Brighten up your kitchen or bathroom this spring with some very happy, stripey towels & dishcloths (or facecloths). After a long, dull winter we all need to be thinking happy thoughts…and these cheery cloths are bound to put a smile on your face! Quick, easy, and very addicting, this project is a great one for using up scraps as well. Hope you enjoy making them as much as I did! :)

Pattern Notes…

• I was able to get one towel and one dishcloth out of two balls (one of each color) of Lily Sugar & Cream Cotton 200 yards/113 grams (my estimates to the right are a little high to give you some wiggle room). These are the larger balls, and I find them readily available in the large chain craft stores.

• Gauge is not terribly important in this project unless you are trying to get exactly the same size towels as I did. But remember, if you are using a lot more yarn than me (knitting at a tighter gauge, denser fabric) you may need more yarn than suggested here to get the same size as I did.

• Always remember to twist your threads at the edge when you are carrying colors!

• Use this project for stash busting! These towels are a wonderful way of using up all those odds and ends of leftover cotton from other projects.

Supplies…

• You will need 2 colors of worsted weight dishcloth cotton. I used Lily Sugar & Cream, 200 yards/113 grams.

• For the towel: Main Color: 150 yards/90 grams, Contrasting Color: 101 yards/60 grams

For the dishcloth: Main Color: 50 yards/30 grams, Contrasting Color: 33 yards/20 grams

• US7 (4.5mm) Needle (or size to obtain gauge), in whatever style you prefer for knitting back and forth

Notions…

• Yarn needle for weaving in ends

Gauge…

• Lily Sugar & Cream 4.5 sts, 8 rows = 1 inch, with US7 (4.5mm) needles, in garter stitch

Size…

• Towel: 14.5 inches wide, 20.75 inches long

• Dishcloth: 7.25 inches wide, 7 inches long

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