Free Knitting Pattern - Small Washcloth

 

Hand Knit Washcloth Pattern

 

Materials

  • 100% cotton yarn
  • US size 2 needles

 

Knitting Instructions

  1. Cast on 30 stitches.
  2. Knit in garter stitch for 6 rows.
  3. Begin knitting in stockinette stitch: Knit one row, Purl one row with a 4 stitch border on each edge (K4, purl until 4 remain, K4)
  4. Continue knitting in stockinette stitch for a total of 35 rows.
  5. Knit 6 rows in garter stitch.
  6. Bind off.

 

Explanations

  • Garter stitch: knit every row
  • Stockinette stitch: knit one row, purl the next, repeat
  • K = knit, P = purl