end of round.

Round 3: Purl across round.

Repeat rounds 1–3 for pattern until soap fits snugly inside then proceed to next round.

Bind off with the Russian bind-off, with soap inside sack. (Kelley demos the Russian bind-off in her Technique Tuesday video, at about the 15:35 mark.)

Washcloth

Yarn: Universal Bamboo Pop

Needles: US 2 40-inch circulars

Use the cable cast-on to cast on 38 stitches.

Join to work in the round, using the Magic Loop technique.

Round 1:Knit 6 rounds.

Round 2 and 3: K3, *K2, P2* to last 3 stitches, K3.

Round 4:Knit across round.

Repeat rounds 2–4 for pattern until your work measures desired length, ending last repeat after round 3.

Knit 6 more rounds.

Bind off and weave in ends to complete.

These projects are perfect summer gifts!

Here's the weekly episode where Kelley share these summer project ideas. 

 

Kathleen Cubley
Kathleen Cubley


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