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  1. So helpful, thank you for your insight on cottons. I also make(with larger needles)washcloths. The airier fabric makes them dry faster.

  2. I have a question! I started your pot holder pattern using Loops & Threads Classic Cotton. Since it’s a Medium (4 weight), I doubled it and cast on 50 stitches on size 6 needles. Fifty stitches seemed HUGE, so I took it apart and cast on 30 stitches. It started out about an inch bigger than my kitchen potholder, but now that I’m 3 inches in, it is almost an inch smaller than the pot holder. It’s nice and thick so that’s fine, but now I’m thinking I need to take it apart again and cast on the 50 stitches. Tell me it’s supposed to “shrink” as I knit and that’s why you cast on 50 stitches, or am I doing something wrong?

    Thanks SO much!

    1. That’s exactly it! Although you cast on 50 stitches, you’re only knitting 25 stitches on each side and slipping the other stitches, so it shrinks quite a bit.

    2. @Lauren Rad,
      THANK you! So appreciate your taking the time to answer as I was really doubting myself. Can’t wait to start again. 🙂

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