Crafting and cooking are kindred spirits, which is why making dish towel for my kitchen is so satisfying.
One of the easiest items for a beginner that is learning to knit is to make a knitted dish towel.
It is a wonderful place to start because it is a simple rectangle, very quick to knit!
I love the dish towels because their beauty enriches the lifting of lids, the wiping off counters, and the drying of dishesโฆ The very basic tasks of cooking!
This stitch pattern comes from Barbara Walkerโs classic Treasury of Knitting Patterns and is created by the simple technique of hiding yarns behind slipped stitches.
As complicated as this dish towel may look to make, thereโs actually nothing fancy going on here, as long as you can knit and purl, you can make it.
Dish Towel Pattern
Materials
โข 2 skeins of Cotton Pure, 100% Pima cotton (Color A: white, color B: pearl)
โข US 4 (3,5 mm) knitting needles
โข Two US 4 (3,5 mm) double pointed needles
Gauge
23 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
Size
Finished Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (28,5 x 44 cm)
Abbreviations
Notes
Slip all stitches purlwise.
When changing colors, carry the new yarn up the selvedge in front of the old yarn.
Pattern
With Color B, cast on 67 stitches.
Row 1: Purl
Row 2: With Color A, k3 *slip 1
Row 3: With Color A, slip 1
Row 4: Repeat row 2
Row 5: Repeat row 3
Row 6: With Color B, knit
Row 7: With Color B, slip 1
Repeat Rows from 2 to 7 until piece measures 17 inches (43 cm), ending with a Row 5
Cut Color A
Next Row: With Color B, knit to last 2 stitches, k2 onto a double pointed needle
Using Color B, with the right side facing you, work an I-cord on those last 2 stitches until the cord measures 3 inches from its base.
Work the last row as a k1, slip 1 wyib, yo.
Now starting at the base of the 3-inch I-cord, work an Attached I-cord down the left selvage.
Pick up 2 stitches for every 6 rows (which means picking up 2 stitches at the Color A stripes and skipping the Color B stripes) until you reach the bottom corner.
Pass the first stitch over the second, cut the yarn and pull it through the remaining stitch.
Now, with Color A, cast 2 stitches onto a double pointed needle.
K1, slip 1
Work an Attached I-cord up the right selvage to the top corner.
Knit 1 row of a regular, unattached I-cord, then passes the first stitch over the second so that 1 stitch remains.
Using the double pointed needle with 1 stitch on it, knit the first stitch that is on the circular needle and bind off. Continue to bind off all the stitches that remain on the circular needle.
Cut the yarn and pass it through the remaining stitch.
Enrich your kitchen or your friend kitchen with this simple dish towel! Happy knitting, Arianna