Three Dishcloths June 29

Three Dishcloths

These three dishcloths have lots of texture for scrubbing dishes and, if your tension is exact, you just might get all three from one solid-coloured ball of Sugar ’n Cream cotton.

© Joan Janes, 2011. A single working copy for personal use is allowed. Otherwise, no part of this pattern may be reproduced in any form without

the written consent of the author.joan@littleredmitten.ca

Skills Used: cast on, knit, purl and cast off

Size: 6.5 by 6.5 inches

Materials & Equipment: • yarn: one ball Sugar ’n Cream Cotton

(22 grams per dishcloth)• needles: 4.00 mm• darningneedle

Tension for all three dishcloths: Approximately 18 sts and 30 rows over 4 inches in pattern.

“To save time, take time to check tension”

Abbreviations:k knitp purlRS right sidest(s) stitch(es)WS wrong side

* * repeat instructions between asterisks

Waffle Pattern:• Caston30sts.(Longtailcastonwasused.)• Row1(RS):*K2,p2;repeatfrom*tolast2sts,

end with k2 • Row2(WS):*P2,k2;repeatfrom*tolast2sts,

end with p2.• Row3:Knitacrossrow.• Row4:Purlacrossrow.• RepeatRows1to4untildishclothissquare

(10 repeats or 40 rows).• WorkRows1and2onemoretime.• Castoff inpurlonRS.• Cutyarnleavinga6inchlength.Weavein

ends.

Ridge & Rib Pattern:• Caston31sts.(Longtailcastonwasused.)• Row1(WS):Knitacrossrow.• Row2(RS):P1,*k1,p1;repeatfrom*toend

of row.• Row3:K1,*p1,k1;repeatfrom*toend

of row.• Row4:Knitacrossrow.• RepeatRows1to4untildishclothissquare(12

repeats or 48 rows).• EndbyworkinganotherRow1.• Castoff inpatternonRS.(ie:knittheknits

and purl the purls) • Cutyarnleavinga6inchlength.Weavein

ends.

Garter Basketweave:• Caston31sts.(Longtailcastonwasused.)• Row1(RS)andalloddnumberedrows:Knit.• Row2:*K3,p1;repeatfrom*tolast3sts,k3.• Row4:*K3,p1;repeatfrom*tolast3sts,k3.• Row6:K1,*p1,k3;repeatfrom*tolast2sts,*

p1, k1.• Row8:K1,*p1,k3;repeatfrom*tolast2sts,

*p1,k1.• RepeatRows1to8sixmoretimes.(48rows)• WorkRows1to3oncemore.• Castoff inpatternwhileworkingRow4.• Cutyarnleavinga6inchlength.Weavein

ends.

WafflePattern

Garter Basketweave

Ridge & Rib Pattern