About:

• Available Sizes: One
• Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
• Pattern Language: English
• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
• PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
• Bonus: Video

Techniques:

• Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
• Knit & Purl Stitches
• Increase Stitches
• Decrease Stitches

Materials:

• Yarn Weight: Worsted
• Yardage: 50 – 60 yards {45 – 54 meters}
• Suggested Yarn: BirdiesKnits {Etsy} Worsted Organic Cotton Yarn {Tutti Fruity}
• Needle Size: US 6 {4mm} Knitting Needles

Details:

• Measurements: 7 1/2″ square {19cm}
• Gauge: 22 STS & 40 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
• Weight: 1.1oz {30g}

Notes:

• Reversible.
• Knit diagonally.
• Knit using the garter stitch.

Video:

Click here to watch the “How to Knit a Diagonal Dishcloth” video tutorial.

Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:

• CO 2 STS
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• Row 1: K1, INC1, K1
• Row 2: K3
• Row 3: K1, INC1, K1, INC1, K1
• Row 4: K5
• Row 5: K1, INC1, K3, INC1, K1
• Row 6: K7
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• Row 7: K1, INC1, K5, INC1, K1
• Row 8: K9
• Repeat rows 7-8 until you have 55 STS on your needles
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• Decrease:
• Row 1: K1, SKP, *K* K2TOG, K1
• Row 2: *K*
• Repeat rows 1-2 until you have 5 STS remaining on your needles
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• Next row: K1, SKP, K2TOG
• Next row: K3
• Next row: SK2PO {1 stitch remaining}
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• Weave in the ends.
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• Block, if desired.

Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat between *
• BO – bind-off in pattern
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• INC1 – make 1 stitch {I use a backwards loop}
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• SKP – slip 1 stitch purl-wise, knit the next stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
• SK2PO – slip 1 stitch purl-wise, knit 2 stitches together, pass the slipped stitch over the 2 stitches knitted together, decreasing 2 stitches
• STS – stitches

Gauge: