Three Dishcloths

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.
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
• darning needle
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
knit
ppurl
RS right side
st(s)stitch(es)
WS wrong side
* * repeat instructions between asterisks
Waffle Pattern:
• Cast on 30 sts. (Long tail cast on was used.)
• Row 1 (RS): *K2, p2; repeat from * to last 2 sts,
end with k2
• Row 2 (WS): *P2, k2; repeat from * to last 2 sts,
end with p2.
• Row 3: Knit across row.
• Row 4: Purl across row.
• Repeat Rows 1 to 4 until dishcloth is square
(10 repeats or 40 rows).
• Work Rows 1 and 2 one more time.
• Cast off in purl on RS. • Cut yarn leaving a 6 inch length. Weave in
ends.
Ridge & Rib Pattern:
• Cast on 31 sts. (Long tail cast on was used.)
• Row 1 (WS): Knit across row.
• Row 2 (RS): P1, *k1, p1; repeat from * to end
of row.
• Row 3: K1, *p1, k1; repeat from * to end
of row.
• Row 4: Knit across row.
• Repeat Rows 1 to 4 until dishcloth is square (12
repeats or 48 rows).
• End by working another Row 1.
• Cast off in pattern on RS. (ie: knit the knits
and purl the purls)
• Cut yarn leaving a 6 inch length. Weave in
ends.
Garter Basketweave:
• Cast on 31 sts. (Long tail cast on was used.)
• Row 1(RS) and all odd numbered rows: Knit.
• Row 2: *K3, p1; repeat from * to last 3 sts, k3.
• Row 4: *K3, p1; repeat from * to last 3 sts, k3.
• Row 6: K1, *p1, k3; repeat from * to last 2sts, *
p1, k1.
• Row 8: K1, *p1, k3; repeat from * to last 2 sts,
* p1, k1.
• Repeat Rows 1 to 8 six more times. (48 rows)
• Work Rows 1 to 3 once more.
• Cast off in pattern while working Row 4.
• Cut yarn leaving a 6 inch length. Weave in
ends.
Garter
Basketweave
Ridge & Rib Pattern
© 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.
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Waffle
Pattern