Fun and easy to make, dishcloths and washcloths can be whipped together in a few hours from scrap yarn you may have lying around the house. We can never have too many of them, as they’re as handy for ...

Riley Plum’s after-school hobby is knitting skeins of yarn into functional kitchen accessories — washcloths, dish towels, hot pads and woven sponges she calls pan scrubbies. When she turned on her ...