My mom must be really hard on dishcloths. I can think of no other reason why she would make just hundreds of them. In reality, I am sure that she needs to do them to relax, and just doesn't have time in her busy schedule to tackle more complicated patterns. Needless to say, we will always have plenty of dishcloths lying around, and as a result I have ended up being fairly rough on my dishcloths as well seeing as how I have a virtually unlimited supply.
So I sat her down and had her talk me through her pattern for making dishcloths. It's really very simple, and even though I knit very little, I was able to make one myself in a little less than an hour. If you have been knitting for any length of time you could probably do it two or three times faster than I can, it turns out I'm all thumbs.
You'll need some size 6 or seven needles and one ball of cotton yarn. They actually make yarn specifically for dishcloths, believe it or not. But just about any sort of cotton yarn will do. It's best to use cotton and not wool, since cotton has better water absorbing capability, as well as drying faster than wool which prevents any potential smelliness.
Cast on 4
Row 1: Knit 4
Row 2: Knit 2, yarn over, knit across row
Repeat row 2 to 44 stitches
Row 3: Knit 1, Knit 2 together, Yarn over, Knit 2 together, knit to end of row.
Repeat Row 3 until you have 4 stitches left on your needle
Bind off and weave in the loose end.
That's all there is to it. Once you do a couple, you'll barely even have to count anymore. Before long, you can be churning out dishcloths like a factory - just like my mother.
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