Knitted Knotted Dishcloth
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Yarn: Any cotton worsted yarn. I used Premier Home Cotton Cone
Yarn Colorway: Jelly Dots and a solid color for the I-cord edging
Knitting Needles: US #7 and US #9 (for cast on and bind off only)
Gauge: Not needed for this project
Abbreviations:
- K: Knit
- P: Purl
- *makeknot: Purl three stitches together, then knit the same three stitches together and then purl the three stitches together again
- ssk: slip slip knit (slip 2 stitches to right hand needle then insert the left needle in front of the two slipped stitches and knit them together
- pm: place marker
- sm: slip marker
- wyif S1: with yarn in front slip one stitch purlwise
- RS: right side
- WS: wrong side
- […]: stitch pattern repeats
The Knotted Dishcloth Pattern :
Loosely cast on 47 stitches using the long tail cast on with US #9 knitting needles
With US #7 knitting needles knit the following pillared knot stich pattern
- Row 1 (RS): K1, pm, K1, [*makeknot, K1] repeat […] till 1 stitch before last, pm, wyif S1
- Row 2 (WS): K1, sm, purl to marker, sm, wyif S1
- Row 3 (RS): K1, sm, K1, [*makeknot, K1] repeat […] till 1 stitch before last, sm, wyif S1
- Row 4 (WS): K1, sm, purl to marker, sm, wyif S1
Repeat rows 3 and 4 twenty more times and then bind off loosely in pattern with US #9 knitting needles in the last row (WS)
2 stitch I-cord in the round bind off edging:
- Starting from top left corner of the dishcloth, pick up stitches all around the dishcloth with US #7 knitting needles. Yarn over at each corner for a rounded corner edge.
- Knit the first two stitches, return the two stitches to the left hand needle knitwise.
- Knit the first stitch on the left needle, then ssk the next two stitches. Return the two stitches back to the left hand needle. Repeat this till 4 stitches remain on the left hand needle. This will be around the top left corner of the knitted piece.
- For the hanging loop (optional) knit a 2 stitch I-cord fifteen times then ssk to the same bottom stitch and continue with I-cord in the round till last 2 stitches on the right hand needle.
- Graft the two stitches to the beginning two I-cord stitches
Weave in ends, wash and block the dishcloth