![]() Kurdish families have filed thousands of claims with the Iraq Property Claims Commission, created to redress unjust land grabs by Hussein’s regime. The resettlement programs would take place before a citywide census and 2007 referendum that will decide whether the oil-rich province should be annexed to the semiautonomous Kurdish region in Iraq’s north. Under the plan, Arabs who relinquish Kurdish properties would also receive relocation funds. Iraq’s constitution outlines a process by which those who were illegally displaced by the Hussein regime would be compensated for confiscated property or resettled in their old homes. But it is the majority Kurds who have taken the strongest action to claim the city as their own. It also gives you the 38 gridded panels you need to produce a 22" long towel.ĭone! Yay! Wave your towel around to clear the air as you imagine more variations.Last week, Turkmen leaders held discussions with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite leader, to push for greater representation in Kirkuk’s government. Using this sequence of colors will guarantee that you end with three stockinette panels for the border and the ends of your towel will match. If you want a less colorful towel, use a solid color yarn for the contrast color, or change the contrast colors in a repeating pattern, as I did in the first version.įor the first towel, I changed colors in the stockinette panels as follows: It even looks ok on the back side.įor variation, try substituting any slip-stitch pattern in the middle section, as long as you can change colors every two rows. (Ever have a smoky kitchen because you burned the toast? Just wave a damp towel around to dispel the smoke quickly.) This towel does the trick, and it looks good as well. ![]() ![]() That's all you need to do to have a simple and effective, soft and nubbly kitchen towel for hand-drying, plate-wiping or waving around. (Mine took 38 gridded stockinette panels, plus the 3 beginning stockinette panels and the 3 ending ones to reach 22".) This will give you a towel about 22" long. Knit the center section until the towel is about 20 inches long, then work the border pattern again for three stockinette panels, ending with three rows of knit stitches in A and binding off on the wrong side so that it looks like the beginning border. Row 2: *slip 1, purl 2*, repeat to border, ending with slip 1, using BĬonfused? Here it is, the same pattern, less speak, more numbers: Row 1: *slip 1, knit 2*, repeat to border, ending with slip 1, using B Begin gridded stitch, maintaining 10 stitches on either side in the border pattern. You're going to alternate garter and stockinette, changing colors every two rows so that you have three stockinette panels for the border. Using a long-tail cast-on and the main color, knit three rows so that the beginning has two garter ridges. It will shrink with use, especially if you machine wash and tumble dry your towel as I do, and will soon be only 15" wide.Ĭlick here to view and download this pattern in or use the link below for an immediate download. This will produce a towel about 16" wide if your gauge is similar. I prefer either Bryspun, Balene, or wooden needles-anything that is more flexible than metal will be easier on your hands.Ĭast on 87 stitches. These yarns all knit to about 20 stitches/4" in stockinette. You can mix different brands of yarn as long as they are the same weight. You'll need 2 balls of about 85 yards each for the main color and almost two balls of the contrast color. I use primarily kitchen-grade cotton yarn, such as Peaches & Creme, Sugar 'n Cream, or Pakucho cotton. ![]() This is a very simple towel pattern that requires at a minimum two colors of yarn.
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