My friend and fellow knitter, Marie, gave me this lovely item as a gift. I thought that it was a decorative piece until she mentioned that it was a dishcloth. It's almost too pretty to use!Round Dishcloth Pattern
Instructions:
Cast on 18 stitches.
This cloth is made up of 6 wedges, all exactly the same. When you finish knitting a wedge, you just go ahead and knit the next one. Then the edges are sewn together, the threads are woven in and the cloth is complete.
Every wedge:
Row 1 : K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 2: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last st, turn.
Row 3: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 4: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 5: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 6: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 7: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 8: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 9: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 10: Cast off 4 stitches then K1, P2, K2, YO, K to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 11: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 12: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 13: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 14: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 7 sts, turn.
Row 15: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 16: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 8 sts, turn.
Row 17: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 18: Cast off 4 stitches then K1, P2, K2, YO, K to last 9 sts, turn.
Row 19: K to last 6 sts, P2, K2, P2.
Row 20: K2, P2, K2, YO, K to last 10 sts, turn.
Row 21: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 22: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 11 sts, turn.
Row 23: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 24: P2, K2, P2, YO, K to last 12 sts, turn.
Row 25: K to last 6 sts, K2, P2, K2.
Row 26: Cast off 4 sts, K across row.
*For a simpler dishcloth pattern, see An Old-Fashioned Project for Frugal Times
Which reminds me...I'm now on my eighth dishcloth, all thanks to you. I knitted the first one from your original pattern, and it's still my favorite, but I've since switched to crocheting - seems the knitting was giving me tennis elbow or something.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, tennis elbow from knitting on the ranch! I just read on your blog about you singlehandedly moving something like 3000 pounds-worth of baled hay twice in one day. Don't be blaming my knitting patterns for your sore elbows...
ReplyDeleteYou know, I always picture you knitting/crocheting on horseback.
Not this beautiful style - but my aunt has been making knitted dish rags for years. I LOVE them (they work so well) - and they don't wear out! I have had some of mine for 10 years - and they look nearly new.
ReplyDeleteMine hold up really well too, Val, but I find that the color washes out very quickly even though I keep the cloths away from anything with bleach in it.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying different kinds of cotton yarn to see if I can find something that is relatively colorfast.
Bad luck about my arthritic fingers Clair.
ReplyDeleteJune in Oz
But, June, I have arthritic fingers, too. I think that they would be worse if I didn't knit, but who knows?
ReplyDeleteThat is the most beautiful dishcloth I ever saw. I'd have a very hard time, though, making myself use that pretty thing on my dirty, greasy dishes.
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