After-Party Dishcloths by HandWorks Knitwear Designs

After-Party Dishcloths

Knitting
September 2023
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 50 rows = 4 inches
in charted pattern (see notes)
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
246 - 984 yards (225 - 900 m)
Design A: 11¼" wide and 11½" tall; Design B: 11½" wide and 11" tall; Design C: 11" wide and 11" tall; Design D: 10" wide and 10" tall.
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Add a touch of style to your host’s home when you give them a set of slip-stitch colorwork dishcloths. Knitted in easy-to-care-for CotLin yarn from Knit Picks, these are practical gifts that are also fun to stitch. Use a holiday-inspired palette of colors or your favorite high-contrast hues.

Difficulty Intermediate

Yarn Weight 3

Finished Size
Design A: 11¼” wide and 11½” tall;
Design B: 11½” wide and 11” tall;
Design C: 11” wide and 11” tall;
Design D: 10” wide and 10” tall.

Yarn Knit Picks CotLin
Design A: #24466 Pomegranate (MC) and #24134 Swan (CC), 1 ball each.
Design B: #24466 Pomegranate (MC) and #25777 Sagebrush (CC), 1 ball each.
Design C: #27755 Shoal (MC) and #24134 Swan (CC), 1 ball each.
Design D: #27755 Shoal (MC) and #25322 Flamingo (CC), 1 ball each.

Needles Sizes 5 (3.75 mm) and 6 (4 mm): 16” circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge Designs A, B, and C: 22 sts and 50 rows = 4” in charted pattern after blocking; Design D: 24 sts and 54 rows = 4” in charted pattern after blocking.

NOTES
• For techniques you don’t know, please visit our online knitting glossary at www.interweave.com/interweave-knitting-glossary.

• The washcloths are worked flat beginning with an I-cord Cast-on, continuing with a 2-Color Slip-stitch Edge, and finishing with an I-cord Bind-off.