Window Dishcloths - Pattern

The Story:

Our church is getting ready to go to Uganda this summer, and we knitters have gotten together to knit seventy dishcloths for women coming to a conference we are leading.  I wanted to knit a basic stockinette dishcloth with a garter stitch border, but the little voice inside my head kept saying "it's going to curl over!"  So, I decided to make my basic dishcloth, but I put a big ol' garter stitch cross through it to prevent the curling.  Unfortunately they still curl a little bit, but the garter stitch definitely helps.  It also keeps things interesting.

Supplies:

Needles:  US size 8 straight needles.  (I recommend the ten inch kind)

Yarn:  The yarn for these dishcloths was donated, so I didn't have much say.  The red one was made out of Caron Simply Soft, and the green one was made out of Redheart.  I would suggest using actually dishcloth yarn like Lily's Sugar 'n Cream.

Misc.:  Darning Needle, Scissors

Abbreviations:

CO: Cast On

K: Knit

P: Purl

BO: Bind Off

Directions:

CO 35 Stitches

K for three rows.

Repeat the following two rows for a total of nineteen rows, not counting the three garter stitch rows.  End on a Row 1

Row 1: K all

Row 2: K3, P13, K3, P13, K3

K three rows.

Repeat Rows 1 & 2 for nineteen more rows.

K three rows.

Bind off loosely.