Choosing yarn for Washcloths..... Variegated???

Our next mission.... Washcloths

Some of you have been asking me about what yarn to get for our washcloth project, so I thought I'd share a little of what I've learned so far....

I know that I personally made one this weekend using "Sugar & Cream", it held up in the washer & the dryer and since this one was for me, I actually used it in the shower yesterday....it was great!!

I was a little skeptical because I am a "loofa sponge" kinda girl, I wasn't sure I would like using a "washcloth" but it was great. Plus since I've been so consumed with knitting lately, showers were the one "knit free" zone.... until I used my hand knit washcloth!! Now I can even bring my knitting in to shower with me!! HA

I've also bought some "Araucania" cotton and "Fantasy Naturale" from Nanncy's, and from what the other Knitting Blogs say, these are both great. So I'm anxious to knit these up!

Rebekah asked me the other day about solid color vs variegated. So I knit the below washcloth up using variegated, and it's supposed to have a paw print picture in it. However, as you can tell, you can't see the paw print. In person, you can sort of make it out, but not nearly as easily as you could if it were a solid color. But if you just wanted to do a plain "knit stitch" for the whole thing, I think the variegated yarns are gorgeous!

Before you purchase any, I would ask "is this suitable for a washcloth"? Just because it's cotton , or mashine washable doens't automatically qualify it because it has to hold it's color also.

I'm sure once we get started we can share with each other what types are best!

PS. In my previous posted I was glowing about my new space, it's been 2 hours now.. I'm kinda starting to miss "them"..... I"m such a sap... I'm sure it'll pass :)