Little V's Dishcloth

I love handmade dishcloths. I love how creative you can be with the stitch patterns. I also love trying out stitch patterns I have never tried before. I whipped up this dishcloth one evening after several attempts (and loads of frogging) to figure out what I wanted to make with some variegated cotton yarn. Then I saw this stitch pattern in one of my books. It's a fairly simple pattern and I definitely plan on using it in other future patterns.

Finished Size: 9 in x 9.5 in

Gauge is 16 st and 18 rows is 4 inch square

(gauge is not really necessary for this pattern)

Materials:
WW cotton yarn (I used I Love This Cotton)
Size 6 straight needles
yarn needle
scissors

Abbreviations Used:
BO - bind off
CO - cast on
K - knit
K1b - knit stitch one row below (see photos below)
P - purl
SL1P - slip one stitch purlwise
ST - stitch/stitches

CO 41 st in your preferred CO method.
Row 1: SL1P, k38, p1
Row 2-3: Repeat row 1
Row 4: SL1P, k2, *K1b, k*, repeat from * to * across to last 4 st, K1b, k2, p1.
Row 5: SL1P, k38, p1
Row 6: SL1P, k2, *k, k1b*, repeat from * to * across to last 4 st, k3, p1.
Row 7: SL1P, k38, p1

Repeat rows 4-7 until work measures approximately 8.5 inches in length.
SL1P, k38, p1.
Repeat this last row two more times. BO and weave in ends.

Notes to remember:
*Odd numbered rows are the right side.
*The first stitch of each row will always be slipped as if to purl.
*The last stitch of each row will always be purled.

*To make this dishcloth bigger or smaller, simply adjust your number of cast on stitches to a multiple of 2 + 1.

Knit Stitch One Row Below (K1B)

Wrong Side View of K1B

Easy Peasy Kitchen Scrubby

I've been ridiculously absent from my blog for a long time. Far too long but having a two littles under the age of three makes down time extremely hard to come by in this house. However, one of my New Year's resolutions is to be a better blogger and this post will be the first of many for 2017.

Over the holidays, I was playing around with some scrubby-ish yarn I picked up in the "Mill End" bin at Joann's a while back. It didn't take long to knit up the easiest kitchen scrubby ever and all you need is a little bit of yarn.

(This scrubby is made with Sugar & Cream.)

For this pattern, I used some cotton yarn paired with the scrubby yarn and size 7 straight needles. I used Lily's Sugar & Cream and I Love This Cotton along with the Premier Washi yarn.

Finished Size: 4.5 in x 5.5 in

Gauge for this pattern really isn't important.

Materials:

WW Cotton Yarn

"Scrubby Yarn"

Size 7 straight needles

yarn needle

scissors

Note: This scrubby is knitted using both the cotton and the scrubby yarn at the same time.

Abbreviations Used:

BO - bind off

CO - cast on

K - knit

P - purl

SL1P - slip one stitch purlwise

ST(S) - stitch/stitches

CO 20 sts (any CO method will work).

Row 1: SL1P, k18, p1.

Repeat row 1 until piece measures approximately 4.5 inches from CO edge.

Bind off and weave in ends.

(This scrubby is knit with I Love This Cotton.)

That's it!