Dishcloth Swap and New Yarns

I've joined the Dishcloth Summer Swap. I had to put up a questionnaire. Got assigned a person. Now I am busy with dish/bath cloth knitting. It's actually a little nice for the summer and they are quick. I accidently made you a stitch pattern because I don't know how to listen. Natalie was making a Yarn Harlot scarf and told me it was K2, Ktbl, P and I heard K2, YO, K2tog tbl. So, I call it the Natalie stitch. I've used it for a couple of projects in the past, but thought it would make a good washcloth pattern, too. Here is a prototype. It is currently in the dryer from a wash to see how much it will shrink. It's Sugars n' Cream and they like to shrink a lot. Now the gift cloth will not be made out of Sn'C, but it is going to be a part of the gift. I'll be mixing it with some Aloo and it will be like a scrubby cloth.

I have had fun picking up some new yarns. Michaels had Sugar n' Cream on sale for a dollar each. Of course I had to buy ten of them. I couldn't help myself and had to cast on one of them as soon as I possibly could.Here is the yarn that I am using for the gift. I don't want to give away too much info about it. I wanted to use Blue Sky Organic Cotton, but my giftee requested a certain type of cotton and they were the same price, so here it is in a nice brown with little blue specks.Finally the Aloo. It is pretty much woven grass. I couldn't help putting this in a tree after I wound it up. Looks like a little bird's nest.