In addition to making a Mother’s Day Spa Set with bath mitt and votive sleeve, I also knitted a set with a washcloth and different votive sleeve pattern.
As with the bath mitt, I used a worsted weight organic cotton1 and the small quilted cross-stitch pattern to make the washcloth. The differences were that I used a multicolored yarn and mostly Stockinette stitch to create the bath mitt and a solid color2 and solely small quilted cross-stitch for the washcloth.
I really love the pattern created by small quilted cross-stitch. While it is certainly more involved than Stockinette stitch, it looks more complicated than it is. In actuality it is a fairly easy stitch pattern, and it provides a bit of a “wow” factor for just a little effort, which is one of the reasons I think it’s fabulous.3 However I felt it was too “busy” to use overall with the multicolored cotton, but perfect to be shown off in the deep, beautiful, solid-colored yarn.
Vine Lace votive sleeve with candle lit--a beautiful effect.
For the accompanying votive sleeve I chose the vine lace pattern.4 I thought it was just lacy enough to make a nice votive sleeve and I also really liked that the pattern naturally created a ripple along the cast-on edge. I thought a scalloped edge would be really pretty so I just knit my sleeve and then turned it upside down when placing it onto the glass votive so the ripple would be at the top.
Both votive sleeves were made using Rowan Siena, a 4 ply 100% mercerized cotton fingering weight yarn. The color shown here is 676 Tandoori.
While I originally created this set for Mother’s Day, it would make a lovely gift at any time of year. Both yarns I used come in a variety of colors, so you could tailor your color choices to the occasion or, as I did, to the recipient.5
Download the washcloth and votive sleeve patterns here:
- Blue Sky Alpacas Multi Cotton for the bath mitt and Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton for the washcloth. [↩]
- It is color 637 Raspberry in Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton yarn. [↩]
- I also love that it creates a dense, sturdy, deeply-textured fabric, ideal for a bath mitt or washcloth. [↩]
- Found in Barbara Walker’s “A Treasury of Knitting Patterns.” [↩]
- My mother loves mauves and pinks and raspberry shades. My mother-in-law wore a blouse in a beautiful shade of blue on Easter which inspired my color choices for her. [↩]