Friday, August 12, 2011

Bamboo stitch dish cloth

                                                    by hannah gilbert

Size 7 needle
100% cotton yarn or your favorite dish cloth yarn

Gauge is not important in this pattern.

Abbreviations:
K - Knit
P - Purl
Yo - Yarn over
CO - Cast on
Sl  yo - Slide yarn over (A tutorial video is shown in the description box in Ravelry.)
WS - Wrong side
RS - Right side

CO 36

WS Row 1: P
RS Row 2: K
WS Row 3: P
RS Row 4: K1, yo, K2, sl yo over the K2, *yo, K2, sl yo over the K2* repeat until 1 st left, K1
WS Row 5: P
        Repeat rows 4 and 5 until project is about 7 inches long. Make sure you end with purl.
        To finish:
RS Row 1: K
WS Row 2: P

        Bind off
*Note: Block if needed. I crocheted a border around with a size D hook and blocked. I did two rows, all single crochet.


        I hope you enjoy this simple dish cloth pattern. It doesn’t take that long and once you make one, you’ll want to make many more. But no one says you have to share!

                                                                                        -Hannah