I was learning a new tunisian stitch (strawberry stitch) that was highlighted on Mooglyblog and started off with the Hot Pad. Then I learned the tunisian knit stitch to finish off the back of the hot pad. I moved on to the dish towel with just a touch of the strawberry stitch. I based the remainder of the dish towel and dishcloth on the crunch stitch from a previous hot pad (alternating sc and dc)