Just when you think I am done with dishcloths, I knitted a few more. My husband asked me to knit a set for his mother for her birthday.
For my mother-in-law I started with a size 6 needle and some sunny yellow Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. I whipped up 5 dishcloths.
From left to right I knitted 2 seed stitch dishcloths, a letter B dishcloth, and 2 basketweave dishcloths. All of these I have used before, however I did change the edging on them. I found that if you slip the first stitch on each row instead of knitting it you get a nice smooth edge.
If you are looking for the original patterns you can find them here (seed stitch, Letter B, and Basketweave). But if you want them to turn out like these, the patterns are below.
SEED STITCH
Cast of 35
Row 1-4: slip 1, knit 34
Row 5-51: slip 1, [knit 1, purl 1] repeat to end
Rows 53-55: slip 1, knit 34
Bind off
LETTER B
Cast of 35 stitches
Row 1-4: slip 1, knit 34
Row 5: slip 1, knit 2, purl 29, knit 3
Row 6 (and all remaining even rows): slip 1, knit 34
Row 7: slip 1, knit 2, purl 29, knit 3
Row 9: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 15, purl 9, knit 3
Row 11: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 16, purl 8, knit 3
Row 13: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 18, purl 6, knit 3
Row 15: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 16, purl 6, knit 3
Row 17: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 6, knit 6, purl 5, knit 3
Row 19: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 7, knit 5, purl 5, knit 3
Row 21: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 7, knit 5, purl 5, knit 3
Row 23: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 6, knit 5, purl 6, knit 3
Row 25: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 5, knit 6, purl 6, knit 3
Row 27: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 14, purl 8, knit 3
Row 29: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 12, purl 10, knit 3
Row 31: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 13, purl 9, knit 3
Row 33: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 14, purl 8, knit 3
Row 35: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 4, knit 5, purl 8, knit 3
Row 37: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 4, knit 5, purl 8, knit 3
Row 39: slip 1, knit 2, purl 7, knit 5, purl 3, knit 6, purl 8, knit 3
Row 41: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 16, purl 8, knit 3
Row 43: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 15, purl 9, knit 3
Row 45: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 14, purl 10, knit 3
Row 47: slip 1, knit 2, purl 5, knit 13, purl 11, knit 3
Row 49: slip 1, knit 2, purl 29, knit 3
Row 51: slip 1, knit 2, purl 29, knit 3
Row 53-55: slip 1, knit 34
Cast off
BASKETWEAVE
Cast on 36
Row 1-4: slip 1, knit 35
Row 5-7: slip 1, knit 2, [knit 3, purl 3] repeat 5 times, knit 3
Row 8-10: slip 1, knit 2 [purl 3, knit 3] repeat 5 times, knit 3
(repeat rows 5-10 four more times)
repeat rows 5-7 one more time
repeat row 1-4
Cast off
Just for the record, this was not the only items we sent her for her birthday, just part of her birthday gift. And yes, I know the last pattern makes a bigger dishcloth, but the difference in size is minimal and 36 is evenly divided.
