Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

I remember my first romantic kiss from a boy as clear as anything.    I was twelve years old and it was the summer before I headed off to 7^th grade.  I was spending a couple weeks of vacation with my best friend.  There was neighbor boy of my friend, who I had a puppy-love crush on, hanging around with us one day. 

He had a damned cute tush . . . in fact, I would grab his butt every chance I got when we were in school until the day he got sick of it and told me to knock it off.  You’d think he’d have been flattered but nooooooooooo . . .  that’s irrelevant to the story, but true.   

Anyhoo. . . he said he wanted to kiss me.  I was shy . . . yes, *I* was shy . . . and I wouldn’t let him.  He kept bugging me so I told him that if he could catch me I’d let him kiss me.  I honestly thought I could outrun him . . . or did I . . . I don’t know.  Whatever the case may be, I took off running.  And this boy with the adorable buns took chase.  I don’t think I got ten yards before he caught me.  Being the bashful little thing that I was I put up a fight . . . sort of?   Fair is fair . . . he caught me and he got to kiss me.    It was more like a smooch . . . short and sweet.  After that we went into the house to play Q-Bert on Atari. 

Well, romantic may be too strong of a word but it was the first kiss I ever got from a boy.

It’s amazing the stupid crap that rattles around in my head.

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From smooching to knitting . . . there's really no rhyme or reason to how my brain works so just go with it.

I'm going to show you how to make a dish towel and matching dish cloth

                             Simple Dish Cloth

Bernat Cotton Twists

Size 8 Needles

Very good for beginners

Cast on 48 sts

Knit 6 rows

Begin pattern and knit until desired length

End with row 5 in the pattern and knit 6 rows, cast off.

Pattern 

Row 1: K

Row 2: K7, P3, *K5, P3; rep. from * until last 7 sts, K7

Row 3: K3, P4, K3, *P5, K3; rep. from * until last 7 sts, P4, K3

Row 4: As row 2

Row 5: K

Row 6: K3, P3, *K5, P3; rep. from * until last 3 sts, K3

Row 7: K6, *P5, K3; rep. from * until last 3 sts, K3

Row 8: As row 6

You can use the same pattern and make another smaller dishcloth or a facecloth.  I've modified the pattern for a smaller edge.  

Cast on 36 sts

Knit 4 rows

End with row 5 in the pattern and knit 4 rows, cast off.

Pattern 

Row 1: K

Row 2: K5, P3, *K5, P3; rep. from * until last 7 sts, K5

Row 3: K2, P3, K3, *P5, K3; rep. from * until last 7 sts, P3, K2

Row 4: As row 2

Row 5: K

Row 6: K2, P2, *K5, P3; rep. from * until last 2 sts, K2

Row 7: K4, *P5, K3; rep. from * until last 3 sts, K1

Row 8: As row 6